WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
JULY 6 - 17, 1998
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchnge
rates are: 138-143 yen = U.S.$1.00 for July 6 - 17, 1998.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh, G & H
July 15 Sales volume 6 fish Boston 10,000 - 4,300 - 2,000
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
July 17 Sales volume 98 fish Palau 2,800 - 941 - 400
July 17 Sales volume 38 fish Guam 2,400 - 1,220 - 600
July 17 Sales volume 90 fish Australia 4,500 - 1,750 - 800
July 17 Sales volume 118 fish Bali 2,300 - 943 - 400
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
July 17 Sales volume 25 fish Bali 1,200 - 708 - 400
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
July 10 672 trays North Korea 2,500 - 1,300/tray*
trays Chile /tray*
trays San Francisco /tray*
July 10 169 trays Los Angeles 4,500 - 2,500/tray*
July 17 3,353 trays China 4,100 - 1,900/tray*
July 10 2,959 packs 1,000 - 600/pack**
* (tray=280-380 grams in net weight)
** (pack= 100 grams in net weight)
ALASKA POLLOCK ROE
Salted, processed, frozen roe
Grade A U.S.A. Large 2,500 - 1,500
Medium 3,500 - 1,800
Small 2,700 - 1,600
HERRING ROE
Salted products Canada Large 5,200 - 4,800
Grade A Medium 4,500 - 3,800
Small 4,000 - 3,300
HERRING ROE ON KELP Canada 7,500 - 5,000
San Francisco 5,500 - 4,000
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO)
Salted, processed
Red: Copper River Grade A 3,400 - 3,300
Grade B 3,000 - 2,900
Grade C 2,600 - 2,500
Chum: Copper River Grade A 2,400 - 2,200
Grade B 2,000 - 1,800
Grade C 1,600 - 1,400
Pink: Grade A 1,500 - 1,300
SALMON ROE (IKURA)
Japan Top grade 5,500 - 5,300
Standard grade 5,000 - 4,700
Alaska
SEA CUCUMBER Japan -
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Low
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SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAB)
C. bairdi, section with claws,
cooked frozen, shrink-pack, 5 L 2,700 - 2,100
5 kg-carton Alaska 4 L 2,300 - 1,800
SABLEFISH (BLACK COD)
Frozen, dressed over 7 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,220
Alaska & Canada 5-7 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,220
4-5 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,200
3-4 lbs/fish 1,200
2-3 lbs/fish 1,150 - 1,050
1-2 lbs/fish 1,000 - 850
SALMON
Red: frozen Bristol Bay 2-4 lbs/fish 720 - 700
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 920 - 900
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 920 - 900
Kodiak 2-4 lbs/fish 800 - 780
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 930 - 920
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 950 - 930
Red: fresh, wild, Alaska 4-6 kg/fish 1,600 - 1,400
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 600 - 580
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 700 - 690
6-9 lbs/fish 700 - 690
King: frozen, Alaska 11-18 lbs/fish -
King: fresh New Zealand 4-5 kg/fish 1,070 - 1,000
Atlantic: fresh, semi-dressed
Norway (standard grade) 3-4 kg/fish 1,000- 950
SARDINE (fresh) June 30
Japan Extra large 800 - 500
ABALONE (live)
Japan Ezo 11,000 - 8,000
Kuro 7,500 - 7,000
Aka 6,500 - 6,000
Mata 8,500 - 7,000
Australia 5,000 - 4,800
SURIMI (frozen)
Ship-processed: SA 420
FA 380
Land-processed: 400 - 280
ROCK SOLE with roe L 520 - 500
M 500
S 400 - 380
FLOUNDER (fresh) June 30 Japan 3,800 - 1,500
U.S.A.
China
Hong Kong
OYSTER (fresh) Japan, Oofunato
Japan, Hiroshima
Japan, Mie
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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