WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
March 21 - April 2, 2001
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange rates are:
122-124 yen = U.S.$1.00 for March 21 - April 2, 2001.
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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
Mar. 29 4 fish France 2,000- 1,620- 1,300
Apr. 2 47 fish Japan 5,000- 3,758- 2,500
Apr. 2 46 fish Tunisia 4,000- 2,211- 1,000
Mar. 29 21 fish Greece 2,800- 1,810- 1,200
Apr. 2 13 fish Spain 8,000- 5,851- 4,000
Mar. 29 40 fish Italy 7,500- 3,620- 1,000
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Mar. 30 22 fish New Zealand 5,000- 2,641- 1,000
Mar. 21 22 fish Pohnpei 2,000- 1,289- 700
Apr. 2 60 fish Australia 3,000- 1,506- 500
Apr. 2 69 fish Sri Lanka 2,000- 1,148- 500
Mar. 21 66 fish Bali 2,000- 867- 400
Mar. 21 34 fish Indonesia 1,600- 798- 400
Mar. 26 30 fish Guam 1,900 896 400
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Mar. 27 13 fish Sri Lanka 1,300- 908 500
Mar. 29 13 fish New Zealand 3,500- 1,590- 850
Apr. 2 5 fish Australia 2,000- 1,740- 1,300
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
Apr. 2 1,907 trays China 2,800 - 300/tray*
Mar. 31 518 trays Alaska 4,500 - 1,000/tray*
Mar. 31 484 trays Chile 1,000 - 800/tray*
Apr. 2 1,201 trays Los Angeles 5,300 - 450/tray*
Apr. 2 1,844 trays San Francisco 3,200 - 1,000/tray*
Mar. 31 808 trays North America (green sea urchin)
3,500 - 1,100/tray*
Mar. 23 192 trays Korea, North 2,200 - 500/tray*
Mar. 29 177 trays Canada 750 - 400/tray*
Mar. trays Oregon /tray*
Apr. 2 958 trays Japan (white) 12,000 - 2,300/tray*
Apr. 2 4,692 trays Japan (red) 8,500 - 1,000/tray*
*(tray=280-350 grams in net weight)
ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
Fresh Japan Top grade 6,000-4,000
Frozen Grade 1 Small 3,500
Medium 4,300
Grade 2 Small 2,800
Medium 3,200
HERRING ROE, salted
Canada Large 5,000-4,300
Medium 4,200
Small 4,000
San Francisco Large 3,600-3,400
Medium 3,500-3,200
Small 3,400-3,100
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Species Origin Price range(yen/kg)
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HERRING ROE ON KELP
Canada 5,000-3,000
San Francisco
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
Sockeye Kenei
Grade 1 3,500-3,400
Grade 2 3,100-3,000
Grade 3 2,700-2,600
Bristol Bay
Grade 1 2,600-2,400
Grade 2 2,200-2,000
Grade 3 1,800-1,600
Kodiak
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Pink Cordova/Kodiak
Grade 1 2,200-2,000
Grade 2 1,900-1,700
Grade 3 1,600-1,400
SE
Grade 1 2,100-1,900
Grade 2 1,800-1,600
Grade 3 1,500-1,300
Salmon-trout
Denmark Grade 1 3,800-3,700
Grade 2 3,400-3,300
Grade 3 3,000-2,900
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
Japan Grade 1 6,500-6,000
SE Grade 1 4,600-4,500
Pink Alaska Grade 1 3,500-3,000
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
Russia 4,000-3,800
Japan 6,000-5,600
SALMON
Sockeye, frozen, dressed, IQF
Bristol Bay
2-4 lbs/fish 770 - 750
4-6 lbs/fish 770 - 750
6-9 lbs/fish 770 - 750
Copper River
2-4 lbs/fish -
4-6 lbs/fish -
6-9 lbs/fish -
Sockeye, frozen, semi-dressed, drift-net
Russia, Sakhalin, -
Russia, Kamchatka -
King, frozen
New Zealand
4-6 lbs/fish 700 - 650
6-9 lbs/fish 750 - 700
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Species Origin Price range(yen/kg)
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Coho, frozen, dressed
Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 500 - 480
4-6 lbs/fish 530 - 510
6-9 lbs/fish 480 - 460
Trout, frozen dressed Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 520 - 500
4-6 lbs/fish 530 - 520
6-9 lbs/fish 520 - 500
Europe
1.8-2.7 kg/fish 540 - 520
2.7-3.6 kg/fish 490 - 470
3.6-4.5 kg/fish 490 - 470
Atlantic, frozen, dressed Norway
3-4 kg/fish 530 - 520
4-5 kg/fish 520 - 500
5-6 kg/fish 540 - 520
Chile
3-4 kg/fish 500 - 480
4-5 kg/fish 520 - 500
Atlantic, fresh, semi-dressed
Norway
3-4 kg/fish 750 - 650
4-5 kg/fish 800 - 700
Chile
3-4 kg/fish 800 - 700
4-5 kg/fish 850 - 750
Scotland, semi-dressed
3-4 kg/fish 850 - 800
4-5 kg/fish 900 - 850
King, fresh New Zealand
3-4 kg/fish 850 - 750
ABALONE, live Japan Kuro (Kyushu) 8,000 - 7,000
Ezo: 400-500 gm 10,500 -11,000
About 300 gm 10,000 - 9,000
About 100 gm 8,000 - 7,500
Tokobushi 2,500 - 2,300
Australia 6,000 - 5,500
Taiwan Tokobushi 2,500 - 2,000
SARDINE, fresh, extra large Japan 2,500
SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed Alaska& Canada
Over 7 lbs/fish 1,380 - 1,300
5-7 lbs/fish 1,450 - 1,330
4-5 lbs/fish 1,320 - 1,280
3-4 lbs/fish 1,220 - 1,150
2-3 lbs/fish 1,100 - 990
1-2 lbs/fish 900 - 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
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Species Origin Price range(yen/kg)
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ROCK SOLE, with roe L 480 - 430
M 480 - 450
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SURIMI, frozen Ship-processed: SA 500 - 380
Ship-processed: FA 470
Land-processed: 380 - 250
FLOUNDER, fresh
Japan 3,500 - 2,000
U.S.A. 1,500 - 1,200
Korea, North
China 2,700 - 2,500
Oyster, live
Japan, Sanriku 800 - 500
Japan, Hiroshima 800 - 500
Skipjack tuna, fresh, pole-and-line
Japan, Kesenuma
3-8 kg/fish 1,200 - 600
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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