WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 12, 1997
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange
rates are: 128-130 yen = U.S.$1.00 for Nov. 29 - Dec. 12, 1997.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh, G & H
Dec. 8 Sales volume 2 fish New York 5,500 - - 4,900
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Dec. 12 Sales volume 27 fish Guam 3,300 - 1,788 - 1,000
Dec. 12 Sales volume 64 fish Australia 6,000 - 2,344 - 1,000
Dec. 12 Sales volume 48 fish Fiji 6,000 - 1,676 - 700
Dec. 12 Sales volume 61 fish Bali 3,000 - 1,625 - 400
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Dec. 8 Sales volume 4 fish New Zealand 2,000 - 1,570 - 1,300
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
Dec. 12 699 trays Los Angeles 5,900 - 2,000/tray*
Dec. 12 1,538 trays Chile 3,000 - 2,000/tray*
Dec. 4 252 trays Peru 3,000 - 2,600/tray*
Dec. 12 810 trays San Francisco 5,700 - 2,300/tray*
Dec. 12 461 trays Canada 6,200 - 2,000/tray*
Dec. 12 1,407 trays N.America(green) 4,000 - 2,000/tray*
Dec. 12 6,210 packs 1,100 - 500/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 5,500 - 5,000
Grade A Medium 4,500 - 4,000
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 2,700 - 2,500
Grade B 2,300 - 2,100
Grade C 1,900 - 1,700
PWS/SE Chum: Grade A 2,800 - 2,600
Grade B 2,400 - 2,200
Grade C 2,000 - 1,800
Pink: Grade A 1,500 - 1,300
SALMON ROE (IKURA)
Japan Hokkaido/Sanriku Top grade 4,800 - 4,500
Standard grade 4,500 - 4,000
Alaska Grade A 3,500 - 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 1,450 - 1,430
Alaska & Canada 5-7 lbs/fish 1,460 - 1,430
4-5 lbs/fish 1,400 - 1,340
3-4 lbs/fish 1,350 - 1,300
2-3 lbs/fish 1,200 - 1,170
1-2 lbs/fish 1,080 - 1,000
SALMON
Red: frozen Bristol Bay 2-4 lbs/fish 750 - 700
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 800 - 750
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 750 - 700
Kodiak 2-4 lbs/fish 750 - 700
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 800 - 750
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 800 - 720
Red: fresh, wild Alaska 3-4 kg/fish -
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 600 - 580
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 620 - 600
6-9 lbs/fish 600 - 580
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) December 8
Japan Extra large 400 - 300
ABALONE (live) December 2
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) December 8 U.S.A. 3,500 - 2,000
China 3,700 - 1,500
Korea, North -
Japan 4,500 - 1,500
OYSTER (fresh) December 12 Japan, Sanriku 3,100 - 1,200
Japan, Hiroshima 1,800 - 600
Japan, Okayama 2,200 - 1,500
ROCK COD U.S.A. -
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sunee
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