WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
JUNE 6 - 12, 1998
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchnge
rates are: 140-141 yen = U.S.$1.00 for June 6 - 12, 1998.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh, G & H
June 12 Sales volume 30 fish Libya 3,500 - 1,803 - 300
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
June 12 Sales volume 34 fish Fiji 4,200 - 1,350 - 800
June 9 Sales volume 16 fish New Zealand 5,000 - 2,710 - 1,100
June 12 Sales volume 171 fish Australia 4,700 - 2,008 - 500
June 12 Sales volume 31 fish Bali 3,000 - 1,472 - 400
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
June 8 Sales volume 14 fish Australia 3,000 - 1,830 - 800
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
June 11 384 trays North Korea 2,300 - 1,600/tray*
June 12 810 trays Chile 2,100 - 1,100/tray*
June 11 409 trays San Francisco 4,000 - 1,300/tray*
June 12 202 trays Los Angeles 5,000 - 3,000/tray*
June 12 2,196 trays China 3,300 - 1,300/tray*
June 12 2,439 packs 1,200 - 400/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 3,000 - 1,500
Medium 3,500 - 2,000
Small 2,700 - 1,800
HERRING ROE
Salted products Canada Large 5,200 - 5,000
Grade A Medium 4,500 - 4,000
Small 3,500 - 3,300
HERRING ROE ON KELP Canada 7,500 - 5,000
San Francisco 5,500 - 4,000
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO)
Salted, processed
Red : Grade A 3,400 - 3,300
Copper River Grade B 3,000 - 2,900
Grade C 2,600 - 2,500
Chum: Grade A 2,700 - 2,600
Grade B 2,300 - 2,200
Grade C 1,900 - 1,800
Pink: Grade A 1,500 - 1,300
SALMON ROE (IKURA)
Japan Top grade 5,500 - 5,300
Standard grade 5,000 - 4,700
Imported products 4,000 - 3,900
SEA CUCUMBER Japan -
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 1,330 - 1,280
Alaska & Canada 5-7 lbs/fish 1,380 - 1,280
4-5 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,250
3-4 lbs/fish 1,250 - 1,200
2-3 lbs/fish 1,180 - 1,100
1-2 lbs/fish 1,050 - 950
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 750 - 720
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 950 - 900
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 950 - 900
Red: fresh, wild, Alaska 4-6 kg/fish 1,600 - 1,500
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 570 - 550
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 630 - 600
6-9 lbs/fish 630 - 610
King: frozen, Alaska 11-18 lbs/fish -
King: fresh New Zealand 4-5 kg/fish 1,100 - 1,050
Atlantic: fresh, semi-dressed
Norway (standard grade) 3-4 kg/fish 1,050- 950
SARDINE (fresh) June 8
Japan Extra large 1,000 - 500
ABALONE (live)
Japan Ezo 11,000 - 8,500
Kuro 7,000 - 6,500
Aka 6,500 - 6,000
Mata 8,500 - 7,000
Australia 5,000 - 4,800
SURIMI (frozen)
SA 420
FA 380
AA
ROCK SOLE with roe L 560 - 410
M 500 - 480
S 400 - 380
FLOUNDER (fresh) June 8 Japan 2,500 - 1,500
U.S.A. 1,500
China 1,500 - 1,000
Hong Kong
OYSTER (fresh) Japan, Oofunato
Japan, Hiroshima
Japan, Mie
ROCK COD U.S.A.
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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