WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
August 6, 2001
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange rate is:
124 yen = U.S.$1.00 for, August 6, 2001.
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Species Date of sale Sales Origin Price range (yen/kg)
(Month/date) volume High Average Low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
08/02 9 fish New Zealand 2,500-1,580-1,000
fish Australia
08/03 24 fish Spain 3,000-1,850-1,500
08/06 34 fish Boston 7,800-4,519-3,000
fish Italy
fish Turkey
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
08/06 76 fish New Zealand 5,600-2,395-1,000
08/06 22 fish Australia 4,700-2,077- 800
08/02 36 fish Sri Lanka 1,500-1,233- 800
08/06 18 fish Cebu 2,300-1,433-1,000
08/03 5 fish Spain 2,200-1,470- 700
fish Fiji
fish Bali
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
fish Bali
08/01 16 fish Sri Lanka 1,250- 885- 600
08/02 5 fish Australia 3,000-1,640-1,100
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
08/06 4,609 trays China 4,800- 300/tray*
08/02 210 trays Alaska 1,800-1,600/tray*
08/06 572 trays Chile 1,800- 700/tray*
08/06 1,882 trays Los Angeles 3,700- 700/tray*
trays San Francisco 1,800- 900/tray*
trays North America (green sea urchin)
/tray*
08/04 212 trays Korea, North 3,200-2,300/tray*
trays Canada /tray*
08/04 30 trays Korea, South 1,700-1,600/tray*
08/06 1,365 trays Japan (white) 12,000-2,400/tray*
08/06 864 trays Japan (red) 9,800-3,500/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 Kodiak
Grade 1 3,500-3,400
Grade 2 3,100-3,000
Grade 3 2,700-2,600
Copper River
Grade 1 3,900-3,800
Grade 2 3,500-3,400
Grade 3 3,100-3,000
King Copper River
Grade 1 3,700-3,400
Grade 2 3,300-3,000
Grade 3 2,900-2,600
Chum Copper River
Grade 1 3,700-3,600
Grade 2 3,300-3,200
Grade 3 2,900-2,800
Salmon-trout Northern Europe
Grade 1 3,800-3,700
Grade 2 3,400-3,300
Coho Chile
Grade 1 3,700-3,600
Grade 2 3,400-3,300
Grade 3 3,100-3,000
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
Japan Top grade 5,200-4,800
Standard grade 4,500-4,300
Import 3,800-3,600
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
Russia 4,000-3,500
Japan 5,500-5,000
SALMON
Sockeye, frozen, dressed, IQF
Kodiak
2-4 lbs/fish 650
4-6 lbs/fish 660- 650
6-9 lbs/fish
Copper River
2-4 lbs/fish 750- 730
4-6 lbs/fish 850- 830
6-9 lbs/fish 900- 880
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)
High Low
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Coho, frozen, dressed
Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 450- 430
4-6 lbs/fish 450- 430
6-9 lbs/fish 420- 400
Trout, frozen dressed Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 450- 430
4-6 lbs/fish 450- 430
6-9 lbs/fish 420- 400
Europe
1.8-2.7 kg/fish 460- 430
2.7-3.6 kg/fish 460- 430
3.6-4.5 kg/fish 430- 410
Atlantic, frozen, dressed Norway
3-4 kg/fish 400- 350
4-5 kg/fish 450- 400
5-6 kg/fish 500- 450
Chile
3-4 kg/fish 400- 350
4-5 kg/fish 450- 400
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
4-5 kg/fish 850- 750
ABALONE, live Japan Kuro (Kyushu) 8,500
Ezo: 400-500 gm 10,500-11,000
About 300 gm 10,000
About 200 gm 10,000-9,500
Tokobushi 3,500-2,500
Australia 6,000-5,500
Taiwan Tokobushi 2,500-2,000
SARDINE, fresh, large Japan 600- 400
SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed Alaska& Canada
Over 7 lbs/fish 1,330-1,300
5-7 lbs/fish 1,300-1,230
4-5 lbs/fish 1,230-1,200
3-4 lbs/fish 1,150-1,130
2-3 lbs/fish 1,050-1,030
1-2 lbs/fish 950- 900
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)
High Low
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ROCK SOLE, with roe L 500- 490
M 480- 460
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SURIMI, frozen Ship-processed: SA 450- 380
Ship-processed: FA 400
Land-processed: 380- 250
FLOUNDER, fresh
Japan 3,000-1,500
U.S.A. 1,400-1,300
Korea, North -
China 2,500-2,000
Skipjack tuna, fresh, pole-and-line
Japan
3 kg/fish 1,000- 700
2.5-2.6 kg/fish 700- 500
2 kg/fish 500- 400
1.7-1.8 kg/fish -
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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