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

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                        Metric Tons             Yen/kg

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Fresh:                                          

 Bluefin tuna                 41                 2,344

 Albacore tuna               457                   447

 Bigeye tuna                 532                 1,315

 Yellowfin tuna            1,226                   657

 Skipjack tuna             8,231                   262

 Japanese sardine          2,513                    53

 Round herring            10,338                    40

 Anchovy                   9,358                    39

 Jack mackerel             5,168                   242

 Mackerel-scad             1,102                    98 

 Pacific mackerel         32,732                    72

 Saury                    47,478                   100

 Atka mackerel             4,183                    77

 Japanese flying squid     7,377                   130

 

Frozen:    

 Bluefin tuna                229                 2,439

 Albacore tuna             1,786                   355

 Bigeye tuna               1,649                   998

 Yellowfin tuna            3,420                   361

 Skipjack tuna            22,955                   190

 Japanese flying squid:

  Coastal water            6,263                   224

  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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