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

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                      Metric Tons           Yen/kg

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Fresh:                                          

 Bluefin tuna                 31             2,412

 Albacore tuna             2,489               354

 Bigeye tuna                 631             1,641

 Yellowfin tuna              164             1,436

 Skipjack tuna               246               412

 Japanese sardine          4,010                58

 Round herring               839                58

 Anchovy                   2,839                50

 Jack mackerel             4,317               202

 Mackerel-scad               854               131

 Pacific mackerel         48,485                96

 Saury                    12,385                46

 Atka mackerel             1,610                69

 Japanese flying squid     9,456               242

 

Frozen:

 Bluefin tuna                127             2,507

 Albacore tuna               589               287

 Bigeye tuna               1,872               967

 Yellowfin tuna            2,100               356

 Skipjack tuna            16,318               167

 Japanese flying squid:

  Coastal water            2,363               313

  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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