WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
FEBRUARY 7 - 27, 1998
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchnge
rates are: 123-128 yen = U.S.$1.00 for February 7 - 27, 1998.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh, G & H
Feb. 27 Sales volume 17 fish Italy 12,000 - 4,212 - 1,000
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Feb. 27 Sales volume 135 fish Sri Lanka 2,900 - 995 - 400
Feb. 27 Sales volume 35 fish Pohnpei 3,000 - 1,018 - 300
Feb. 27 Sales volume 18 fish New Zealand 9,000 - 3,320 - 1,300
Feb. 27 Sales volume 141 fish Bali 6,000 - 1,394 - 400
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Feb. 13 Sales volume 9 fish Australia 3,000 - 1,680 - 1,200
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
Feb. 16 144 trays Alaska 3,500 - 700/tray*
Feb. 27 771 trays Canada 5,800 - 500/tray*
Feb. 27 1,270 trays Chile 2,500 - 600/tray*
Feb. 27 1,242 trays San Francisco 5,600 - 2,000/tray*
Feb. 20 116 trays Los Angeles 5,000 - 2,500/tray*
Feb. 27 1,183 trays N.America(green) 3,700 - 900/tray*
Feb. 20 4,901 packs 750 - 150/pack**
* (tray=280-380 grams in net weight)
** (pack= 100 grams in net weight)
ALASKA POLLOCK ROE
Salted, processed, frozen roe
Grade A U.S.A. Large 3,000 - 1,500
Medium 3,500 - 2,000
Small 2,700 - 1,800
HERRING ROE
Salted products Canada Large 5,200 - 5,000
Grade A Medium 4,500 - 4,000
Small 3,800 - 3,300
HERRING ROE ON KELP Canada 7,500 - 5,000
San Francisco 5,500 - 4,000
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO)
Salted, processed
Bristol Red : Grade A 2,600 - 2,500
Grade B 2,200 - 2,100
Grade C 1,800 - 1,700
PWS/SE Chum: Grade A 2,800 - 2,600
Grade B 2,400 - 2,200
Grade C 2,000 - 1,800
Pink: Grade A 1,500 - 1,300
SALMON ROE (IKURA)
Japan Hokkaido Top grade 5,000 - 4,800
Standard grade 4,500 - 4,000
Alaska Grade A 3,500 - 3,200
SEA CUCUMBER Japan -
SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAB)
C. bairdi, section with claws,
cooked frozen, shrink-pack, 5 L 2,700 - 2,100
5 kg-carton Alaska 4 L 2,300 - 1,800
SABLEFISH (BLACK COD)
Frozen, dressed over 7 lbs/fish 1,430 - 1,350
Alaska & Canada 5-7 lbs/fish 1,430 - 1,350
4-5 lbs/fish 1,350 - 1,340
3-4 lbs/fish 1,340 - 1,300
2-3 lbs/fish 1,200 - 1,170
1-2 lbs/fish 1,080 - 950
SALMON
Red: frozen Bristol Bay 2-4 lbs/fish 720 - 710
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 740 - 730
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 730 - 720
Kodiak 2-4 lbs/fish 720 - 710
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 750 - 740
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 730 - 720
Red: fresh, wild Alaska 3-4 kg/fish -
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 500 - 480
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 510 - 500
6-9 lbs/fish 530 - 510
King: frozen, Alaska 11-18 lbs/fish -
King: fresh New Zealand 4-5 kg/fish 950 - 900
Atlantic: fresh, semi-dressed
Norway (standard grade) 3-4 kg/fish 900- 800
SARDINE (fresh) February 12
Japan Extra large 500 - 400
ABALONE (live)
Japan Ezo 11,000 - 6,000
Kuro 8,000 - 6,000
Aka 7,000 - 6,500
Mata -
Australia 6,300 - 5,800
SURIMI (frozen)
SA 520 - 480
FA 500
AA
ROCK SOLE with roe L 500 - 410
M 500 - 400
S 400 - 380
FLOUNDER (fresh) February 12 U.S.A. 1,700 - 1,000
China -
Hong Kong
Japan 4,000 - 2,500
OYSTER (fresh) February 27 Japan, Sanriku 1,700 - 600
Japan, Hiroshima 700 - 200
Japan, Okayama 900 - 600
ROCK COD U.S.A. -
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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