What is the price of tuna per kilogram/pound in Japan today?
The retail price range for Japan tuna is between US$ 238.73 and US$ 477.45 per kilogram or between US$ 108.27 and US$ 216.53 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of tuna in Japan
The retail price range in Yen for tuna is between JPY 32,973.07 and JPY 65,946.13 per kilogram or between JPY 14,953.77 and JPY 29,907.54 per pound(lb) in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Japan tuna is between US$ 167.11 and US$ 334.22 per kilogram or between US$ 75.79 and US$ 151.57 per pound(lb).
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Japan Tuna Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Tuna from Japan over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was 4.54 US dollars per kg, followed by a decrease to 4.25 US dollars per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price rose to 4.41 US dollars per kg, and then increased further to 5.11 US dollars per kg in 2019. However, the price dropped to 3.49 US dollars per kg in 2020, before rising again to 5.42 US dollars per kg in 2021. The most recent data shows that the export price per kilogram of Tuna from Japan is 8.18 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Tuna from Japan will be around 8.50 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 8.80 US dollars per kg in 2024.Japan Tuna Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Tuna into Japan over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2016, the price was 4.54 US dollars per kg, which was the highest in the last five years. This was followed by a decrease in 2017 to 4.25 US dollars per kg. In 2018, the price increased slightly to 4.41 US dollars per kg. In 2019, the price rose to 5.11 US dollars per kg, the second highest in the last five years. However, in 2020, the price dropped to 3.49 US dollars per kg, the lowest in the last five years. In 2021, the price rose again to 5.42 US dollars per kg, and in 2022, the price increased to 8.18 US dollars per kg, the highest in the last five years. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Tuna into Japan in 2023 will be around 6.60 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, the price will be around 7.76 US dollars per kg.Export values for Japan tuna
The total values in export for tuna in Japan were US$ 69,259, US$ 83,877, US$ 92,956 and US$ 87,172 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Japan tuna - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of tuna sold by Japan in 2020 was 38,305 tonnes. In 2019 Japan sold 16,990 tonnes of tuna. For 2019 alone, the market for Japan tuna (fish category) has decreased, flactuating by -21.806 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tuna's exports reduced by -20.61% earning the exporter US$87.17m for the year 2019. Japan's tuna exports are classified as:
- Frozen bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030344)
- Fresh or chilled Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030236)
- Fresh or chilled tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030239)
- Frozen yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030342)
- Frozen fillets of tuna "of the genus Thunnus", skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito "Euthynnus [Katsuwonus] pelamis" (HS code 030487)
- Frozen albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030341)
- Frozen tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030349)
- Fresh or chilled yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030232)
- Fresh or chilled Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030235)
- Fresh or chilled albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030231)
- Frozen Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030345)
- Frozen Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030346)
- Fresh or chilled bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030234)
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Japan tuna export values
In 2019, Japan shipped tuna worth 87.17m USD, a contraction of -6.22% from 2018's total tuna export of 92.956m USD. The annual change in value of Japan tuna between 2017 to 2018 was 10.824 per cent.
The yearly variation in the quantity of Japan's tuna exports between 2017 and 2019 was -20.61 pc when compared to a variation of -21.806% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Japan tuna ( in '000$ )
Japan ordered 182,951 tonnes of tuna in 2019.