AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
DECEMBER 2004
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                             December                  January - December  
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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg
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Fresh:
 Bluefin tuna                  7    3,000                 4,914    1,225
 Albacore tuna             2,623      316                32,949      279
 Bigeye tuna               1,380    1,182                11,668      880
 Yellowfin tuna              283      899                 7,557      639
 Striped marlin              108      929                 2,449      497
 Swordfish                   730      712                 5,288      760
 Skipjack tuna               596      146                58,905      316
 Japanese sardine          3,829      181                27,927      181
 Round herring               408       85                12,305       85
 Anchovy                   9,985       32               202,863       22
 Jack mackerel            18,787       81               158,069      136
 Mackerel-scad             1,403       83                16,292       99
 Pacific mackerel         50,011       78               237,301       95
 Saury                     5,730       47               181,348      108
 Cod                       2,925      447                28,596      270
 Pollock                   7,346       95               121,480       60
 Atka mackerel             8,579       27               138,526       26
 Japanese flying squid     7,051      248                79,958      238
 Flying squid                  0       82                    20       92
 Yellowtail                1,691      524                25,469      345
 Flatfish                  1,355      459                11,395      393
 Sea bream                   690      780                 7,520      740
 Tanner crab                  53      728                   692      503
 Octopus                     703      357                 6,222      350
 
Frozen:                                                                 
 Bluefin tuna                502    1,972                 1,795    2,068
 Albacore tuna               255      246                21,456      223
 Bigeye tuna               2,005      666                23,066      652
 Yellowfin tuna            2,584      234                29,565      211
 Striped marlin                1      321                    13      217
 Swordfish                     0      297                    18      599
 Skipjack tuna            21,563       90               207,497      115
 Pollock                     334      156                 4,811      143
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water                -        -                 4,040      227
  Coastal                  6,024      296                43,559      298
 Flying squid              5,089       74                46,713      129
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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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