Average Wholesale Prices and Sales Volume of Selected Fishery Products
at 10 Major Central Wholesale Markets in Japan, June 2002
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June January - June
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Fishery Products M.T Yen/kg M.T % Yen/kg %
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Grand total 165,624 768 1,003,104 98 772 98
Fresh, total 65,960 775 404,050 97 823 99
Frozen, total 46,686 771 275,283 100 757 95
Processed, total 51,052 770 312,506 98 731 100
Fresh:
Bluefin tuna 637 2,834 3,948 97 3,362 103
Bigeye tuna 987 1,179 5,665 93 1,250 101
Yellowfin tuna 1,925 958 11,676 87 1,001 106
Skipjack 2,901 587 12,185 87 670 114
Salmon 2,038 705 11,000 115 659 87
Sardine 1,753 388 8,603 51 464 145
Jack mackerel 4,180 507 24,353 90 484 104
Mackerel 3,596 303 24,976 109 339 91
Saury 805 332 5,018 140 338 69
Yellowtail, wild 1,706 628 12,275 105 645 94
Yellowtail, cultured 3,003 956 29,680 113 809 80
Flounder 1,323 888 9,874 98 850 103
Cod 354 657 5,768 90 650 107
Red snapper 2,721 950 17,566 101 1,046 93
Spanish mackerel 1,407 487 13,734 75 526 115
Crab 1,167 1,450 7,755 114 1,511 99
Squid, common 5,248 297 20,514 95 379 108
Scallop, with shell 962 488 6,462 126 460 92
Oyster, without shell 80 717 6,394 88 797 101
Frozen:
Bluefin tuna 1,614 2,523 10,075 108 2,438 84
Bigeye tuna 4,300 812 25,654 114 842 85
Yellowfin 1,506 715 9,634 103 695 97
Salmon* 6,736 418 36,709 123 392 75
Pink salmon 1,257 451 7,715 113 442 82
Mackerel 1,343 321 8,892 86 311 114
Sole 2,074 531 12,222 82 510 108
Shrimp, imports 3,288 1,332 20,703 100 1,351 89
Squid, common 1,199 279 9,007 92 267 103
Octopus 3,667 768 18,285 87 727 128
Surimi 1,331 317 8,683 82 305 111
Salted:
Salmon 4,144 651 20,601 96 621 87
Pink salmon 410 460 2,654 98 444 102
Salmon roe 665 2,994 4,210 119 3,127 89
Pollock roe 1,046 2,405 6,228 100 2,383 99
Herring roe 206 1,823 772 84 1,974 104
Surimi-based products 7,423 485 49,000 92 494 100
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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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