WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
MARCH 17 - APRIL 3, 1998
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchnge
rates are: 129-133 yen = U.S.$1.00 for March 17- April 3, 1998.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh, G & H
April 3 Sales volume 22 fish Greece 7,500 - 3,587 - 1,800
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
April 3 Sales volume 124 fish Sri Lanka 2,800 - 1,187 - 300
Mar. 26 Sales volume 4 fish Los Angeles 8,100 - 5,650 - 4,700
Mar. 26 Sales volume 16 fish New Zealand 8,000 - 2,690 - 800
April 3 Sales volume 87 fish Bali 3,800 - 1,114 - 400
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
April 3 Sales volume 10 fish Australia 2,500 - 1,650 - 1,000
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
April 3 528 trays Alaska 3,400 - 2,200/tray*
April 3 1,241 trays Canada 4,300 - 300/tray*
April 3 1,824 trays Chile 2,100 - 1,300/tray*
April 3 368 trays San Francisco 5,000 - 2,500/tray*
Mar. 28 85 trays Los Angeles 6,000 - 2,900/tray*
April 2 506 trays N.America(green) 3,700 - 3,000/tray*
Mar. 28 3,628 packs 1,000 - 300/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
Bristol Red : Grade A 2,600 - 2,500
Grade B 2,200 - 2,100
Grade C 1,800 - 1,700
Chum: Grade A 2,800 - 2,600
Grade B 2,400 - 2,200
Grade C 2,000 - 1,800
Pink: Grade A 1,500 - 1,300
SALMON ROE (IKURA)
Japan Hokkaido Top grade 4,800 - 4,500
Standard grade 4,500 - 4,000
Alaska Grade A 3,500 - 3,200
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 1,380 - 1,310
Alaska & Canada 5-7 lbs/fish 1,380 - 1,300
4-5 lbs/fish 1,350 - 1,250
3-4 lbs/fish 1,250 - 1,200
2-3 lbs/fish 1,180 - 1,150
1-2 lbs/fish 1,050 - 1,000
SALMON
Red: frozen Bristol Bay 2-4 lbs/fish 730 - 720
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 750 - 740
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 740 - 730
Kodiak 2-4 lbs/fish 720 - 710
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 750 - 740
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 730 - 720
Red: fresh, wild Alaska 3-4 kg/fish -
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 520 - 510
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 550 - 545
6-9 lbs/fish 560 - 550
King: frozen, Alaska 11-18 lbs/fish -
King: fresh New Zealand 4-5 kg/fish 950 - 900
Atlantic: fresh, semi-dressed
Norway (standard grade) 3-4 kg/fish 900- 800
SARDINE (fresh) March 26
Japan Extra large 800 - 600
ABALONE (live)
Japan Ezo 11,000 - 6,000
Kuro 7,000 - 6,500
Aka 6,500 - 6,000
Mata 8,000 - 6,000
Australia 5,500 - 5,300
SURIMI (frozen)
SA 440 - 420
FA 380
AA
ROCK SOLE with roe L 520 - 420
M 520 - 420
S 400 - 380
FLOUNDER (fresh) March 26 U.S.A. 2,500 - 1,300
China
Hong Kong
Japan 4,000 - 1,500
OYSTER (fresh) March 28 Japan, Oofunato 900 - 500
Japan, Hiroshima 700 - 500
Japan, Mie 800 - 400
ROCK COD U.S.A. -
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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