WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
May 7-14, 2001
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange rates are:
121-122 yen = U.S.$1.00 for May 7-14, 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
May 7 8 fish New Zealand 6,700- 4,080- 1,600
May 14 33 fish Taiwan 4,000- 2,854- 2,000
May 7 10 fish Tunisia 6,000- 3,540- 1,000
May 14 44 fish Greece 2,500- 1,750- 1,000
May 8 12 fish Spain 4,000- 2,790- 1,800
May 14 39 fish Italy 4,600- 3,027- 1,900
May 7 1 fish Croatia 1,500
May 7 23 fish Turkey 3,900- 2,110- 1,300
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
May 10 10 fish New Zealand 3,500- 2,430- 500
May 14 207 fish Australia 6,000- 1,482- 600
May 11 87 fish Sri Lanka 2,000- 969- 500
May 12 24 fish Bali 2,200- 1,162- 600
May 11 13 fish Fiji 3,700- 1,992- 500
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
May fish Bali
May 11 18 fish Fiji 2,500- 1,456- 800
May 12 66 fish Australia 2,000- 810- 400
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
May 14 1,225 trays China 2,800 - 300/tray*
May trays Alaska /tray*
May 14 828 trays Chile 1,600 - 1,100/tray*
May 14 1,306 trays Los Angeles 9,500 - 900/tray*
May 12 157 trays San Francisco 4,000 - 1,600/tray*
May trays North America (green sea urchin)
/tray*
May trays Korea, North - /tray*
May 12 42 trays Canada 1,850 - 1,700/tray*
May trays Oregon /tray*
May 14 546 trays Japan (white) 11,000 - 1,500/tray*
May 14 2,776 trays Japan (red) 6,500 - 2,000/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)
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HERRING ROE ON KELP
Canada 5,000-3,000
San Francisco
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
Sockeye Kenei
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Bristol Bay
Grade 1 2,600-2,400
Grade 2 2,200-2,000
Grade 3 1,800-1,600
Pink Cordova/Kodiak
Grade 1 2,100-2,000
Grade 2 1,800-1,700
Grade 3 1,500-1,400
Coho Chili
Grade 1 3,800-3,600
Grade 2 3,500-3,400
Grade 3 3,200-3,100
Salmon-trout Denmark
Good grade: Grade 1 4,000-3,900
Grade 2 3,500-3,400
Standard grade:
Grade 1 3,800-3,700
Grade 2 3,400-3,300
Grade 3 3,000-2,900
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
Japan Top grade 6,300-6,000
Standard grade 5,100-4,900
Import 4,000-3,800
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
Russia 4,000-3,800
Japan 6,000-5,500
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) 8,500
Ezo: 400-500 gm 10,500 -11,000
About 300 gm 10,000 - 9,000
About 200 gm 9,500 - 9,000
Tokobushi 3,500 - 2,500
Australia 6,000 - 5,500
Taiwan Tokobushi 2,500 - 2,000
SARDINE, fresh, large Japan 1,200 - 1,000
SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed Alaska& Canada
Over 7 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,250
5-7 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,250
4-5 lbs/fish 1,200 - 1,150
3-4 lbs/fish 1,150 - 1,100
2-3 lbs/fish 1,050 - 1,000
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. 1,700 - 700
Korea, North
China 2,500 - 2,000
Oyster, live
Japan, Mie 600 - 500
Japan, Hiroshima 700 - 600
Skipjack tuna, fresh, pole-and-line
Japan
3 kg/fish 2,500 - 2,200
2.5-2.6 kg/fish 1,600 - 1,500
2 kg/fish 1,100 - 1,000
1.7-1.8 kg/fish 800 - 700
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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