WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
April 5 - 17, 2001
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange rates are:
124-125 yen = U.S.$1.00 for April 5 - 17, 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
Apr. 13 45 fish Los Angeles 4,600- 3,844- 3,000
Apr. 17 36 fish Turkey 7,000- 3,233- 1,300
Apr. 13 49 fish Tunisia 3,500- 2,021- 1,500
Apr. 16 17 fish Greece 4,000- 2,660- 1,000
Apr. 16 26 fish Spain 5,800- 3,361- 2,200
Apr. 16 17 fish Italy 5,000- 2,980- 1,500
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Apr. 17 71 fish New Zealand 4,200- 2,184- 700
Apr. 13 58 fish Fiji 3,500- 1,413- 600
Apr. 17 53 fish Australia 4,000- 1,726- 600
Apr. 17 26 fish Sri Lanka 2,000- 911- 400
Apr. 17 46 fish Bali 1,300- 924- 450
Apr. 17 36 fish Indonesia 2,000- 1,063- 500
Apr. 17 26 fish Guam 2,300- 1,160- 500
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Apr. 6 43 fish Sri Lanka 1,800- 1,500- 600
Apr. 5 6 fish New Zealand 2,200- 1,580- 1,300
Apr. 17 36 fish Australia 1,500- 952- 600
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
Apr. 17 1,548 trays China 1,600 - 300/tray*
trays Alaska - /tray*
Apr. 13 401 trays Chile 1,300 - 1,100/tray*
Apr. 17 1,192 trays Los Angeles 10,000 - 800/tray*
Apr. 17 521 trays San Francisco 3,300 - 1,000/tray*
Apr. 13 189 trays North America (green sea urchin)
2,600 - 1,700/tray*
Apr. trays Korea, North - /tray*
Apr. 17 413 trays Canada 2,000 - 700/tray*
Apr. trays Oregon /tray*
Apr. 17 254 trays Japan (white) 13,000 - 1,500/tray*
Apr. 17 1,740 trays Japan (red) 7,600 - 1,500/tray*
*(tray=280-350 grams in net weight)
ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
Fresh Japan Top grade 5,500-4,000
Frozen Grade 1 Small 3,500
Medium 4,300
Grade 2 Small 2,800
Medium 3,200
HERRING ROE, salted
Canada Large 4,800-4,500
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)
High Low
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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 4,000-3,900
Grade 2 3,500-3,400
Grade 3 3,000-2,900
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
Japan Top grade 6,300-6,000
Standard grade 5,200-5,000
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
Alaska
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 510 - 500
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 500 - 480
3.6-4.5 kg/fish 500 - 480
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 - 7,500
Ezo: 400-500 gm 10,500 -11,000
About 300 gm 10,000 - 9,000
About 200 gm 9,000 - 8,500
Tokobushi 2,500 - 2,300
Australia 6,000 - 5,500
Taiwan Tokobushi 2,500 - 2,000
SARDINE, fresh, extra large Japan 400 - 300
SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed Alaska& Canada
Over 7 lbs/fish 1,380 - 1,300
5-7 lbs/fish 1,400 - 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 3,000 - 1,500
U.S.A. -
Korea, North
China 2,500 - 1,300
Oyster, live
Japan, Sanriku 600 - 500
Japan, Hiroshima 650 - 500
Skipjack tuna, fresh, pole-and-line
Japan, Kesenuma
3-5 kg/fish 1,000 - 650
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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