Sales Volume and Average Wholesale Prices of Selected Fishery Products
at 10 Major Central Wholesale Markets in Japan, April 1998
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April January- April, 1988
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Fishery Products M.T Yen/kg M.T % Yen/kg %
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Grand total 187,879 836 718,154 101 829 97
Fresh, total 76,149 839 300,464 102 841 94
Fresh:
Bluefin tuna 683 3,173 2,267 94 2,908 99
Bigeye tuna 1,223 1,431 5,049 104 1,385 104
Yellowfin tuna 2,076 1,184 7,951 98 1,055 96
Other tuna 1,289 660 5,059 78 762 101
Skipjack 3,615 740 6,464 97 728 103
Salmon 1,407 943 5,296 99 918 96
Sardine 3,220 316 13,491 107 323 106
Jack mackerel 7,319 366 20,224 105 437 93
Mackerel 5,052 282 30,326 95 282 106
Saury 1,171 276 4,622 274 279 45
Yellowtail, wild 1,620 833 6,633 111 916 99
Yellowtail, cultured 4,256 1,040 19,746 103 1,076 92
Flounder, live/fresh 785 1,827 3,036 104 2,037 86
Flounder, live 434 2,010 1,652 - 2,245 -
Sole 2,640 700 7,841 103 849 92
Cod 631 503 6,622 91 471 104
Croaker 289 458 828 75 465 112
Cuttlefish 540 1,004 2,866 101 797 97
Red snapper, live/fresh 3,706 987 13,116 113 1,037 85
Red snapper, live 2,014 933 7,565 - 979 -
Spanish mackerel 3,646 620 13,305 160 578 62
Tiger Prawn 193 4,589 640 115 4,960 82
Shrimp 542 2,043 1,880 96 2,057 100
Crab 1,341 1,584 4,411 99 1,775 94
Squid, common 1,578 647 10,007 87 530 112
Cuttlefish 320 693 1,264 102 744 86
Other squid 1,505 1,122 5,850 125 1,006 88
Eel 227 2,081 821 102 1,880 79
Short-neck clam, with shell 2,777 464 8,328 102 454 100
Scallop, with shell 1,050 476 3,780 89 498 114
Oyster, without shell 146 704 5,694 100 915 92
Bloody clam, with shell 621 852 2,341 92 834 83
Freshwater clam, with shell 1,053 451 4,139 102 460 99
Frozen, total 47,622 910 176,771 98 898 95
Frozen:
Bluefin tuna 2,006 2,584 6,835 108 2,661 87
Bigeye tuna 4,796 973 16,189 113 1,035 83
Bigeye tuna, imports 1,619 1,092 5,529 - 1,156 -
Yellowfin 1,631 786 5,614 100 793 89
Billfish 961 735 3,454 106 763 90
Salmon* 4,555 624 16,745 112 597 92
Salmon*, imports 3,644 620 13,256 - 600 -
Pink salmon 1,095 600 4,310 138 565 91
Herring 435 184 2,742 83 172 105
Jack mackerel 567 239 1,683 104 316 86
Mackerel 1,375 467 5,687 105 437 97
Saury 618 219 2,648 193 237 46
Sole 2,127 505 8,825 108 493 92
Cod 408 532 2,606 117 483 88
Sea bream 299 619 1,064 92 640 103
Spanish mackerel 536 617 1,925 90 629 93
Shrimp, domestic 741 1,737 2,700 91 1,702 106
Shrimp, imports 3,787 1,840 14,191 87 1,814 113
Squid, common 2,043 274 6,502 101 276 82
Cuttlefish 1,145 885 3,950 80 866 105
Other squid 2,128 718 7,433 83 698 101
Octopus 2,988 793 9,981 105 792 85
Surimi 1,125 337 5,413 68 351 101
Processed, total 61,859 788 233,136 101 775 102
Salted/dried:
Sardine 1,348 801 6,163 96 734 96
Jack mackerel 2,405 557 9,031 92 555 97
Mackerel 374 645 1,393 100 648 101
Saury 905 474 3,343 114 485 86
Salted:
Salmon 3,906 729 13,856 94 739 102
Pink salmon 290 493 1,101 85 504 117
Mackerel 1,312 632 4,722 95 616 105
Salmon roe 837 3,177 3,026 94 3,005 127
Pollock roe 1,566 1,761 5,926 94 1,746 98
Herring roe 88 2,441 587 138 1,900 73
Surimi-based products 9,525 509 40,260 93 515 106
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M.T. = metric tons; % = comparison with the same period a year earlier.
* = excluding pink salmon
Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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