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

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                        Metric Tons          Yen/kg

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Fresh:                                          

 Bluefin tuna                  7              2,117

 Albacore tuna               343                647

 Bigeye tuna                 943              1,395

 Yellowfin tuna              167              1,053

 Skipjack tuna             4,369                366

 Japanese sardine          3,441                 46

 Round herring             7,819                 46

 Anchovy                   4,831                 37

 Jack mackerel             5,846                197

 Mackerel-scad             1,977                 95

 Pacific mackerel         31,680                 93

 Saury                    62,609                 65

 Atka mackerel             3,700                 50

 Japanese flying squid     6,134                186

 

Frozen:

 Bluefin tuna                245              2,573

 Albacore tuna             1,516                337

 Bigeye tuna               1,906                925

 Yellowfin tuna            2,797                312

 Skipjack tuna            17,821                197

 Japanese flying squid:

  Coastal water            3,559                246

  Distant                      -                  -

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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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