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Part of the volume that Japan imports is unloaded today in China to be processed and re-exported
Japanese imports of frozen bigeye tuna fall in the first two months of 2019
JAPAN
Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 20:00 (GMT + 9)
The average price of Japanese imports of frozen bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) was JPY 779 in February, down 2% on that of the previous month and 11% on that of February 2018.
During the first two months, the average was JPY 1,788/kg, down 18% on that of the same period last year.
Graph 1: Average price of frozen bigeye at Japanese Customs,
2015–2019, in JPY/kg
Source: based on information provided by the Customs/FIS.com
Table 1: Average FOB price of frozen bigeye at Japanese Customs,
in JPY por kg
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Origin
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USD per kg
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Variation %
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Feb/19
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Jan/19
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Feb/18
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Feb/19 Feb/18
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Feb/19 Feb/18
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Korean Republic
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810
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828
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1,031
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-2%
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-21%
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China
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785
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832
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853
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-6%
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-8%
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Taiwan
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786
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799
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867
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-2%
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-9%
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Seychelles
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791
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793
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813
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0%
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-3%
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Vanuatu
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690
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862
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893
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-20%
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-23%
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Source: Japanese Customs
Markets
During the month analysed, imports of frozen bigeye reached 3,717 tonnes, worth JPY 2,897 million, down 2% in volume and 4% in value on those registered in the previous month and down 24% in volume and 32% in value on those of February 20187.
Graph 2: Japanese imports of frozen bigeye, 2015–2019
Source: based on information provided by the Customs/FIS.com
During the period, imports totalled 7,527 tonnes and JPY 5,929 million, down 5% in volume and 13% in value on those of the same period last year.
The 57% of imports were from Taiwan (4,345 tonnes) while those from China amounted to 17% (1,261 tonnes).
Graph 3: Main exporters of frozen bigeye
to Japan, January-February 2019, in tonnes
Source: based on information provided by the Customs/FIS.com
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