WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
January 5-22, 2001
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange rates are: -
116-119 yen = U.S.$1.00 for January 5-22, 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
Jan. 19 49 fish Los Angeles 4,500- 2,982- 2,800
Jan. 22 53 fish Tunisia 4,700- 2,838- 2,000
Jan. 12 7 fish Turkey 3,400- 2,380- 1,500
Jan. 12 1 fish Greece 1,000
Jan. 19 42 fish Spain 5,000- 4,211- 3,750
Jan. 12 12 fish Italy 5,500- 4,300- 2,700
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Jan. 12 20 fish New Zealand 7,000- 2,700- 800
Jan. 5 3 fish Hawaii 4,000- 3,000- 2,800
Jan. 18 109 fish Australia 4,900- 1,596- 400
Jan. 19 69 fish Sri Lanka 2,400- 1,074- 500
Jan. 19 163 fish Bali 3,100- 1,035- 400
Jan. 5 42 fish Fiji 4,500- 2,013- 500
Jan. fish Guam
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Jan. 16 23 fish Sri Lanka 1,800- 989- 500
Jan. 19 7 fish Australia 3,000- 1,266- 500
Jan. 18 7 fish New Zealand 2,800- 1,472 900
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
Jan. 18 239 trays China 2,200 - 1,100/tray*
Jan. 6 120 trays Oregon 3,400 - 2,000/tray*
Jan. 5 200 trays Chile 700 - 200/tray*
Jan. 20 323 trays Los Angeles 5,200 - 2,500/tray*
Jan. 18 162 trays San Francisco 3,800 - 900/tray*
Jan. 22 1,379 trays North America (green sea urchin)
4,200 - 1,000/tray*
trays Korea, North - /tray*
Jan. 20 549 trays Canada 3,000 - 700/tray*
Jan. 16 27 trays Mexico 500/tray*
Jan. 22 1,347 trays Japan (white) 14,000 - 1,600/tray*
Jan. 22 2,273 trays Japan (red) 6,800 - 2,100/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 4,500-3,000
Medium 3,500
Small 3,500
San Francisco Large 3,600-3,400
Medium 3,200-3,100
Small 3,200-3,000
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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 6,700-6,500
Kodiak Grade 1
SE Grade 1 4,500-4,400
SE Grade 2
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
Russia 3,600-3,500
Japan 6,000-5,600
SALMON
Sockeye, frozen, dressed, IQF
Bristol Bay
2-4 lbs/fish 560 - 550
4-6 lbs/fish 560 - 550
6-9 lbs/fish 550 - 540
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, 650 - 550
Russia, Kamchatka 700 - 600
Sockeye, frozen, semi-dressed, set-net
Russia 500 - 450
Chum, frozen, semi-dressed, drift-net
Russia 450 - 250
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Species Origin Price range(yen/kg)
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Coho, frozen, dressed
Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 420 - 410
4-6 lbs/fish 430 - 420
6-9 lbs/fish 450 - 440
Trout, frozen dressed Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 430 - 420
4-6 lbs/fish 430 - 420
6-9 lbs/fish 450 - 430
Europe
1.8-2.7 kg/fish 420 - 400
2.7-3.6 kg/fish 430 - 420
3.6-4.5 kg/fish 500 - 480
Atlantic, frozen, dressed Norway
3-4 kg/fish 500 - 460
4-5 kg/fish 520 - 480
5-6 kg/fish 540 - 500
Chile
3-4 kg/fish 500 - 460
4-5 kg/fish 520 - 480
Atlantic, fresh, semi-dressed
Norway
3-4 kg/fish 750 - 700
4-5 kg/fish 800 - 750
Chile
3-4 kg/fish 800 - 700
4-5 kg/fish 900 - 800
Scotland, semi-dressed
3-4 kg/fish 850 - 800
4-5 kg/fish 950 - 900
King, fresh New Zealand
3-4 kg/fish 950 - 850
ABALONE, live Japan Kuro (Kyushu) 8,500 - 7,500
Ezo: 400-500 gm 10,500 -11,000
About 300 gm 10,000 - 9,000
About 100 gm 7,500
Tokobushi
Australia 5,500
Taiwan Tokobushi 2,700 - 2,500
SARDINE, fresh, extra large Japan 1,500 - 1,100
SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed Alaska& Canada
Over 7 lbs/fish 1,350 - 1,300
5-7 lbs/fish 1,380 - 1,300
4-5 lbs/fish 1,250 - 1,200
3-4 lbs/fish 1,150 - 1,140
2-3 lbs/fish 970 - 950
1-2 lbs/fish 850 - 830
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 - 450
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 5,000 - 2,000
U.S.A. 2,000 - 1,000
Korea, North
China 5,000 - 2,500
Oyster, live
Japan, Sanriku 2,200 - 800
Japan, Hiroshima 1,300 - 800
Skipjack tuna, fresh, pole-and-line
Japan, Kesenuma
5-3 kg/fish 1,000 - 900
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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