WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
September 7 - 18, 2000
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange rates are:
106 - 107 yen = U.S.$1.00 for September 7 - 18, 2000.
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Species Date of Sales Origin Price range (yen/kg)
sale volume High Average Low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
Sept. 12 2 fish Portugal 4,510- 3,000
Sept. 14 25 fish Boston 6,500- 4,324- 3,000
Sept. 12 2 fish Canada 6,010- 3,500
Sept. 12 5 fish Spain 4,000- 3,200- 2,500
Sept. 11 2 fish Italy 3,800- 3,000
Sept. 8 8 fish Turkey 2,100- 1,280- 1,000
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Sept. 14 51 fish Guam 2,200- 1,200- 400
Sept. 13 1 fish New York 2,000
Sept. 14 60 fish Australia 3,500- 2,044- 600
Sept. 12 56 fish Palau 2,500- 1,555- 600
Sept. 7 28 fish Truk Is. 3,000- 1,529- 1,000
Sept. 18 118 fish New Zealand 3,000- 1,459- 500
Sept. 12 36 fish Fiji 2,300- 1,553- 700
BIGEYE TUNA, frozen
Sept. 13 1,614 fish New York 4,000- 2,500- 1,000
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Sept. 8 1 fish New York 800
Sept. 14 29 fish Australia 2,800- 1,618- 1,000
Sept. 7 11 fish Bali 1,800- 1,200- 1,000
YELLOWFIN TUNA, frozen
Sept. 13 100 fish 1,200- 620- 450
STRIPED MARLIN, fresh
Sept. 13 39 fish 1,600- 900- 400
STRIPED MARLIN, frozen
Sept. 13 16 fish 1,500- 550- 350
SWORDFISH, fresh
Sept. 13 22 fish 1,600- 1,100- 700
SWORDFISH, frozen
Sept. 13 176 fish 1,300- 880- 700
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
Sept. 16 397 trays China 3,000 - 1,200/tray*
Sept. 7 72 trays Mexico 700 - 600/tray*
Sept. 18 3,055 trays Chile 2,200 - 600/tray*
Sept. 18 944 trays Los Angeles 5,000 - 1,000/tray*
Sept. 12 408 trays San Francisco 1,500 - 700/tray*
Sept. 16 602 trays North America (green sea urchin)
2,500 - 1,200/tray*
Sept. 12 61 trays Korea, North 1,300/tray*
Sept. 16 502 trays Canada 1,400 - 250/tray*
Sept. 16 52 trays Australia 1,500 - 1,300/tray*
Sept. 18 1,969 trays Japan (white roe) 2,200 - 600/tray*
Sept. 18 762 trays Japan (red roe) 2,200 - 600/tray*
*(tray=280-350 grams in net weight)
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Species Origin Price range(yen/kg)
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ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
Fresh Japan Top grade 5,500-3,300
Standard 4,000-3,000
Frozen Grade 1 Small 3,300
Medium 4,000
Grade 2 Small 2,500
Medium 3,000
HERRING ROE, salted
Canada Large 5,200
Medium 4,200
Small 4,000
San Francisco Large 3,600
Medium 3,200-2,900
Small 3,200-3,000
HERRING ROE ON KELP
Canada 5,000-3,000
San Francisco 3,500-3,000
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
Sockeye Copper River
Grade 1 3,000-2,800
Grade 2 2,600-2,400
Grade 3 2,200-2,000
Bristol Bay
Grade 1 2,800-2,600
Grade 2 2,400-2,200
Grade 3 2,000-1,800
Kodiak
Grade 1 2,900-2,700
Grade 2 2,500-2,300
Grade 3 2,100-1,900
Pink PWS
Grade 1 1,800-1,700
Grade 2 1,500-1,400
Grade 3 1,200-1,100
Chum/King Alaska
Grade 1 3,300-3,200
Grade 2 2,900-2,800
Grade 3 2,500-2,400
Salmon-trout Northern Europe
Grade 1 3,500-3,300
Grade 2 3,000-2,800
Grade 3 2,500-2,300
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
Japan Grade 1
Kodiak Grade 1 3,800-3,600
PWS Grade 1 3,800-3,600
SE Grade 1 4,200-4,000
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
Japan, Hokkaido 4,600-4,500
Japan, Sanriku 4,500-4,300
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Species Origin Price range(yen/kg)
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SALMON
Sockeye, frozen, dressed, IQF
Bristol Bay
2-4 lbs/fish 540 - 530
4-6 lbs/fish 540 - 530
6-9 lbs/fish 510 - 500
Copper River
2-4 lbs/fish 750 - 700
4-6 lbs/fish 800 - 770
6-9 lbs/fish 850 - 800
Sockeye, frozen, semi-dressed, drift-net
Russia, Sakhalin, 750 - 650
Russia, Kamchatka 800 - 750
Sockeye, frozen, semi-dressed, set-net
Russia 570 - 550
Chum, frozen, semi-dressed, set-net
Russia 450 - 250
Coho, frozen, dressed
Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 530 - 520
4-6 lbs/fish 530 - 520
6-9 lbs/fish 520 - 510
Trout, frozen dressed Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 530 - 510
4-6 lbs/fish 530 - 520
6-9 lbs/fish 550 - 520
Europe
1.8-2.7 kg/fish 530 - 500
2.7-3.6 kg/fish 550 - 530
3.6-4.5 kg/fish 580 - 550
Atlantic, frozen, dressed Norway
3-4 kg/fish 640 - 620
4-5 kg/fish 670 - 650
5-6 kg/fish 670 - 650
Chile
3-4 kg/fish 620 - 600
4-5 kg/fish 650 - 630
Atlantic, fresh, semi-dressed
Norway
3-4 kg/fish 850 - 750
4-5 kg/fish 950 - 750
Chile
3-4 kg/fish 900 - 800
4-5 kg/fish 1,000 - 800
Scotland, semi-dressed
3-4 kg/fish 950 - 850
4-5 kg/fish 1,000 - 900
King, fresh New Zealand
3-4 kg/fish 1,050 - 1,000
SARDINE, fresh, large Japan 2,000
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Species Origin Price range(yen/kg)
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SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed Alaska& Canada
Over 7 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,250
5-7 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,250
4-5 lbs/fish 1,200 - 1,180
3-4 lbs/fish 1,170 - 1,150
2-3 lbs/fish 980 - 950
1-2 lbs/fish 880 - 850
SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAG), C. bairdi, section with claw, cooked frozen,
shrink-pack, 5 kg-carton Alaska 5 L 2,300 - 2,100
4 L 2,200 - 1,800
ROCK SOLE, with roe L 450 - 380
M 450 - 400
S 430 - 380
SURIMI, frozen Ship-processed: SA 500 - 380
Ship-processed: FA 470
Land-processed: 380 - 250
FLOUNDER, fresh
Japan 5,500-2,000
U.S.A. 2,500-1,200
Korea, North 2,000
China 2,000-1,300
ABALONE, live Japan Kuro (Kyushu) 8,000 - 7,000
Kuro (Boshu) 8,500 - 8,000
Ezo, over 300gm 10,000 - 9,000
Under 300gm 9,500 - 9,000
Tokobushi 4,000 - 3,500
Australia 5,500 - 5,000
Taiwan Tokobushi 3,000
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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