WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
NOVEMBER 10 - 27, 1997
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange
rates are: 124 - 127 yen = U.S.$1.00 for November 10 - 27, 1997.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh, G & H
Nov. 27 Sales volume 129 fish Greece 6,000 - 2,260 - 1,000
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Nov. 27 Sales volume 40 fish New York 5,300 - 3,630 - 1,500
Nov. 27 Sales volume 62 fish Australia 3,000 - 970 - 200
Nov. 27 Sales volume 44 fish Fiji 1,500 - 850 - 400
Nov. 27 Sales volume 253 fish Bali 3,200 - 1,040 - 400
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Nov. 26 Sales volume 2 fish Australia 1,700 - - 1,400
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
Nov. 27 2,450 trays Los Angeles 8,500 - 1,800/tray*
Nov. 21 331 trays China 2,500 - 500/tray*
trays Mexico - /tray*
Nov. 27 2,905 trays San Francisco 4,800 - 1,000/tray*
Nov. 27 1,370 trays Canada 3,100 - 1,000/tray*
Nov. 20 672 trays (green) 4,200 - 2,500/tray*
Nov. 15 6,372 packs 800 - 250/pack**
* (tray=280-380 grams in net weight)
** (pack= 100 grams in net weight)
ALASKA POLLOCK ROE
Salted, processed, frozen roe
Grade A U.S.A. Large 2,500 - 1,500
Medium 3,000 - 1,800
Small 2,700 - 1,800
HERRING ROE
Salted products Canada Large 5,800 - 5,300
Grade A Medium 4,500 - 4,300
Small 3,800 - 3,300
HERRING ROE ON KELP Canada 7,500 -
San Francisco 6,000
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO)
Salted, processed
Bristol Red : Grade A 2,800 - 2,600
Grade B 2,400 - 2,200
Grade C 2,000 - 1,800
PWS/SE Chum: Grade A 2,800 - 2,600
Grade B 2,400 - 2,200
Grade C 2,000 - 1,800
Cordove/SE Pink: Grade A 1,800 - 1,700
SALMON ROE (IKURA)
Japan Hokkaido/Sanriku Top grade 4,800 - 4,500
Standard grade 4,500 - 4,000
Alaska Grade A 3,200 -
SEA CUCUMBER Japan -
SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAB)
C. bairdi, section with claws,
cooked frozen, shrink-pack, 5 L 2,700 - 2,100
5 kg-carton Alaska 4 L 2,300 - 1,800
SABLEFISH (BLACK COD)
Frozen, dressed over 7 lbs/fish 1,480 - 1,450
Alaska & Canada 5-7 lbs/fish 1,480 - 1,450
4-5 lbs/fish 1,400 - 1,360
3-4 lbs/fish 1,340 - 1,300
2-3 lbs/fish 1,190 - 1,150
1-2 lbs/fish 1,080 - 1,000
SALMON
Red: frozen Bristol Bay 2-4 lbs/fish 750 - 730
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 800 - 750
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 800 - 750
Kodiak 2-4 lbs/fish 780 - 760
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 810 - 780
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 810 - 780
Red: fresh, wild Alaska 3-4 kg/fish -
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 630 - 600
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 650 - 630
6-9 lbs/fish 630 - 600
King: frozen, Alaska 11-18 lbs/fish 900 - 880
King: fresh New Zealand 4-5 kg/fish 950 - 850
Atlantic: fresh, semi-dressed
Norway (standard grade) 3-4 kg/fish 950- 850
SARDINE (fresh) November 27
Japan Extra large 800 - 700
ABALONE (live) November 25
Japan Ezo 11,000 - 7,500
Kuro 9,500 - 8,000
Aka 8,500 - 7,500
Mata 9,000 - 7,500
Australia 6,300 - 5,800
SURIMI (frozen)
SA 520 -
FA 500
AA
ROCK SOLE Alaska with roe L 550 - 500
M 520 - 500
S - 500
FLOUNDER (fresh) November 27 U.S.A. 1,800 - 1,300
China 3,500 - 1,200
Korea, North -
Japan 4,500 - 2,000
OYSTER (fresh) November 27 Japan, Sanriku 2,900 - 1,400
Japan, Hiroshima 2,000 - 400
Japan, Okayama 2,000 - 1,500
ROCK COD U.S.A. -
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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