WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
January 19 - February 2, 2004
  All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
  Exchange rates are: 106-107 yen = U.S.$1.00 
  for January 19 - February 2, 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
  01/24       5 fish     Greece                    4,300-3,133-2,700
  01/23       3 fish     Italy                     3,300-3,233-3,100
  01/30       8 fish     Malta                     2,800-2,174-2,000
  02/02      55 fish     Mexico                    2,900-2,157-2,000
  01/19       5 fish     New York                  7,000-5,570-4,500
  02/02     129 fish     Spain                     6,500-2,927-2,000
  02/02      21 fish     Tunisia                   3,200-2,188-2,000
  02/02      18 fish     Turkey                    2,500-2,155-2,000
  
  BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
  01/30      13 fish     Australia                 3,300-2,069-1,100
  02/02      23 fish     Bali                      2,000-1,338-  800
  01/30       7 fish     Fiji                      2,000-1,357-  700
  02/02      13 fish     Guam                      1,700-1,191-  700
  01/26       2 fish     Hawaii                    2,500-2,450-2,400
  02/02      19 fish     Jakarta                   1,800-1,200-  600
  01/26      10 fish     Maldive                   1,400-1,086-1,000
  01/19      35 fish     Marshall Is.              1,800-1,080-  700
  01/30       1 fish     New Zealand                           3,000
  01/20      48 fish     Ponape                      770-  656-  500
  01/31      16 fish     Puket                     2,000-1,263-1,000
  02/02      26 fish     Sri Lanka                 1,700-1,030-  500
  01/30       4 fish     Taiwan                    1,800-1,275-  900
  01/23      33 fish     Viet Nam                  2,200-1,252-  800
  
 YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
 02/02       4 fish     Australia                 1,300-1,000-  800
 01/23       1 fish     Fiji                                  2,000
 01/19       1 fish     New Zealand                           2,300
 
 SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
 02/02    212 trays   Canada                       1,700-  700/tray*
 02/02  1,888 trays   China                        1,000-  300/tray*
 01/29    287 trays   Chile                        1,300-1,000/tray*
 01/30    210 trays   Korea, North                 2,200-2,000/tray*
 02/02  2,460 trays   U.S.A.***                    6,800-1,000/tray*
 02/02      Japan (white)                        15,000-2,200/tray**
 02/02      Japan (red)                           8,300-1,600/tray**
 
             *(tray=250-350 grams in net weight)
            **(tray=300-400 grams in net weight)
            *** excluding Alaska
 
 SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
  Sockeye salmon sujiko, Kenai
                      Grade 1                            3,000-2,800
                      Grade 2                            2,600-2,400
                      Grade 3                            2,200-2,000
  Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                      Grade 1                            2,300-2,200
                      Grade 2                            1,900-1,800
                      Grade 3                            1,500-1,400
 
  Pink salmon sujiko, SE & PWS
                      Grade 1                            1,700-1,500
                      Grade 2                            1,400-1,200
                      Grade 3                            1,100-  900
  Salmon-trout sujiko, Denmark
                      Grade 1                            3,800-3,700
                      Grade 2                            3,400-3,000
                      Grade 3                            3,000-2,900
 
 SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
       Japan, Hokkaido & Sanriku                         3,400-3,200
       North America, SE                                 2,300-2,200
       North America, CA                                 2,100-2,000
 
 SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
       Russian roe                                       2,600-2,300
 
 SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
       Japan, Hokkaido                                   3,000-2,800
 
 SALMON
  Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Bristol Bay
            2-4 lbs/fish                                     500-480
            4-6 lbs/fish                                     530-520
            6-9 lbs/fish                                     540-520
  Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Cook Inlet                          
            2-4 lbs/fish                                     580-550
            4-6 lbs/fish                                     620-580
            6-9 lbs/fish                                     620-580
  Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
            2-4 lbs/fish                                     430-420
            4-6 lbs/fish                                     440-430
            6-9 lbs/fish                                     440-430
  Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
            2-4 lbs/fish                                     450-440
            4-6 lbs/fish                                     450-440
            6-9 lbs/fish                                     460-450
  Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Europe
            1.8-2.7 kg/fish                                  460-450
            2.7-3.6 kg/fish                                  470-460
  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     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                                                  1,300-1,200
 
 SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
  Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                         1,380-1,350
  Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                            1,350-1,330
                 4-5 lbs/fish                            1,250-1,230
                 3-4 lbs/fish                            1,180-1,150
                 2-3 lbs/fish                            1,070-1,050
                 1-2 lbs/fish                              950-  930
 
  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                                         4,000-2,000
           U.S.A.                                        1,200-  800
           China                                         2,500-1,000
 
 SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
           Japan         Large                                 1,400
                         Medium                                1,000
 
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