WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
MAY 18 - JUNE 1, 1998
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchnge
rates are: 135-137 yen = U.S.$1.00 for May 18 - June 1, 1998.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh, G & H
June 1 Sales volume 26 fish Italy 4,800 - 3,456 - 1,900
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
May 26 Sales volume 23 fish Fiji 3,500 - 2,070 - 1,000
May 29 Sales volume 71 fish Pohnpei 3,300 - 1,494 - 400
June 1 Sales volume 51 fish Australia 5,200 - 2,921 - 1,300
June 1 Sales volume 66 fish Bali 2,700 - 1,237 - 300
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
May 28 Sales volume 13 fish Bali 2,200 - 1,427 - 600
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
May 28 788 trays Canada 2,000 - 200/tray*
June 1 1,312 trays Chile 2,300 - 1,600/tray*
June 1 914 trays San Francisco 4,500 - 1,500/tray*
May 28 206 trays Los Angeles 5,500 - 1,400/tray*
May 28 921 trays China 3,800 - 600/tray*
May 21 2,477 packs 1,000 - 550/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
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 680 - 660
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 860 - 850
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 860 - 850
Kodiak 2-4 lbs/fish 720 - 700
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 900 - 850
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 900 - 850
Red: fresh, wild Alaska 3-4 kg/fish -
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 550 - 540
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 600 - 590
6-9 lbs/fish 600 - 590
King: frozen, Alaska 11-18 lbs/fish -
King: fresh New Zealand 4-5 kg/fish 1,050 - 1,000
Atlantic: fresh, semi-dressed
Norway (standard grade) 3-4 kg/fish 1,000- 900
SARDINE (fresh) May 21
Japan Extra large 800 - 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) May 21 Japan 3,000 - 1,000
U.S.A. 1,700 - 1,600
China 2,000 - 1,300
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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