WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
March 5-17, 2009
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated.
Exchange rates are: 97-99 yen = U.S.$1.00
for March 5-17, 2009.
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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
03/17 5 fish Croatia 3,300-3,200-3,100
03/13 15 fish Italy 2,000
03/05 6 fish Malta 3,400-3,225-2,700
03/17 17 fish Mexico 2,100-1,829-1,700
03/16 2 fish New Zealand 10,000
03/17 28 fish Spain 4,400-2,941-2,500
03/16 12 fish Turkey 2,200-2,067-2,000
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
03/17 8 fish Australia 2,500-2,167-2,000
03/17 16 fish Bali 1,300- 943- 700
03/17 7 fish Fiji 2,200-1,087- 600
03/06 15 fish Guam 1,300- 938- 700
03/06 2 fish Hawaii 1,900
03/17 49 fish Indonesia 1,300- 790- 700
03/12 6 fish Marshall Is. 1,300-1,080-1,000
03/17 3 fish New Zealand 3,600-3,550-3,500
03/13 4 fish Philippines 1,300-1,133-1,000
03/13 21 fish Ponape 1,300-1,067- 800
03/13 12 fish Puket 1,200- 943- 700
03/17 39 fish Sri Lanka 1,500- 952- 700
03/17 2 fish Taiwan 1,500
03/16 9 fish Tonga 900- 775- 700
03/17 52 fish Viet Nam 1,700-1,052- 700
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
03/12 1 fish New Zealand 1,200
03/13 8 fish Viet Nam 1,000
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
03/17 171 trays Boston 2,500-1,800/tray*
03/17 557 trays California 5,000-1,000/tray*
03/17 42 trays Canada 1,600-1,100/tray*
*(tray=150-350 grams in net weight)
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
Sockeye salmon sujiko, Alaska
No.1 3,700-3,100
No.2 3,400-2,600
No.3 2,800-2,200
Pink salmon sujiko, Alaska
No.1 1,600-1,300
No.2 1,500-1,100
No.3 1,400-1,000
Chum salmon sujiko, Alaska
No.1 2,600-2,000
No.2 2,000-1,800
No.3 1,600-1,400
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Alaska 4,000-3,000
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Japan, Hokkaido 6,000-5,600
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Japan, Sanriku 5,000-3,600
SALMON
Frozen:
Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Bristol Bay
2-9 lbs/fish 750-630
Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
2-9 lbs/fish 550-520
Fresh:
Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Norway
3-5 kg/fish 1,000- 950- 800
SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
Alaska/ Over 7 lbs/fish
Canada 5-7 lbs/fish 1,650-1,600
4-5 lbs/fish 1,550-1,500
3-4 lbs/fish 1,450-1,400
2-3 lbs/fish 1,400
1-2 lbs/fish
SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAB), C. opilio, frozen, Canada
3L (10 ounce) 2,000-1,800
2L (8-10 ounce) 1,800-1,700
1L (5- 8 ounce) 1,700-1,600
oSNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAB), C. opilio, frozen, Alaska
3L (300-350 grams) 2,000-1,800
2L (250-300 grams) 1,800-1,700
1L (200-250 grams) 1,700-1,600
SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAG), C. bairdi, frozen, Alaska
5L (over 450 grams) 2,450-2,200
4L (400-450 grams) 2,200-1,900
SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAG), C. bairdi, frozen, Russia
5L (over 450 grams) 1,800-1,600
4L (400-450 grams) 1,700-1,500
3L (350-400 grams) 1,500-1,400
2L (300-350 grams) 1,400-1,300
ROCK SOLE, frozen, with roe
L (800-600 grams/fish) 600
M (600-400 grams/fish) 600
S (400-200 grams/fish) 600
ROCK SOLE, frozen, without roe
L (800-600 grams/fish) 380-350
M (600-400 grams/fish) 380-350
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