AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
December 2007

 

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                           December                     January - December 

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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg

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Fresh:                                               

 Bluefin tuna                  5    3,791                 3,406    1,603

 Albacore tuna             3,171      296                48,717      242

 Bigeye tuna               1,149    1,472                11,932    1,129

 Yellowfin tuna              282      924                 6,420      735

 Skipjack tuna               273      181                72,884      275

 Japanese sardine            284      131                41,669      101

 Round herring             1,105       71                30,689       65

 Anchovy                   1,893       60               125,098       43

 Jack mackerel             5,803      172                92,856      189

 Mackerel-scad             2,858       84                15,741      100

 Pacific mackerel         53,061       81               403,499       82

 Saury                     6,272       50               257,871       73

 Atka mackerel            22,117       22               104,129       38

 Japanese flying squid     9,465      125                83,443      159

 

Frozen:                                                                

 Bluefin tuna                188    3,136                   931    2,746

 Albacore tuna               182      274                14,865      292

 Bigeye tuna               2,064      881                19,963      799

 Yellowfin tuna            1,038      533                10,205      518

 Skipjack tuna            22,038      175               224,206      163

 Japanese flying                                                        

  squid:                                                               

  Distant water                -        -                 2,505      198

  Coastal                  7,125      207                50,491      233

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0 ... more than zero but less than 0.5 metic ton

- ... zero

Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/10/2013


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