Sales Volume and Average Wholesale Prices of Selected Fishery Products
at 10 Major Central Wholesale Markets in Japan, March 1999
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March January-March 1999
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Fishery Products M.T Yen/kg M.T % Yen/kg %
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Grand total 196,884 863 523,824 99 831 100
Fresh, total 78,570 853 218,015 97 841 100
Fresh:
Bluefin tuna 402 3,694 1,003 63 3,945 141
Bigeye tuna 1,287 1,372 3,589 94 1,354 99
Yellowfin tuna 2,172 1,099 5,564 95 1,040 103
Other tuna 1,435 725 3,961 105 808 102
Skipjack 2,197 732 3,169 111 694 97
Salmon 1,504 868 3,953 102 869 96
Sardine 3,883 262 10,989 107 259 80
Jack mackerel 5,836 429 13,728 106 445 93
Mackerel 5,328 372 17,076 68 375 133
Saury 637 457 1,894 55 446 159
Yellowtail, wild 1,580 902 4,551 91 918 97
Yellowtail, cultured 4,953 1,069 15,646 101 1,039 96
Flounder, live/fresh 722 2,169 1,978 88 2,162 102
Flounder, live 411 2,308 1,080 89 2,385 102
Sole 1,677 937 4,744 91 903 98
Cod 1,122 529 5,279 88 570 122
Croaker 241 367 772 143 337 72
Conger-Pike 171 937 338 140 812 83
Cuttlefish 746 769 2,060 89 738 99
Red snapper, live/fresh 3,969 880 10,329 110 869 82
Red snapper, live 2,299 809 6,082 110 795 80
Other snapper 460 1,141 1,156 96 1,100 93
Spanish mackerel 4,221 501 11,505 119 435 77
Tiger Prawn 124 7,570 361 81 6,415 125
Shrimp 552 2,073 1,325 99 1,944 94
Crab 1,172 1,741 3,197 104 1,783 96
Squid, common 2,525 651 9,057 107 536 105
Cuttlefish 429 653 1,064 113 626 82
Other squid 1,447 1,140 3,787 87 1,028 107
Eel 196 2,225 493 83 2,181 121
Short-neck clam, with shell 2,386 471 5,150 93 476 106
Scallop, with shell 1,108 479 2,710 99 498 98
Oyster, without shell 1,353 803 6,570 118 902 98
Bloody clam, with shell 728 864 1,178 103 900 109
Freshwater clam, with shell 1,079 442 3,027 98 450 97
Frozen, total 56,482 962 139,340 108 904 101
Frozen:
Bluefin tuna 6,698 1,733 9,962 206 2,004 74
Bigeye tuna 4,151 1,095 10,244 90 1,118 105
Bigeye tuna, imports 1,401 1,219 3,452 88 1,243 105
Yellowfin 1,640 805 4,015 101 801 101
Billfish 966 672 2,399 96 664 86
Salmon* 4,075 743 11,559 95 720 123
Salmon*, imports 3,201 736 8,957 93 710 120
Pink salmon 1,259 675 3,409 106 641 116
Herring 852 165 4,341 188 138 82
Jack mackerel 341 272 986 88 301 85
Mackerel 1,456 391 4,450 103 382 89
Saury 399 362 1,074 53 377 155
Sole 2,567 475 7,081 106 468 96
Cod 632 624 1,821 83 601 127
Sea bream 295 530 730 95 552 85
Spanish mackerel 619 452 1,508 109 463 73
Shrimp, domestic 957 1,491 2,168 111 1,536 91
Shrimp, imports 3,786 1,557 9,908 95 1,549 86
Squid, common 1,515 351 3,624 81 360 130
Cuttlefish 1,002 843 2,617 93 798 93
Other squid 2,378 603 5,758 109 606 88
Octopus 3,754 665 8,188 117 684 86
Surimi 1,892 328 5,479 128 325 92
Processed, total 59,640 796 161,196 94 765 99
Salted/dried:
Sardine 1,280 717 4,478 93 686 96
Jack mackerel 2,376 552 6,467 98 545 98
Mackerel 359 583 982 96 588 91
Saury 782 534 2,086 86 530 108
Salted:
Salmon 3,372 866 9,408 95 874 118
Pink salmon 325 507 872 108 520 103
Mackerel 1,357 514 3,632 107 514 84
Salmon roe 1,040 3,173 2,848 130 3,114 106
Pollock roe 1,742 1,752 4,255 98 1,739 100
Herring roe 274 1,361 816 164 1,201 67
Surimi-based products 10,349 481 31,041 101 483 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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