WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
January 19 - February 3, 2005
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 102-104 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for January 19-February 3, 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
02/03       1 fish     Greece                                4,000
02/03     227 fish     Italy                     3,500-2,900-2,200
02/03     101 fish     Mexico                    3,300-2,230-1,800
02/03      20 fish     Spain                     4,200-3,735-3,500
02/03      10 fish     Tunisia                   3,000-2,643-2,500
02/03       6 fish     Turkey                    3,100-3,017-3,000

BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
01/31       8 fish     Australia                 2,200-1,380-1,000
02/03      23 fish     Bali                      1,500-  999-  600
02/03       8 fish     Cebu                      1,600-1,188-  700
02/03       4 fish     Indonesia                 1,800-1,300-  800
02/03       8 fish     Jakarta                   1,300-  975-  700
02/02      14 fish     Marshall Is.              1,500-  975-  700
02/03      14 fish     Maldive                   1,800-  900-  700
02/03       9 fish     Palau                     1,200-  886-  700
02/02       9 fish     Puket                       800-  622-  500
02/01      17 fish     Sri Lanka                 1,300-  900-  700
02/03      14 fish     Taiwan                    1,100-  899-  700
02/03       6 fish     Viet Nam                  1,000-  850-  700
 
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
02/01       1 fish     Fiji                                    700
02/03       4 fish     Palau                                   700
02/03       2 fish     Taiwan                    1,000-  850-  700

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
02/03       197 trays   Canada                       800- 300/tray*
02/03       757 trays   China                      1,000- 350/tray*
02/03       371 trays   U.S.A.***                  4,100- 900/tray*
02/03          Japan (white)                    20,000-1,700/tray**
02/03          Japan (red)                       16,000- 700/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                            2,300-2,200
                        No.2                            1,900-1,800
                        No.3                            1,500-1,400
     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                            3,700-3,600
                        No.2                            3,300-3,200
                        No.3                            2,900-2,800

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                                 500-480
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 510-490
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 530-510
     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Norway
               1.8-2.7 kg/fish                              520-500
               2.7-3.6 kg/fish                              530-510

     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)                           7,500- 7,000
               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                                              1,500-1,300

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                                         3,000-1,500
          China                                                    
          Korea, North                                             
          U.S.A.                                              1,400

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
          Japan         Large                               600-400
                        Medium                                     
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12/10/13


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