Bidding Prices of Pollock Roe Stay High for Japanese Traders Despite Higher Supplies from US, Russia
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Japan Reports] June 5, 2017
Last months pollock roe prices again remained high for the Japanese as supplies of lower priced roe remain tight. The bidding prices of pollock roe--raw materials for "tarako" and mentai spiced roe products--have been pegged at a high level this year.
Supply of pollock roe to the market from main producing places in the U.S. and Russia has been increasing, but the prices have been kept high due to the impact of poor pollock catch last year and diminishing stockpiles in Japan.
In the auctions held in the U.S. this spring, pollock roe from factoryships maintained prices at around 1,100 yen per kilo, with that from Russia standing at 900 yen, a level more or less the same as last year....
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