Pressures Are Mounting from Japanese Users to Reduce Price of Alaskan Copper River Sockeye Roe
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] June 21, 2016
The first shipments of Copper River salted salmon sack roe have been sold in Japan at prices of Y 4500 / kg for No. 1 grade, Y 4100 / kg for no. 2 grade, and Y 3700 for No. 3 grade. Most sales were of number three grade. These shipments arrived at the Sendai market two weeks ago.
These are all non-frozen airfreight prices, which are higher than frozen roe prices.
However, there is pressure from Japanese buyers to reduce prices, despite the lackluster ...
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