WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
SEPTEMBER 11 - OCTOBER 2, 1998
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange
rates are: 133-136 yen = U.S.$1.00 for Sept. 11 - Oct. 2, 1998.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
Sept 24 Sales volume 5 fish Boston 5,500 - 3,870 - 3,000
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Sept 24 Sales volume 13 fish New York 5,300 - 3,560 - 1,500
Sept 30 Sales volume 50 fish New Zealand 4,200 - 2,193 - 1,300
Oct 2 Sales volume 74 fish Australia 4,300 - 1,959 - 800
Oct 2 Sales volume 34 fish Bali 2,900 - 1,535 - 500
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Sept 24 Sales volume 4 fish Australia 2,300 - 1,650 - 1,000
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
Sept. 26 479 trays Boston 4,000 - 3,200/tray*
Oct 2 1,740 trays Chile 2,100 - 800/tray*
Sept. 30 733 trays San Francisco 3,600 - 1,600/tray*
Sept. 26 1,733 trays Los Angeles 7,000 - 2,400/tray*
Sept. 29 1,160 trays China 5,000 - 300/tray*
Sept. 26 1,695 packs 1,400 - 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 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: Bristol Bay Grade A 3,300 - 3,200
Grade B 2,900 - 2,800
Grade C 2,500 - 2,400
Chum: PWS Grade A 2,200 - 2,000
Grade B 1,800 - 1,600
Grade C 1,400 - 1,200
Pink: Grade A 1,800 - 1,500
SALMON ROE (IKURA)
Japan Top grade
Standard grade 3,500 - 3,400
Alaska 3,300 - 3,100
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 1,250 - 1,150
Alaska & Canada 5-7 lbs/fish 1,250 - 1,180
4-5 lbs/fish 1,230 - 1,150
3-4 lbs/fish 1,150 - 1,100
2-3 lbs/fish 1,080 - 1,000
1-2 lbs/fish 950
SALMON
Red: frozen Bristol Bay 2-4 lbs/fish 1,150 - 1,130
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 1,220 - 1,200
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 1,270 - 1,250
Kodiak 2-4 lbs/fish 1,200 - 1,150
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,250
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 1,350 - 1,300
Red: fresh, wild, Alaska 4-6 kg/fish
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 750 - 730
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 850 - 830
6-9 lbs/fish 800 - 760
King: frozen, Alaska 11-18 lbs/fish -
King: fresh Chile 4-5 kg/fish 1,100 - 1,050
Atlantic: fresh, semi-dressed
Norway (standard grade) 3-4 kg/fish 1,000- 950
SARDINE (fresh) Sept. 24
Japan Large 600 - 500
ABALONE (live)
Japan Ezo 12,000 -10,000
Kuro 9,500 - 9,000
Aka 7,000 - 6,500
Mata 9,500 - 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 - 450
S 460
FLOUNDER (fresh) Sept. 24 Japan 5,000 - 1,500
U.S.A. 1,400 - 1,200
China
Mexico
OYSTER (fresh) Japan, Sanriku 2,800 - 1,000
Japan, Hiroshima
Japan, Mie
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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