WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
AUGUST 5 - 21, 1997
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange
rates are: 115 - 119 yen = U.S.$1.00 for August 5 - 21, 1997.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh, G & H
Aug. 18 Sales volume 25 fish Boston 14,000 - 6,330 - 2,800
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Aug. 18 Sales volume 56 fish Guam 2,600 - 1,400 - 500
Aug. 18 Sales volume 71 fish Pohnpei 2,200 - 1,410 - 500
Aug. 18 Sales volume 37 fish New York 4,700 - 2,810 - 1,200
Aug. 18 Sales volume 24 fish Bali 3,600 - 1,580 - 700
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Aug. 21 Sales volume 22 fish Australia 2,000 - 1,630 - 1,000
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
August 14 431 trays Los Angeles 13,000 - 2,500/tray*
August 14 725 trays Peru 4,900 - 3,300/tray*
August 21 634 trays Chile 2,800 - 1,500/tray*
August 18 458 trays San Francisco 5,500 - 500/tray*
August 18 312 trays Canada 8,000 - 200/tray*
August 21 545 trays China 3,300 - 2,200/tray*
August 14 1,625 packs 2,300 -1,600/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 -
Medium 3,500 - 2,500
Small -
HERRING ROE
Salted products Canada Large 5,800 -
Grade A Medium 5,300 -
Small 5,000 - 4,800
HERRING ROE ON KELP Canada 7,500 -
San Francisco 6,000
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO)
Salted, processed
Bristol Red : Grade A 3,400 - 3,300
Grade B 3,000 - 2,900
Grade C 2,600 - 2,500
PWS/SE Chum: Grade A 3,400 - 3,300
Grade B 3,000 - 2,900
Grade C 2,600 - 2,500
Cordove/SE Pink: Grade A 2,600 - 2,500
SALMON ROE (IKURA)
Japan Hokkaido 3,400 - 2,500
Sanriku 2,800 - 2,400
U.S.A. Grade A 2,000 - 1,900
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 1,450 - 1,400
Alaska & Canada 5-7 lbs/fish 1,500 - 1,400
4-5 lbs/fish 1,380 - 1,350
3-4 lbs/fish 1,330 - 1,300
2-3 lbs/fish 1,200 - 1,150
1-2 lbs/fish 1,130 - 1,100
SALMON
Red: frozen Bristol Bay 2-4 lbs/fish 820 - 800
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 850 - 830
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 850 - 830
Kodiak 2-4 lbs/fish 830 - 800
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 860 - 850
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 860 - 850
Red: fresh, wild Alaska 3-4 kg/fish 1,100 - 1,050
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 720 - 700
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 770 - 750
6-9 lbs/fish 770 - 750
King: frozen, California wild -
King: fresh Canada 4-6 lbs/fish 1,150 - 1,050
Atlantic: fresh, semi-dressed
Norway (standard grade) 3-4 kg/fish 1,000- 850
SARDINE (fresh) August 8
Japan Extra large 600 - 500
ABALONE (live) August 8
Japan Ezo 11,000 - 10,000
Kuro 9,300 - 8,300
Aka 8,000 - 7,500
Mata 10,000 - 8,000
Tokobushi 4,800 - 4,500
SURIMI (frozen)
SA 520- 470
FA 500 450
AA 450
ROCK SOLE with roe L - 580
M - 580
S 580 - 560
FLOUNDER (fresh) August 11 U.S.A. 1,600 - 1,400
China 2,800 - 1,800
Korea, North -
Japan 4,000 - 2,500
OYSTER (fresh) Japan, Oofunato -
Japan, Hiroshima -
Japan, Mie -
ROCK COD U.S.A. -
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sunee
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