Japanese Bigeye Tuna Prices Up 10% from Decline in Chinese Deliveries
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Nikkei] - February 24, 2017
Tokyo - An affordable variety of tuna is increasingly expensive in Japan because of supply disruptions, while a premium species is becoming cheaper.
January's wholesale price for frozen bigeye -- a type of tuna often sold at supermarkets and served at conveyor belt sushi restaurants -- averaged 1,207 yen ($10.71) per kilogram at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, up roughly 10% from a year earlier. The price has stayed about the same in February.
The market handled 1,146 tons of frozen bigeye in January, down 7.2% from the same month a year ago. Reduced supply...
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