WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
December 15-27, 2004
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 104-105 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for December 15-27, 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
12/15       2 fish     Croatia                   2,800-2,650-2,500
12/21      17 fish     Italy                     3,000-2,584-2,200
12/22      89 fish     Mexico                    3,200-2,093-1,800
12/22      52 fish     New York                  5,300-3,632-2,500
12/22      13 fish     Spain                     3,500-3,213-3,000
12/22       5 fish     Turkey                    2,800-2,600-2,500

BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
12/22       4 fish     Australia                 1,200-1,000-  800
12/22      23 fish     Bali                      1,500-  971-  700
12/16      15 fish     Fiji                      1,700-1,117-  600
12/22      11 fish     Guam                      2,200-1,564-1,000
12/22      46 fish     Indonesia                 2,700-1,502-  800
12/22      18 fish     Jakarta                   2,000-1,220-  700
12/21       8 fish     Marshall Is.              1,500-1,200-1,000
12/21      11 fish     Sri Lanka                 1,500-1,350-1,200
12/16       2 fish     Taiwan                    1,600-1,450-1,300
12/22      48 fish     Viet Nam                  2,500-1,506-  700
 
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
12/22      10 fish     Australia                 1,300-1,167-1,000
12/21       9 fish     Bali                      1,300-1,200-1,100
12/20      12 fish     Palau                                 1,000
12/22      24 fish     Viet Nam                  1,300-1,000-  800

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
12/25     1,453 trays   Canada                    3,000-  900/tray*
12/25     1,166 trays   China                     2,000-  500/tray*
12/25       100 trays   Korea, North              2,200-2,000/tray*
12/25     2,500 trays   U.S.A.***                 6,000-1,000/tray*
12/25          Japan (white)                    24,000-1,300/tray**
12/25          Japan (red)                       9,000-1,700/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                                
                              Small                                

HERRING ROE ON KELP
               Alaska                                   3,500-2,500

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
     Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                        No.1                            2,200-2,100
                        No.2                            1,800-1,700
                        No.3                            1,400-1,300
     Pink salmon sujiko, SE/Kodiak
                        No.1                            1,800-1,600
                        No.2                            1,500-1,300
                        No.3                            1,200-1,000
     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                               3,000-2,800
          North America, SE, No.1                       2,600-2,500

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
          Russian roe                                   2,200-2,000

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
          Japan, Hokkaido                               3,200-3,000

SALMON
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Bristol Bay
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 520-500
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 600-580
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 620-600
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, False Pass
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 520-500
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 650-630
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 700-680
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, Cook Inlet
               2-4 lbs/fish                                        
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 650-630
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 700-680

     Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 420-410
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 450-440
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 460-450

     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 470-450
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 530-520
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 550-530
     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Norway
               1.8-2.7 kg/fish                              530-520
               2.7-3.6 kg/fish                              550-530

     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
               5-6 kg/fish                                  620-580
     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
               4-5 kg/fish                                  520-480

     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Norway
               3-4 kg/fish                                  800-700
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Tasmania
               4-5 kg/fish                                  850-800
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
               5-6 kg/fish                                  800-700

ABALONE, live
     Japan     Kuro (Bohshu)                                       
               Kuro (Kyushu)                                       
               Ezo:  Over 300 gm                             11,000
                    About 200 gm                      10,500-10,000
                     150- 200 gm                      10,000- 9,500
                     100- 150 gm                       8,500- 8,000
               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- 500

SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
     Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                     1,350-1,330
     Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                        1,300-1,250
                    4-5 lbs/fish                        1,200-1,150
                    3-4 lbs/fish                        1,100-1,050
                    2-3 lbs/fish                        1,000-  950
                    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                                           2,450-2,100
          4 L                                           2,200-1,800

ROCK SOLE, frozen, with roe                                        
          L (800-600 grams/fish)                            400-340
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                            400-340
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                            400-340

ROCK SOLE, frozen, without roe
          L (800-600 grams/fish)                            260-230
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                            260-240
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                                   

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

FLOUNDER, fresh
          Japan                                         3,000-2,500
          China                                                    
          Korea, North                                             
          U.S.A.                                         1,400- 700

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
          Japan         Large                             1,000-500
                        Medium                                  500
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12/10/13


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