Sales Volume and Average Wholesale Prices of Selected Fishery Products
at 10 Major Central Wholesale Markets in Japan, March 2000
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March January - March 2000
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Fishery Products M.T Yen/kg M.T % Yen/kg %
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Grand total 194,141 807 527,698 102 804 98
Fresh, total 77,678 835 219,870 101 839 100
Fresh:
Bluefin tuna 549 3,643 1,586 158 3,744 95
Bigeye tuna 1,243 1,281 3,389 94 1,282 95
Yellowfin tuna 2,505 998 6,460 115 972 93
Other tuna 1,413 668 5,252 134 766 95
Skipjack 2,682 656 4,105 130 640 92
Salmon 1,536 865 4,161 105 857 99
Sardine 3,781 271 10,730 98 278 107
Jack mackerel 5,333 437 12,948 94 451 101
Mackerel 4,243 415 15,123 89 393 105
Saury 494 565 1,438 76 546 122
Yellowtail, wild 2,357 767 6,559 146 764 84
Yellowtail, cultured 4,535 1,181 14,563 93 1,156 111
Flounder, live/fresh 731 2,098 2,001 101 2,139 99
Flounder, live 406 2,318 1,127 104 2,362 99
Sole 1,647 878 4,840 102 861 95
Cod 1,164 568 5,425 103 592 104
Croaker 169 379 360 47 392 116
Conger-Pike 137 966 321 95 784 97
Cuttlefish 538 942 2,464 120 702 95
Red snapper, live/fresh 4,034 860 10,960 106 851 98
Red snapper, live 2,298 805 6,388 105 785 99
Other snapper 450 1,061 1,260 109 995 90
Spanish mackerel 4,413 481 10,777 94 452 104
Tiger Prawn 165 4,504 457 127 4,332 68
Shrimp 563 1,900 1,439 109 1,786 92
Crab 1,142 1,716 3,287 103 1,708 96
Squid, common 2,553 515 8,459 93 497 93
Cuttlefish 507 539 993 93 622 99
Other squid 1,177 1,074 3,412 90 1,005 98
Eel 249 1,204 628 127 1,191 55
Short-neck clam, with shell 2,628 459 5,598 109 462 97
Scallop, with shell 1,036 470 2,719 100 467 94
Oyster, without shell 1,358 771 7,168 109 854 95
Bloody clam, with shell 691 740 1,681 93 868 95
Freshwater clam, with shell 1,071 450 3,200 105 440 98
Frozen, total 55,125 818 141,365 106 826 95
Frozen:
Bluefin tuna 1,741 2,852 4,532 85 2,852 110
Bigeye tuna 4,211 1,083 10,749 105 1,139 102
Bigeye tuna, imports 1,524 1,196 3,886 113 1,259 101
Yellowfin 1,142 904 2,922 73 975 122
Billfish 748 761 1,894 79 780 117
Salmon* 4,851 612 12,666 110 612 85
Salmon*, imports 3,387 644 8,999 100 644 91
Pink salmon 932 690 2,733 80 634 99
Herring 1,771 116 4,315 99 124 90
Jack mackerel 519 315 1,241 126 308 102
Mackerel 1,623 311 4,302 97 303 79
Saury 380 432 1,191 111 480 127
Sole 3,129 456 8,293 117 463 99
Cod 479 616 2,025 111 531 88
Sea bream 231 640 655 90 624 113
Spanish mackerel 548 469 1,366 91 455 98
Shrimp, domestic 1,179 1,315 2,490 115 1,372 89
Shrimp, imports 4,288 1,493 10,862 110 1,504 97
Squid, common 1,697 266 4,065 112 274 76
Cuttlefish 1,092 705 2,553 98 721 90
Other squid 2,504 569 6,271 109 565 93
Octopus 5,640 431 11,194 137 446 65
Surimi 2,198 298 5,352 98 309 95
Processed, total 59,194 773 161,214 100 746 98
Salted/dried:
Sardine 1,462 615 4,853 108 580 85
Jack mackerel 2,231 558 6,025 93 554 102
Mackerel 412 534 1,105 113 526 89
Saury 671 566 1,778 85 560 106
Salted:
Salmon 3,761 757 9,895 105 748 86
Pink salmon 424 430 1,087 125 449 86
Mackerel 1,532 432 3,926 108 436 85
Salmon roe 923 3,413 2,541 89 3,423 110
Pollock roe 1,635 2,122 4,082 96 2,057 118
Herring roe 346 1,557 666 82 1,857 155
Surimi-based products 9,648 495 30,001 97 493 102
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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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