Sales Volume and Average Wholesale Prices of Selected Fishery Products
at 10 Major Central Wholesale Markets in Japan, April 2000
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April January - April 2000
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Fishery Products M.T Yen/kg M.T % Yen/kg %
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Grand total 177,650 811 705,348 100 805 97
Fresh, total 70,995 840 290,866 99 839 100
Fresh:
Bluefin tuna 700 2,892 2,286 139 3,483 95
Bigeye tuna 1,094 1,323 4,483 95 1,292 95
Yellowfin tuna 2,296 1,039 8,757 112 989 93
Other tuna 1,124 658 6,375 120 747 97
Skipjack 4,324 569 8,430 144 604 74
Salmon 1,586 877 5,748 104 863 98
Sardine 3,264 285 13,993 94 280 109
Jack mackerel 5,668 447 18,617 96 450 100
Mackerel 3,769 394 18,892 90 393 105
Saury 485 572 1,923 74 553 123
Yellowtail, wild 1,777 860 8,336 123 784 93
Yellowtail, cultured 3,229 1,263 17,792 90 1,175 112
Flounder, live/fresh 651 2,004 2,652 98 2,106 100
Flounder, live 338 2,300 1,465 101 2,348 100
Sole 2,081 779 6,921 95 836 99
Cod 628 565 6,053 103 589 104
Croaker 121 409 481 45 396 118
Conger-Pike 188 1,078 509 92 893 101
Cuttlefish 761 844 3,225 117 736 96
Red snapper, live/fresh 3,903 894 14,863 103 862 100
Red snapper, live 2,165 847 8,553 101 801 100
Other snapper 479 1,025 1,739 99 1,003 96
Spanish mackerel 3,298 503 14,076 88 464 107
Tiger Prawn 159 4,845 616 130 4,465 66
Shrimp 569 1,865 2,008 105 1,808 93
Crab 1,207 1,591 4,494 99 1,677 98
Squid, common 1,871 607 10,330 97 517 94
Cuttlefish 284 742 1,277 89 649 103
Other squid 1,388 1,096 4,800 88 1,031 98
Eel 269 1,169 898 128 1,184 54
Short-neck clam, with shell 2,949 462 8,546 110 462 98
Scallop, with shell 1,014 467 3,733 97 467 93
Oyster, without shell 198 750 7,366 108 852 95
Bloody clam, with shell 713 723 2,394 97 825 91
Freshwater clam, with shell 974 438 4,174 103 440 98
Frozen, total 48,403 836 189,768 105 829 94
Frozen:
Bluefin tuna 1,649 3,006 6,181 84 2,893 110
Bigeye tuna 3,973 1,079 14,722 104 1,123 101
Bigeye tuna, imports 1,442 1,192 5,328 111 1,241 100
Yellowfin 1,167 894 4,090 73 952 118
Billfish 720 789 2,614 78 782 117
Salmon* 3,177 621 15,843 101 614 84
Salmon*, imports 2,462 638 11,461 93 643 89
Pink salmon 747 726 3,480 72 654 101
Herring 1,610 122 5,925 122 124 87
Jack mackerel 348 292 1,590 121 304 98
Mackerel 1,503 296 5,805 98 301 79
Saury 296 500 1,487 97 484 129
Sole 2,586 491 10,879 113 470 98
Cod 498 629 2,523 110 551 89
Sea bream 124 784 779 83 650 115
Spanish mackerel 671 480 2,038 94 463 100
Shrimp, domestic 878 1,486 3,368 112 1,402 91
Shrimp, imports 3,937 1,535 14,799 106 1,512 97
Squid, common 1,599 272 5,664 108 273 76
Cuttlefish 1,197 676 3,750 99 707 88
Other squid 2,738 552 9,009 110 561 92
Octopus 5,126 449 16,320 134 447 66
Surimi 1,682 307 7,034 104 308 94
Processed, total 56,335 765 217,549 99 751 97
Salted/dried:
Sardine 1,276 643 6,129 105 593 83
Jack mackerel 2,304 537 8,330 94 549 100
Mackerel 397 530 1,502 111 527 91
Saury 607 579 2,384 84 565 106
Salted:
Salmon 3,871 682 13,766 111 729 82
Pink salmon 540 365 1,627 125 421 79
Mackerel 1,431 463 5,357 104 443 86
Salmon roe 758 3,453 3,299 89 3,430 109
Pollock roe 1,354 2,296 5,436 92 2,116 120
Herring roe 166 1,436 832 85 1,772 139
Surimi-based products 8,395 505 38,396 94 496 102
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M.T. = metric tons; % = comparison with the same period a year earlier.
* = excluding pink salmon
Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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