Sales Volume and Average Wholesale Prices of Selected Fishery Products
at 10 Major Central Wholesale Markets in Japan, May 2000
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May January - May 2000
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Fishery Products M.T Yen/kg M.T % Yen/kg %
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Grand total 180,864 770 886,212 101 798 96
Fresh, total 79,606 752 370,472 100 820 98
Fresh:
Bluefin tuna 1,466 1,983 3,752 132 2,897 95
Bigeye tuna 1,083 1,117 5,566 97 1,258 95
Yellowfin tuna 2,762 890 11,518 109 966 96
Other tuna 1,457 558 7,832 118 712 96
Skipjack 6,209 388 14,639 144 512 68
Salmon 1,725 910 7,473 104 874 98
Sardine 3,699 263 17,692 96 276 106
Jack mackerel 7,186 353 25,803 101 423 96
Mackerel 3,212 350 22,104 89 387 106
Saury 426 553 2,349 73 553 123
Yellowtail, wild 2,060 662 10,395 123 760 93
Yellowtail, cultured 2,983 1,286 20,775 90 1,191 112
Flounder, live/fresh 914 1,490 3,566 103 1,948 96
Flounder, live 438 1,769 1,903 104 2,215 97
Sole 2,385 645 9,305 99 787 96
Cod 486 527 6,539 103 585 103
Croaker 220 330 701 55 375 113
Conger-Pike 268 1,518 777 87 1,108 108
Cuttlefish 617 958 3,842 117 771 96
Red snapper, live/fresh 4,036 854 18,899 103 860 100
Red snapper, live 2,020 856 10,573 101 811 101
Other snapper 691 942 2,430 101 986 102
Spanish mackerel 4,097 361 18,173 93 441 103
Tiger Prawn 145 5,415 761 129 4,646 67
Shrimp 581 1,740 2,589 104 1,793 94
Crab 1,189 1,460 5,683 98 1,631 99
Squid, common 2,760 489 13,090 97 511 96
Cuttlefish 307 522 1,583 88 624 103
Other squid 1,566 1,175 6,355 92 1,066 99
Eel 277 1,164 1,175 124 1,180 54
Short-neck clam, with shell 3,062 457 11,609 110 461 101
Scallop, with shell 942 469 4,675 98 467 94
Oyster, without shell 71 683 7,437 108 850 95
Bloody clam, with shell 715 720 3,109 100 801 88
Freshwater clam, with shell 971 442 5,145 100 440 98
Frozen, total 44,000 840 233,768 105 831 93
Frozen:
Bluefin tuna 1,582 2,800 7,763 85 2,874 109
Bigeye tuna 4,083 1,060 18,805 104 1,109 98
Bigeye tuna, imports 1,489 1,168 6,817 111 1,225 97
Yellowfin 1,359 856 5,449 75 928 113
Billfish 711 787 3,326 78 783 117
Salmon* 3,291 619 19,132 99 615 84
Salmon*, imports 2,607 635 14,067 93 641 88
Pink salmon 756 671 4,236 71 657 101
Herring 618 146 6,544 119 126 88
Jack mackerel 569 234 2,159 132 286 94
Mackerel 1,504 276 7,309 102 296 78
Saury 298 511 1,785 90 488 128
Sole 2,246 483 13,125 113 472 97
Cod 437 610 2,960 104 559 89
Sea bream 141 659 920 83 651 112
Spanish mackerel 530 455 2,567 96 461 99
Shrimp, domestic 913 1,450 4,280 113 1,412 91
Shrimp, imports 3,493 1,540 18,292 106 1,517 98
Squid, common 1,423 264 7,087 109 271 75
Cuttlefish 911 695 4,660 95 704 88
Other squid 2,269 557 11,278 110 560 91
Octopus 4,429 459 20,749 137 450 66
Surimi 1,633 303 8,666 109 307 93
Processed, total 55,381 752 272,931 99 751 97
Salted/dried:
Sardine 1,367 791 7,495 101 629 85
Jack mackerel 2,207 564 10,536 94 552 100
Mackerel 356 534 1,858 111 528 90
Saury 570 594 2,954 84 570 106
Salted:
Salmon 3,614 710 17,380 113 725 80
Pink salmon 377 402 2,004 118 417 77
Mackerel 1,428 452 6,784 104 445 86
Salmon roe 747 3,449 4,046 93 3,434 108
Pollock roe 1,102 2,293 6,538 87 2,146 120
Herring roe 234 1,530 1,067 96 1,719 126
Surimi-based products 9,102 489 47,498 95 495 102
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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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