WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
OCTOBER 3 - 20, 1998
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchnge
rates are: 115-135 yen = U.S.$1.00 for October 3 - 20, 1998.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
Oct. 20 Sales volume 16 fish Spain 4,500 - 3,550 - 3,000
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
Oct. 15 Sales volume 4 fish New York 5,800 - 3,300 - 2,100
Oct. 15 Sales volume 53 fish New Zealand 3,000 - 1,160 - 500
Oct. 19 Sales volume 84 fish Australia 3,000 - 1,720 - 400
Oct. 20 Sales volume 72 fish Bali 1,500 - 858 - 400
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
Oct. 16 Sales volume 110 fish Pohnpei 500 - 425 - 400
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
Oct. 20 780 trays Boston 4,200 - 2,400/tray*
Oct. 16 329 trays Canada 2,800 - 2,000/tray*
Oct. 16 1,995 trays San Francisco 4,600 - 750/tray*
Oct. 19 2,373 trays Los Angeles 9,000 - 1,500/tray*
Oct. 16 561 trays China 5,200 - 1,200/tray*
Oct. 16 4,999 packs 1,000 - 350/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 2,500 - 1,500
Medium 3,500 - 1,800
Small 2,700 - 1,600
HERRING ROE
Salted products Canada Large 5,200 - 4,800
Grade A Medium 4,500 - 3,800
Small 4,000 - 3,300
HERRING ROE ON KELP Canada 6,000 - 4,000
San Francisco 4,000 - 2,500
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO)
Salted, processed
Red: Bristol Bay Grade A 3,300 - 3,200
Grade B 2,900 - 2,800
Grade C 2,500 - 2,400
Chum: PWS Grade A 2,200 - 2,000
Grade B 1,800 - 1,600
Grade C 1,400 - 1,200
Pink: Grade A 1,800 - 1,500
SALMON ROE (IKURA)
Japan Top grade 4,000 - 3,800
Standard grade 3,600 - 3,400
Alaska 3,400 - 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 1,200 - 1,140
Alaska & Canada 5-7 lbs/fish 1,250 - 1,170
4-5 lbs/fish 1,170 - 1,100
3-4 lbs/fish 1,100 - 1,050
2-3 lbs/fish 1,050 - 980
1-2 lbs/fish
SALMON
Red: frozen Bristol Bay 2-4 lbs/fish 1,130 - 1,100
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 1,200 - 1,150
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 1,220 - 1,200
Kodiak 2-4 lbs/fish 1,150 - 1,100
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 1,250 - 1,200
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,250
Red: fresh, wild, Alaska 4-6 kg/fish
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 730 - 710
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 730 - 710
6-9 lbs/fish 720 - 700
King: frozen, Alaska 11-18 lbs/fish -
King: fresh Chile 4-5 kg/fish
Atlantic: fresh, semi-dressed
Norway (standard grade) 3-4 kg/fish 1,000- 950
SARDINE (fresh) Oct. 15
Japan Large 800 - 600
ABALONE (live)
Japan Ezo 12,500 -10,000
Kuro 12,000 -10,000
Aka 8,500 - 8,000
Mata 10,000 - 8,000
Australia 5,300 - 4,000
SURIMI (frozen)
Ship-processed: SA 450 - 420
FA 420
Land-processed: 400 - 280
ROCK SOLE with roe L 520 - 500
M 500 - 450
S 460
FLOUNDER (fresh) Oct. 15 Japan 5,000 - 3,000
U.S.A.
China
Mexico
OYSTER (fresh) Oct. 16 Japan, Oofunato 2,800 - 1,400
Japan, Hiroshima 2,400 - 300
Japan, Kesenuma 2,400 - 1,500
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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