WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
January 5 - 17, 2005
  All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
  Exchange rates are: 102-104 yen = U.S.$1.00 
  for January 5-17, 2005.
  
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  Species/       Sales   Origin                 Price range (yen/kg)
  Date of sale   volume                          High  Average  Low 
  (Month/date)
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  BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
  01/17     227 fish     Italy                     3,500-2,900-2,200
  01/17     105 fish     Mexico                    2,500-1,950-1,800
  01/07      30 fish     New York                  6,200-4,230-3,000
  01/17      18 fish     Spain                     5,300-3,633-2,500
  01/17       8 fish     Turkey                    3,500-2,925-2,500
  
  BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
  01/12       4 fish     Australia                 4,200-2,025-1,000
  01/13       5 fish     Bali                      1,300-  925-  700
  01/05       3 fish     Fiji                                    600
  01/17      25 fish     Guam                      2,500-1,439-1,000
  01/17      35 fish     Indonesia                 2,000-1,088-  700
  01/17      25 fish     Jakarta                   2,500-1,170-  800
  01/05       4 fish     Marshall Is.              1,600-1,450-1,300
  01/17      10 fish     Sri Lanka                 2,000-1,375-1,000
  01/17      34 fish     Taiwan                    1,300-  915-  700
  01/13      23 fish     Viet Nam                  2,300-1,159-  550
 
 YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
 01/17      7 fish      Guam                                  1,500
 01/13      2 fish      Viet Nam                              1,000
 
 SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
 01/17       161 trays   Canada                     2,600- 800/tray*
 01/17     1,349 trays   China                      1,200- 200/tray*
 01/13       108 trays   Korea, North               2,500- 700/tray*
 01/17     1,235 trays   U.S.A.***                  2,300- 700/tray*
 01/17          Japan (white)                    21,000-2,200/tray**
 01/17          Japan (red)                       9,200-  500/tray**
                 *(tray=250-350 grams in net weight)
                **(tray=150-400 grams in net weight)
                *** excluding Alaska
 
 ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
      Japan     Frozen   No.1  Small                           3,000
                               Medium                          4,000
                         No.2  Small                           1,800
                               Medium                          2,500
 
 HERRING ROE, salted
      Canada (box-pack)        Medium                          4,000
                               Small                           3,800
      Bristol Bay (pail-pack) Large                            2,000
      San Francisco /
           Canada (pail-pack) Medium                                
                               Small                                
 
 HERRING ROE ON KELP
                Alaska                                   3,500-2,500
 
 SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
      Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                         No.1                            2,200-2,100
                         No.2                            1,800-1,700
                         No.3                            1,400-1,300
      Pink salmon sujiko, SE/Kodiak
                         No.1                            1,800-1,600
                         No.2                            1,500-1,300
                         No.3                            1,200-1,000
      Salmon-trout sujiko, Denmark
                         No.1                            3,800-3,700
                         No.2                            3,400-3,300
                         No.3                            3,000-2,900
 
 SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
           Japan, Hokkaido                               3,000-2,800
           North America, SE, No.1                       2,600-2,500
 
 SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
           Russian roe                                   2,200-2,000
 
 SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
           Japan, Hokkaido                               3,200-3,000
 
 SALMON
      Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Bristol Bay
                2-4 lbs/fish                                 520-500
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 600-580
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 620-600
      Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, False Pass
                2-4 lbs/fish                                 520-500
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 650-630
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 700-680
      Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, Cook Inlet
                2-4 lbs/fish                                        
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 650-630
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 700-680
 
      Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
                2-4 lbs/fish                                 430-420
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 440-430
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 450-440
 
      Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
                2-4 lbs/fish                                 500-490
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 530-520
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 540-530
      Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Norway
                1.8-2.7 kg/fish                              530-520
                2.7-3.6 kg/fish                              550-530
 
      Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
                5-6 kg/fish                                  600-550
      Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
                4-5 kg/fish                                  480-430
 
      Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Norway
                3-4 kg/fish                                  800-700
      Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Tasmania
                4-5 kg/fish                                  850-800
      Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
                5-6 kg/fish                                  800-700
 
 ABALONE, live
      Japan     Kuro (Bohshu)                                       
                Kuro (Kyushu)                                       
                Ezo:  Over 300 gm                             11,000
                     About 200 gm                      10,500-10,000
                      150- 200 gm                      10,000- 9,500
                      100- 150 gm                       8,500- 8,000
                Tokobushi                               3,000- 2,500
      Australia                                         6,000- 5,500
      South Africa                                      6,000 -5,500
      Taiwan    Tokobushi                               2,500- 2,000
 
 SARDINE, fresh, large
      Japan                                              1,600-1,300
 
 SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
      Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                     1,350-1,330
      Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                        1,300-1,250
                     4-5 lbs/fish                        1,200-1,150
                     3-4 lbs/fish                        1,100-1,050
                     2-3 lbs/fish                        1,000-  950
                     1-2 lbs/fish                          900-  850
 
      SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAG), C. bairdi, section with claw,
       cooked, frozen, shrink-pack, 5 kg-carton, Alaska
           5 L                                           2,450-2,100
           4 L                                           2,200-1,800
 
 ROCK SOLE, frozen, with roe                                        
           L (800-600 grams/fish)                            400-340
           M (600-400 grams/fish)                            400-340
           S (400-200 grams/fish)                            400-340
 
 ROCK SOLE, frozen, without roe
           L (800-600 grams/fish)                            260-230
           M (600-400 grams/fish)                            260-240
           S (400-200 grams/fish)                                   
 
 SURIMI, frozen
           Ship-processed, SA                                    450
           Ship-processed, FA                                    400
           Land-processed                                        320
 
 FLOUNDER, fresh
           Japan                                         4,000-2,500
           China                                         3,500-2,000
           Korea, North                                             
           U.S.A.                                        1,300-  850
 
 SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
           Japan         Large                                      
                         Medium                                     
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12/10/13


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