Prices continue with their upward trend
Statistics for Pacific salmon (coho)
JAPAN
Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 00:40 (GMT + 9)
The average price of imports of coho salmon from HS 030312010 at customs in Japan, in the month of April, was JPY 737/kg, 2% higher than the previous month and 9% higher than April 2018. In the first four months of the year the price averages JPY 726/kg, 4% more than in the same period of the previous year.
Graph 1: Price of frozen salmon coho (HS 030312010) in Japanese customs, 2015/2019, in JPY/kg
Source: Japanese Customs/FIS.com
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In the month analysed, imports of Pacific salmon of the mentioned HS reached 5,598 tonnes worth JPY 4,126 million, down 48% in volume and in 47% less value compared with those of the previous month. Compared with April 2018, there was a decrease of 4% in volume and rise 9% in value.
Most imports in this period came from Chile (5,581 tonnes) worth JPY 4,109 million.
Graph 2: Japanese imports of frozen salmon coho (HS 030312010), 2015/2019
Source: Japanese Customs/FIS.com
In the four first months, imports totaled 60,349 tonnes for JPY 43,802 million, 11% more in volume and 15% in value than in the same period of the previous year.
Graph 3: Japanese imports of frozen salmon coho (HS 030312010), January-April 2015/2019
Source: Japanese Customs/FIS.com
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