AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
NOVEMBER 2004
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                             November                  January - November  
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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg
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Fresh:
 Bluefin tuna                 15    1,753                 4,906    1,222
 Albacore tuna             1,188      351                30,326      276
 Bigeye tuna               1,469    1,099                10,287      839 
 Yellowfin tuna              343      699                 7,274      629
 Striped marlin              213      564                 2,341      477 
 Swordfish                   654      670                 4,558      768 
 Skipjack tuna             2,294      265                58,308      318
 Japanese sardine          2,872      170                24,099      181 
 Round herring             1,399       60                11,897       85
 Anchovy                   6,219       26               192,877       21
 Jack mackerel            18,490       92               139,282      143
 Mackerel-scad             1,833       91                14,890      100
 Pacific mackerel         46,637       78               187,290      100
 Saury                    38,339       50               175,619      110
 Cod                       3,010      358                25,671      250
 Pollock                   9,253       76               114,134       58
 Atka mackerel            11,485       25               129,948       26
 Japanese flying squid    13,713      269                72,907      237
 Flying squid                  0       60                    19       93  
 Yellowtail                2,957      273                23,778      332 
 Flatfish                  1,191      465                10,040      383 
 Sea bream                   556      744                 6,830      736
 Tanner crab                  41    1,316                   639      485
 Octopus                     647      314                 5,519      350
 
Frozen:                                                                 
 Bluefin tuna                380    2,179                 1,293    2,105
 Albacore tuna               365      287                21,201      223 
 Bigeye tuna               2,725      683                21,061      651
 Yellowfin tuna            3,135      229                26,981      209
 Striped marlin                0      231                    12      211 
 Swordfish                     -        -                    18      599 
 Skipjack tuna            20,073       92               185,934      118
 Pollock                       -        -                 4,477      142 
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water                -        -                 4,040      227
  Coastal                  8,551      313                37,535      298 
 Flying squid              4,518       95                41,624      136
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0 ... more than zero but less than 0.5 metic ton
- ... zero
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/10/13


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