FROM AROUND THE OCEAN TO MARUNAKA

General Rules for Consignment

MAIN OVERSEAS FISHERIES

KIND OF FISH	EXPORTING COUNTRY
TUNA- bluefin, bigeye, yellowfin, etc.	USA, Canada, Australia, NewZealand, Uruguay, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Palau, Yap, Indonesia, etc.
sea urchin	USA, Canada, Chile, Korea, China, etc.
SALMON- red salmon, silver salmon, trout, atlantic salmon, etc.	USA, Canada, Norway, Chile, Australia, etc.
shrimp & Lobster	Australia, China, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Philippine, etc.
octopus	Mauritania, Spain, etc.
crab, clam,etc.	USA, Russia, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, India, Korea, etc.
eel	China, Taiwan, etc.

The best12 items

The best12 items the head office of CHUO GYORUI dealing in (1998.April - 1999.March)

RANKING	ITEMS	QUANTITY (metric ton)	UNIT PRICE (yen/kg)	SUM (thousand yen)
1	Tuna	33,011	1,433	47,292,125
2	Shrimp	7,820	1,808	14,134,682
3	Fish roe	9,792	1,072	10,498,754
4	Salmon & Trout	14,530	639	9,279,356
5	Crab	5,196	1,467	7,623,860
6	Yellowtail	5,644	950	5,363,131
7	Squid	10,026	415	4,160,666
8	Horse mackerel	7,806	490	3,821,989
9	Snapper	3,780	923	3,488,261
10	Sea Urchin	454	7,597	3,449,007
11	Globe fish	511	4,488	2,293,170
12	Scallop	2,089	923	2,225,383

Statistics of the marine products the head office of CHUO GYORUI dealing in.(1998.April - 1999.March)

	domestic			import			total			ratio of import(%)
kind of fish	quantity (metric ton)	unit price (yen/kg)	sum (thousand yen)	quantity (metric ton)	unit price (yen/kg)	sum (thousand yen)	quantity (metric ton)	unit price (yen/kg)	sum (thousand yen)	quantity	price
fresh fish	50,250	899	45,175,849	5,456	1,526	8,328,075	55,706	960	53,503,924	9.8	15.6
frozen fish	49,283	1,043	51,416,126	36,313	957	34,739,549	85,596	1,007	86,155,675	42.4	40.3
salted and dried fish	26,392	851	22,461,125	2,621	1,538	4,030,526	29,014	913	26,491,651	9.0	15.2
total	125,925	945	119,053,101	44,390	1,061	47,098,150	170,315	976	166,151,250	26.1	28.3

ratio of import (in Value)