WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
March 13 - 19, 2001
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange rates are: -
120-122 yen = U.S.$1.00 for March 13 - 19, 2001.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Date of Sales Origin Price range (yen/kg)
sale volume High Average Low
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
Mar 19 24 fish Los Angeles 3,000- 2,667- 2,500
Mar. 19 48 fish Japan 5,000- 3,536- 2,500
Mar. fish Tunisia
fish Greece
Mar. 16 35 fish Spain 5,300- 4,667- 3,500
Mar. 19 21 fish Italy 5,800- 3,761- 2,000
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Mar. 19 52 fish New Zealand 6,000- 2,714- 500
fish Hawaii
Mar. 16 117 fish Australia 6,800- 2,027- 500
Mar. 19 89 fish Sri Lanka 1,500- 930- 500
fish Bali
Mar. 13 34 fish Viet Nam 4,000- 1,691- 900
fish Guam
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Mar. 15 12 fish Sri Lanka 2,200- 1,155- 400
Mar. 19 30 fish New Zealand 2,000- 1,200- 700
Mar. 15 16 fish Bali 1,000- 745 500
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
Mar. 19 3,455 trays China 5,200 - 1,300/tray*
Mar. 15 78 trays Alaska 3,000 - 2,500/tray*
Mar. 17 204 trays Chile 3,200 - 2,000/tray*
Mar. 17 823 trays Los Angeles 11,500 - 2,200/tray*
Mar. 17 251 trays San Francisco 6,400 - 2,000/tray*
Mar. 19 770 trays North America (green sea urchin)
6,100 - 3,300/tray*
Mar. 17 528 trays Korea, North 4,000 - 3,600/tray*
Mar. 17 390 trays Canada 3,800 - 1,700/tray*
Mar. 17 142 trays Oregon 4,000 - 3,600/tray*
Mar. 19 565 trays Japan (white) 15,000 - 5,500/tray*
Mar. 19 1,407 trays Japan (red) 9,500 - 3,500/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 5,000-4,800
Medium 4,200
Small 4,000
San Francisco Large 3,600-3,400
Medium 3,200-3,100
Small 3,200-3,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Origin Price range(yen/kg)
High Low
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 6,500-6,300
Alaska Pink 3,500-3,000
SE Grade 1 4,600-4,500
SE Grade 2
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 680 - 630
4-6 lbs/fish 700 - 650
6-9 lbs/fish 700 - 650
Copper River
2-4 lbs/fish -
4-6 lbs/fish -
6-9 lbs/fish -
Sockeye, frozen, semi-dressed, drift-net
Russia, Sakhalin, 650 - 550
Russia, Kamchatka 700 - 600
Sockeye, frozen, semi-dressed, set-net
Russia 500 - 450
Chum, frozen, semi-dressed, drift-net
Russia 450 - 250
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Origin Price range(yen/kg)
High Low
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coho, frozen, dressed
Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 500 - 480
4-6 lbs/fish 520 - 500
6-9 lbs/fish 480 - 460
Trout, frozen dressed Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 500 - 480
4-6 lbs/fish 520 - 500
6-9 lbs/fish 520 - 500
Europe
1.8-2.7 kg/fish 500 - 480
2.7-3.6 kg/fish 480 - 460
3.6-4.5 kg/fish 480 - 460
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) 7,000
Ezo: 400-500 gm 10,500 -11,000
About 300 gm 10,000 - 9,000
About 100 gm 7,500 - 7,000
Tokobushi
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Origin Price range(yen/kg)
High Low
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROCK SOLE, with roe L 480 - 430
M 480 - 450
S
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. 2,200 - 1,800
Korea, North
China 2,500 - 2,000
Oyster, live
Japan, Sanriku 1,300 - 800
Japan, Hiroshima 800 - 600
Skipjack tuna, fresh, pole-and-line
Japan, Kesenuma
6-3 kg/fish 1,300 - 900
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
|