WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
July 1-12, 2004
  All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
  Exchange rates are: 108-109 yen = U.S.$1.00 
  for July 1-12, 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
  07/12      11 fish     Boston                   10,000-5,533-3,000
  07/10       2 fish     Canada                   11,000-7,250-3,500
  07/12       1 fish     Italy                                 2,500
  07/12       2 fish     Malta                                 2,600
  07/10       2 fish     Spain                                 2,600
  
  BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
  07/12       3 fish     Australia                 1,500-1,267-1,000
  07/09      12 fish     Bali                      1,300-1,150-1,000
  07/02       8 fish     Fiji                      2,500-1,475-1,000
  07/10       4 fish     Guam                      1,300-1,075-  800
  07/12      10 fish     Indonesia                 1,000-  900-  700
  07/05       4 fish     Jakarta                   1,200-  950-  750
  07/03      20 fish     Marshall Is.              2,200-1,053-  500
  07/12       3 fish     New Caledonia             2,500-1,650-  800
  07/10       9 fish     New Zealand               3,500-2,489-1,500
  07/12       3 fish     Palau                     1,300-1,067-  900
  07/10      19 fish     Sri Lanka                 1,400-1,200-1,000
  07/09       6 fish     Taiwan                                1,000
  07/08       5 fish     Viet Nam                  1,300-1,080-  800
  
 YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
 07/12      10 fish     Australia                 2,300-1,440-  800
 07/01       3 fish     Guam                        900-  767-  700
 
 SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
 07/09        72 trays   Chile                           1,100/tray*
 07/12     2,126 trays   China                     2,300-  200/tray*
 07/12       791 trays   U.S.A.***                 3,300-  600/tray*
 07/12          Japan (white)                    12,000-  500/tray**
 07/12          Japan (red)                      17,000-  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                                              
 
 SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
      Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                         No.1                            2,600-2,500
                         No.2                            2,300-2,200
                         No.3                            2,000-1,900
      Chum salmon sujiko
                         No.1                            2,600-2,500
                         No.2                            2,200-2,100
                         No.3                            1,800-1,700
      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                     4,000-3,400
           North America, SE                             2,200-2,100
           North America, CA                             2,000-1,900
 
 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                                 510-500
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 550-540
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 500-540
      Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Copper River                    
                2-4 lbs/fish                                     600
                4-6 lbs/fish                               1,000-950
                6-9 lbs/fish                               1,000-950
      Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
                2-4 lbs/fish                                 410-400
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 420-400
                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                              480-460
                2.7-3.6 kg/fish                              510-500
      Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
                4-5 kg/fish                                  580-550
                5-6 kg/fish                                  620-580
      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 (Bohshu)                            8,000-7,500
                Kuro (Kyushu)                            7,000-6,500
                Ezo:  Over 300 gm                              9,500
                     About 200 gm                        8,500-8,000
                      150- 200 gm                        8,000-7,000
                      100- 150 gm                        7,000-6,000
                Tokobushi                                3,000-2,500
      Australia                                          6,000-5,500
      South Africa                                       6,000-5,500
      Taiwan    Tokobushi                                2,500-2,000
 
 SARDINE, fresh, large
      Japan                                                600-  500
 
 SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
      Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                     1,330-1,300
      Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                        1,250-1,200
                     4-5 lbs/fish                        1,150-1,100
                     3-4 lbs/fish                        1,050-  950
                     2-3 lbs/fish                          950-  880
                     1-2 lbs/fish                          830-  780
 
      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)                            400-330
           M (600-400 grams/fish)                            400-330
           S (400-200 grams/fish)                            400-330
 
 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                                         1,800-1,300
           China                                                    
           Korea, North                                             
           U.S.A.                                                   
 
 SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
           Japan         Large                               800-300
                         Medium                              600-270
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