AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME
AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
AUGUST 2012

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                        Metric Tons              Yen/kg

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Fresh:                                          

 Bluefin tuna                246                 1,801

 Albacore tuna               361                   549

 Bigeye tuna                 465                 1,064

 Yellowfin tuna            1,560                   481

 Skipjack tuna             6,229                   390

 Japanese sardine         10,299                    66

 Round herring             6,904                    40

 Anchovy                   2,721                    39

 Jack mackerel             5,432                   282

 Mackerel-scad               433                   128

 Pacific mackerel         20,672                    77

 Saury                    10,039                   217

 Atka mackerel             1,754                   124

 Japanese flying squid    11,977                   146

 

Frozen:

 Bluefin tuna                198                 2,269

 Albacore tuna             4,827                   299

 Bigeye tuna               2,149                   888

 Yellowfin tuna            2,925                   384

 Skipjack tuna            14,641                   197

 Japanese flying squid:

  Coastal water            6,778                   238

  Distant                     18                   168

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

- ... zero

Contact: Sunee C. Sonu

Data Source: Japan Fisheries Agency

12/10/2013


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