WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
May 1-15, 2004
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 109-113 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for May 1-15, 2004.

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Species/       Sales   Origin                 Price range (yen/kg)
Date of sale   volume                          High  Average  Low 
(Month/date)
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
05/06       4 fish     France                    2,600-2,370-2,000
05/10       2 fish     Greece                                4,000
05/14      61 fish     Italy                     4,000-2,306-1,800
05/14       7 fish     Malta                     4,300-3,120-1,700
05/14      48 fish     Spain                     3,800-2,863-2,000
05/14       2 fish     Taiwan                    4,500-3,600-2,700

BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
05/14      21 fish     Australia                 4,800-2,067-  900
05/13      21 fish     Bali                      1,100-  789-  700
05/14      15 fish     Fiji                      3,000-1,571-1,000
05/14       7 fish     Guam                      2,400-1,757-1,300
05/14       2 fish     Jakarta                   1,100-1,050-1,000
05/14       7 fish     Indonesia                 1,700-1,200-1,000
05/10      29 fish     Maldive                   2,200-1,242-  750
05/06       3 fish     New Zealand               2,000-1,850-1,700
05/10      27 fish     Puket                     1,500-  930-  400
05/14      15 fish     Taiwan                    1,500-1,045-  700
05/14       5 fish     Viet Nam                  1,400-1,280-1,100
  
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
05/13       7 fish     Australia                 2,000-1,333-1,000
05/14       1 fish     New Zealand                           1,700

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
05/15      108 trays    Chile                     1,200-1,150/tray*
05/15     1,813 trays   China                     1,800-  500/tray*
05/14      261 trays    U.S.A.***                 3,000-1,000/tray*
05/15          Japan (white)                    14,000-  300/tray**
05/15          Japan (red)                       9,000-  500/tray**
                *(tray=250-350 grams in net weight)
               **(tray=150-400 grams in net weight)
               *** excluding Alaska

ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
     Japan     Frozen   No.1  Small                           3,000
                              Medium                          4,000
                        No.2  Small                           1,800
                              Medium                          2,500

HERRING ROE, salted
     Canada (box-pack)        Medium                          4,000
                              Small                           3,800
     Bristol Bay (pail-pack) Large                            2,000
     San Francisco /
          Canada (pail-pack) Medium                     3,800-3,500
                              Small                           3,200

HERRING ROE ON KELP
               Alaska                                   3,500-3,300

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
     Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                        No.1                            2,300-2,200
                        No.2                            1,900-1,800
                        No.3                            1,500-1,400
     Pink salmon sujiko, SE & PWS
                        No.1                            1,700-1,500
                        No.2                            1,400-1,200
                        No.3                            1,100-  900
     Salmon-trout sujiko, Denmark
                        No.1                            3,800-3,700
                        No.2                            3,400-3,300
                        No.3                            3,000-2,900

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
          Japan, Hokkaido & Sanriku                     4,000-3,500
          North America, SE                             2,300-2,200
          North America, CA                             2,100-2,000

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
          Russian roe                                   2,500-2,400

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
          Japan, Hokkaido                               3,100-3,000

SALMON
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Bristol Bay
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 550-530
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 570-550
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 570-550
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Cook Inlet                      
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 580-560
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 620-600
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 620-600
     Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 410-400
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 420-410
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 430-420
     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 450-440
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 460-450
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 460-450
     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Europe
               1.8-2.7 kg/fish                              470-450
               2.7-3.6 kg/fish                              480-470
     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
               3-4 kg/fish                                  520-480
               4-5 kg/fish                                  560-500
               5-6 kg/fish                                  600-550
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Norway
               4-5 kg/fish                                  850-750
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
               5-6 kg/fish                                  850-750
     King salmon, frozen, farm, New Zealand
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 600-550
               6-11 lbs/fish                                600-550
     King salmon, frozen, farm, Canada                             
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 600-550
               6-11 lbs/fish                                600-550

ABALONE, live
     Japan     Kuro (Kyushu)                            7,000-6,500
               Ezo:  Over 300 gm                              9,500
                    About 200 gm                        8,500-8,000
                     150- 200 gm                        8,500-8,000
                     100- 150 gm                        8,000-7,000
               Tokobushi                                3,000-2,500
     Australia                                          6,000-5,500
     South Africa                                       6,000-5,500
     Taiwan    Tokobushi                                2,500-2,000

SARDINE, fresh, medium
     Japan                                              2,300-1,600

SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
     Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                     1,330-1,300
     Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                        1,280-1,250
                    4-5 lbs/fish                        1,180-1,150
                    3-4 lbs/fish                        1,080-1,050
                    2-3 lbs/fish                        1,000-  950
                    1-2 lbs/fish                          930-  880

     SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAG), C. bairdi, section with claw,
      cooked, frozen, shrink-pack, 5 kg-carton, Alaska
          5 L                                           2,450-2,100
          4 L                                           2,200-1,800

ROCK SOLE, frozen, with roe                                        
          L (800-600 grams/fish)                            500-480
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                                480
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                                480

ROCK SOLE, frozen, without roe
          L (800-600 grams/fish)                            240-230
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                                240
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                                   

SURIMI, frozen
          Ship-processed, SA                                    450
          Ship-processed, FA                                    400
          Land-processed                                        320

FLOUNDER, fresh
          Japan                                         3,500-1,500
          China                                         1,600-1,000

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
          Japan         Large                             2,400-900
                        Medium                            2,000-600

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