Sales Volume and Average Wholesale Prices of Selected Fishery Products
at 10 Major Central Wholesale Markets in Japan, April 1999
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April January-April 1999
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Fishery Products M.T Yen/kg M.T % Yen/kg %
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Grand total 184,526 844 702,474 98 828 100
Fresh, total 75,536 847 293,551 98 842 100
Fresh:
Bluefin tuna 641 3,234 1,644 73 3,668 126
Bigeye tuna 1,129 1,407 4,719 93 1,367 99
Yellowfin tuna 2,266 1,111 7,830 98 1,061 101
Other tuna 1,334 664 5,295 105 771 101
Skipjack 2,693 956 5,862 91 814 112
Salmon 1,573 912 5,526 104 881 96
Sardine 3,843 255 14,832 110 258 80
Jack mackerel 5,615 457 19,342 96 449 103
Mackerel 3,915 376 20,991 69 376 133
Saury 711 456 2,604 56 449 161
Yellowtail, wild 2,270 711 6,821 103 849 93
Yellowtail, cultured 3,954 1,073 19,600 99 1,046 97
Flounder, live/fresh 721 1,943 2,699 89 2,013 103
Flounder, live 370 2,196 1,450 88 2,337 104
Sole 2,549 734 7,293 93 844 99
Cod 616 559 5,895 89 569 121
Croaker 293 334 1,065 129 336 72
Conger-Pike 216 1,004 553 123 887 85
Cuttlefish 685 841 2,745 96 764 96
Red snapper, live/fresh 4,102 857 14,431 110 866 84
Red snapper, live 2,380 812 8,463 112 800 82
Other snapper 599 942 1,756 96 1,046 94
Spanish mackerel 4,447 436 15,952 120 435 75
Tiger Prawn 114 7,941 475 74 6,782 137
Shrimp 581 1,939 1,906 101 1,943 94
Crab 1,340 1,558 4,537 103 1,717 97
Squid, common 1,633 633 10,690 107 551 104
Cuttlefish 367 643 1,431 113 630 85
Other squid 1,686 1,092 5,473 94 1,047 104
Eel 206 2,258 699 85 2,203 117
Short-neck clam, with shell 2,600 463 7,750 93 471 104
Scallop, with shell 1,154 512 3,864 102 502 101
Oyster, without shell 238 787 6,808 120 898 98
Bloody clam, with shell 672 885 2,450 105 896 107
Freshwater clam, with shell 1,004 445 4,031 97 449 98
Frozen, total 47,522 920 180,986 102 886 99
Frozen:
Bluefin tuna 1,990 2,710 7,341 107 2,624 99
Bigeye tuna 3,978 1,112 14,222 88 1,116 108
Bigeye tuna, imports 1,354 1,233 4,805 87 1,241 107
Yellowfin 1,583 824 5,598 100 808 102
Billfish 945 681 3,344 97 669 88
Salmon* 4,167 744 15,726 94 727 122
Salmon*, imports 3,358 751 12,315 93 721 120
Pink salmon 1,436 654 4,845 112 645 114
Herring 527 183 4,868 178 143 83
Jack mackerel 323 342 1,309 78 311 98
Mackerel 1,482 374 5,932 104 380 87
Saury 455 375 1,529 58 376 159
Sole 2,526 516 9,607 109 481 98
Cod 472 678 2,292 88 617 128
Sea bream 204 619 934 88 567 89
Spanish mackerel 663 472 2,171 113 465 74
Shrimp, domestic 834 1,561 3,002 111 1,543 91
Shrimp, imports 3,992 1,579 13,900 98 1,557 86
Squid, common 1,623 364 5,247 81 361 131
Cuttlefish 1,168 806 3,784 96 801 92
Other squid 2,452 609 8,210 110 607 87
Octopus 3,991 663 12,179 122 677 85
Surimi 1,253 339 6,732 124 328 93
Processed, total 59,261 792 220,457 95 772 100
Salted/dried:
Sardine 1,375 803 5,853 95 714 97
Jack mackerel 2,408 558 8,875 98 549 99
Mackerel 370 560 1,351 97 581 90
Saury 752 548 2,838 85 535 110
Salted:
Salmon 2,956 942 12,364 89 890 120
Pink salmon 432 569 1,303 118 536 106
Mackerel 1,538 520 5,170 109 516 84
Salmon roe 859 3,249 3,706 122 3,145 105
Pollock roe 1,667 1,823 5,922 100 1,763 101
Herring roe 165 1,656 981 167 1,277 67
Surimi-based products 9,684 493 40,725 101 485 94
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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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