Sales Volume and Average Wholesale Prices of Selected Fishery Products
at 10 Major Central Wholesale Markets in Japan, January 1999
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January January-December, 1998
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Fishery Products M.T Yen/kg M.T % Yen/kg %
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Grand total 157,080 818 2,241,697 99 850 97
Fresh, total 67,622 855 935,849 98 835 98
Fresh:
Bluefin tuna 355 4,029 8,731 91 2,878 103
Bigeye tuna 1,253 1,289 15,313 101 1,393 97
Yellowfin tuna 1,690 961 23,869 102 1,047 95
Other tuna 1,078 922 16,224 75 785 106
Skipjack 244 569 31,103 96 492 103
Salmon 1,191 875 22,341 93 793 104
Sardine 3,033 269 41,418 90 300 115
Jack mackerel 3,544 475 63,231 105 423 92
Mackerel 5,807 384 81,065 100 291 100
Saury 668 446 32,162 85 482 121
Yellowtail, wild 1,504 951 22,509 95 785 94
Yellowtail, cultured 5,496 1,025 54,997 114 1,066 87
Flounder, live/fresh 639 2,172 9,069 96 2,000 94
Flounder, live 335 2,463 4,748 - 2,303 -
Sole 1,353 903 20,421 94 875 96
Cod 2,253 586 15,240 94 541 108
Croaker 371 321 2,804 92 389 95
Conger-Pike 77 730 8,858 111 740 86
Cuttlefish 506 794 40,351 115 965 80
Red snapper, live/fresh 3,304 874 23,240 - 903 -
Red snapper, live 1,955 800 33,319 130 512 73
Other snapper 344 1,077 1,990 106 5,182 87
Spanish mackerel 3,855 379 6,433 96 1,891 97
Tiger Prawn 129 5,710 17,649 105 1,623 91
Shrimp 355 1,897 39,864 67 502 140
Crab 1,013 1,781 2,933 110 693 88
Squid, common 2,520 533 18,186 106 1,045 98
Cuttlefish 299 580 3,106 93 2,157 100
Other squid 1,180 912 22,362 95 475 106
Eel 137 2,164 11,486 96 486 102
Short-neck clam, with shell 1,234 483 13,176 105 1,049 94
Scallop, with shell 727 524 6,821 91 960 93
Oyster, without shell 2,632 967 13,176 105 1,049 94
Bloody clam, with shell 523 968 6,821 91 960 93
Freshwater clam, with shell 926 470 12,455 100 463 98
Frozen, total 39,876 854 557,058 99 933 96
Frozen:
Bluefin tuna 1,569 2,590 22,799 118 2,624 84
Bigeye tuna 2,927 1,136 52,025 110 994 83
Bigeye tuna, imports 974 1,271 17,695 - 1,113 -
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January January-December, 1998
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Fishery Products M.T Yen/kg M.T. % Yen/kg %
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Yellowfin 1,095 798 18,016 97 773 90
Billfish 650 646 10,982 108 686 82
Salmon* 3,133 709 52,034 99 683 106
Salmon*, imports 2,379 694 37,490 - 692 -
Pink salmon 1,021 604 12,783 140 623 104
Herring 2,734 123 5,350 65 178 103
Jack mackerel 323 280 4,875 89 306 85
Mackerel 1,507 374 15,435 104 428 92
Saury 279 423 8,971 111 287 89
Sole 2,010 471 25,688 108 498 95
Cod 597 603 7,858 106 546 98
Sea bream 202 540 3,349 83 622 103
Spanish mackerel 388 483 5,263 88 601 88
Shrimp, domestic 573 1,582 9,569 94 1,704 96
Shrimp, imports 2,874 1,548 45,546 90 1,732 102
Squid, common 1,141 364 18,559 111 302 91
Cuttlefish 761 773 11,658 82 900 105
Other squid 1,714 606 25,579 101 658 95
Octopus 1,722 738 32,095 102 822 91
Surimi 1,761 315 19,638 89 332 89
Processed, total 48,236 744 727,409 98 814 98
Salted/dried:
Sardine 1,672 691 16,991 95 821 93
Jack mackerel 1,940 545 26,745 95 552 97
Mackerel 286 598 3,887 100 644 99
Saury 641 524 9,388 108 492 92
Salted:
Salmon 2,785 879 59,075 90 763 108
Pink salmon 274 513 3,628 92 522 114
Mackerel 1,090 514 14,846 99 592 101
Salmon roe 808 3,056 10,707 89 2,883 113
Pollock roe 1,136 1,737 18,848 101 1,789 96
Herring roe 185 1,754 7,054 112 2,879 85
Surimi-based products 10,359 492 126,661 99 514 98
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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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