Average Wholesale Prices and Sales Volume of Selected Fishery Products
at 10 Major Central Wholesale Markets in Japan, August 2002
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August January - August
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Fishery Products M.T Yen/kg M.T % Yen/kg %
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Grand total 161,808 816 1,333,541 99 780 99
Fresh, total 64,506 855 535,441 98 825 100
Frozen, total 46,487 823 369,732 102 771 95
Processed, total 48,869 764 413,323 98 740 100
Fresh:
Bluefin tuna 895 2,640 5,725 102 3,076 98
Bigeye tuna 957 1,356 7,748 97 1,241 98
Yellowfin tuna 1,692 1,215 15,065 86 1,029 105
Skipjack 2,716 509 18,785 89 591 113
Salmon 2,346 629 15,279 113 659 90
Sardine 2,198 363 13,393 56 426 142
Jack mackerel 3,440 556 32,087 91 497 104
Mackerel 2,942 365 31,455 107 341 95
Saury 6,075 730 12,405 118 567 84
Yellowtail, wild 2,098 623 15,792 106 652 97
Yellowtail, cultured 3,487 937 36,127 111 835 83
Flounder 824 1,018 11,705 99 880 103
Cod 321 692 6,411 91 655 108
Red snapper 2,921 966 23,348 104 1,025 90
Spanish mackerel 311 1,036 14,509 73 545 115
Crab 1,052 1,651 9,932 106 1,533 103
Squid, common 5,423 315 32,384 95 354 109
Scallop, with shell 1,004 529 8,466 472 472 96
Oyster, without shell 101 746 6,613 88 794 101
Frozen:
Bluefin tuna 1,946 2,464 13,942 109 2,449 84
Bigeye tuna 4,772 824 35,309 113 837 87
Yellowfin 1,605 777 12,803 101 711 99
Salmon* 6,462 531 49,652 126 422 80
Pink salmon 1,113 505 9,994 114 440 87
Mackerel 1,212 332 11,333 89 315 113
Sole 1,917 547 16,641 90 514 107
Shrimp, imports 4,170 1,311 28,639 102 1,344 90
Squid, common 928 315 11,129 97 273 105
Octopus 2,796 799 24,666 90 743 126
Surimi 1,046 316 10,822 78 306 112
Salted:
Salmon 3,996 746 29,120 100 654 91
Pink salmon 435 423 3,510 100 439 100
Salmon roe 855 2,568 5,719 115 3,022 88
Pollock roe 1,048 2,399 8,348 101 2,391 98
Herring roe 312 1,514 1,297 78 1,902 109
Surimi-based products 6,867 496 63,313 94 493 100
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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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