What is the price of flat fish per kilogram/pound in Japan today?
The retail price range for Japan flat fish is between US$ 1.60 and US$ 4.78 per kilogram or between US$ 0.73 and US$ 2.17 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of flat fish in Japan
The retail price range in Yen for flat fish is between JPY 221.00 and JPY 660.35 per kilogram or between JPY 100.23 and JPY 299.48 per pound(lb) in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Japan flat fish is between US$ 1.12 and US$ 3.35 per kilogram or between US$ 0.51 and US$ 1.52 per pound(lb).
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Japan Flat Fish Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Flat Fish from Japan has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 1.38 US dollars per kg, and in 2021 it had dropped to 1.02 US dollars per kg. This represents a decrease of 26.1%. The price has continued to decrease in the last year, reaching 1.15 US dollars per kg in 2020. This is a decrease of 13.2% from the previous year. Looking ahead, we can predict that the export price per kilogram of Flat Fish from Japan will continue to decrease, reaching 0.92 US dollars per kg in 2022. We can further predict that the price will drop to 0.83 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 0.75 US dollars per kg in 2024.Japan Flat Fish Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Flat Fish into Japan has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2016, the price was 1.30 US dollars per kg, and this decreased to 1.15 US dollars per kg in 2020. This represents a decrease of 11.54% over the five year period. The lowest price was recorded in 2022, when the price was 0.92 US dollars per kg. Looking ahead, we can predict that the import price per kilogram of Flat Fish into Japan will continue to decrease, reaching 0.81 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 0.72 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Japan flat fish
The total values in export for flat fish in Japan were US$ 5,378, US$ 8,826, US$ 5,160 and US$ 7,368 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Japan flat fish - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of flat fish shipped by Japan in 2020 was 3,724 metric tons. In 2019 Japan exported 6,143 tonnes of flat fish. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Japan flat fish (fish category) has escalated, recording a change of 47.385 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, flat fish's exports decreased by -4.08 percent earning the exporter US$7.37m for the year 2019. Japan's flat fish exports are classified as:
- Frozen flat fish "Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae" (excluding halibut, plaice, sole and turbot) (HS code 030339)
- Fresh or chilled flat fish "Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Catharidae" (excluding halibut "Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus and Hippoglossus stenolepis", plaice "Pleuronectes platessa", sole "Solea spp." and turbot "Psetta maxima") (HS code 030229)
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Japan flat fish export values
In 2019, Japan supplied flat fish with a value of 7.37m USD, an increase of 42.83% from 2018's total flat fish export of 5.16m USD. The yearly growth in value of Japan flat fish between 2017 to 2018 was -41.536%.
The yearly variation in the quantity of Japan's flat fish exports between 2017 and 2019 was -4.08 pc compared to a variation of 47.385% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Japan flat fish ( in '000$ )
Japan purchased 8,881 tonnes of flat fish in 2019.