WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
OCTOBER 21 - 30, 1997
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchnge
rates are: 120 - 122 yen = U.S.$1.00 for October 21 - 30, 1997.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh, G & H
Oct. 30 Sales volume 36 fish Greece 6,800 - 3,040 - 1,000
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Oct. 30 Sales volume 44 fish Guam 1,800 - 891 - 500
Oct. 29 Sales volume 33 fish Australia 2,200 - 1,340 - 600
Oct. 30 Sales volume 3 fish New York 4,700 - 3,800 - 1,700
Oct. 30 Sales volume 193 fish Bali 3,500 - 1,050 - 400
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Oct. 30 Sales volume 1 fish Australia 2,800 - -
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
Oct. 30 2,493 trays Los Angeles 10,000 - 1,900/tray*
Oct. 29 126 trays Peru 1,950 - 1,900/tray*
Oct. 23 84 trays Chile 1,600 - 500/tray*
Oct. 30 3,308 trays San Francisco 4,500 - 1,300/tray*
Oct. 30 160 trays Canada 5,000 - 2,000/tray*
Oct. 30 800 trays Boston 3,500 - 2,900/tray*
Oct. 23 1,308 packs 400 - 220/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 2,900 - 2,800
Grade B 2,500 - 2,400
Grade C 2,100 - 2,000
PWS/SE Chum: Grade A 2,600 - 2,500
Grade B 2,200 - 2,100
Grade C 1,800 - 1,700
Cordove/SE Pink: Grade A 1,800 - 1,600
SALMON ROE (IKURA)
Japan Hokkaido/Sanriku Top grade 4,500 - 3,500
Standard grade 3,400 - 3,200
Alaska Grade A 2,300 - 2,200
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 1,490 - 1,450
4-5 lbs/fish 1,390 - 1,360
3-4 lbs/fish 1,300 -
2-3 lbs/fish 1,190 - 1,170
1-2 lbs/fish 1,080 - 1,050
SALMON
Red: frozen Bristol Bay 2-4 lbs/fish 780 - 760
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 810 - 780
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 810 - 780
Kodiak 2-4 lbs/fish 800 - 780
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 830 - 800
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 830 - 800
Red: fresh, wild Alaska 3-4 kg/fish -
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 650 - 630
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 680 - 650
6-9 lbs/fish 650 - 630
King: frozen, Alaska 900 - 800
King: fresh New Zealand 4-5 kg/fish 1,100 - 1,000
Atlantic: fresh, semi-dressed
Norway (standard grade) 3-4 kg/fish 1,000- 850
SARDINE (fresh) October 30
Japan Extra large 1,000 - 800
ABALONE (live) October 28
Japan Ezo 11,000 - 9,000
Kuro 10,000 - 9,500
Aka 8,000 - 7,000
Mata 9,000 - 7,500
Australia 5,500 - 5,000
SURIMI (frozen)
SA 520 -
FA 500
AA 450
ROCK SOLE Alaska with roe L 580 - 500
M 580 - 500
S 580 - 500
FLOUNDER (fresh) October 30 U.S.A. 3,500 - 1,100
China -
Korea, North -
Japan 5,000 - 2,000
OYSTER (fresh) October 30 Japan, Sanriku 2,600 - 1,000
Japan, Hiroshima 2,300 - 2,200
Japan, Mie -
ROCK COD U.S.A. -
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sunee
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