Press translations [Japan]. Economic Series 0199, 1946-01-24.
Date24 January, 1946
translation numbereconomic-0912
call numberDS801 .S81
Persistent Identifier
ECONOMIC SERIES: 199
ITEM 1 Average Price of Vegetables is Low - Retail Prices Must Be Adjusted - The Sangyo Keizai (Tokyo) - 22 Jan 46. Translator: T. Ukai.
Full Translation:
Vegetable prices have gone up since auction sales were introduced after the abolition
of price control. However, average
prices are lower than expected while vegetables of low quality are low in price. The
average prices since the last ton days of
November 1945, given below were published by the Vegetable and Fruits Control Company,
TOKYO (TOKYO SEIKA BUTSU TOSEI KAISHA).
Retailers are apt to make a good profit from commissions, and the effect of the auction
sales cannot be judged if the retail
prices do not reflect the auction prices:
(Prices per Kamme):
Last 10 days Nov. 45 | First 10 days Dec. 45 | Second 10 days Dec. 45 | Last 10 days Dec. 45 | |
Yen | Yen | Yen | Yen | |
Radish | 4.24 | 4.00 | 4.55 | 7.40 |
Turnip | 3.17 | 2.42 | 2.54 | 4.93 |
Carrot | 10.55 | 14.25 | 14.40 | 19.85 |
Burdock | 12.61 | 15.80 | 18.63 | 21.65 |
Taro | 13.45 | 13.73 | 16.00 | 20.60 |
HAKUSAI | 2.60 | 3.64 | 5.28 | 9.00 |
Other vegetables | 2.28 | 2.68 | 3.81 | 6.52 |
Spinach | 10.40 | 15.70 | 21.25 | 21.10 |
Welsh Onion | 8.90 | 10.45 | 10.35 | 16.60 |
Lotus Rhizome | 12.20 | 16.60 | 19.85 | 29.80 |
(* names are not enumerated in the list)
Side-dishes:- Fish from the tie-in system increased in price. Arrivals on the 20th
at the Fish-Department of the Central
Metropolitan Wholesale Market (TO CHUO OROSHIURI SHIJO), were: Fresh fish - 100 metric
tons; shelled shell-fish - two metric
tons; shellfish with shells - three metric tons; fish and shellfish, etc, smoked -
nine metric tons; total - 114 metric tons,
88 per cent of which was fresh fish. Arrivals through the tie-in system were cuttlefish
from ITO, sardines from FUNAKATA,
YANAZU and YASUDA, KINKI from MIYAKO, sharks from KAMAISHI, totalling 54 metric tons
- 47 per cent of the total arrivals and
surpassing the 46 metric tons of non tie-in system fish by eight metric tons.
Prices are as follows:- Tie-in system fish - (per Kamme, unit yen) TANZAME - two;
boiled octopus - 52; NUKIZAME - 11.20;
MARUZAME - 20; LANCE-HIRAUCE - five; NAMETA - 13; codfish -
ECONOMIC SERIES: 199 (Continued)
ITEM 1 (Continued)
13; HOKKE - 13; (T.N. Character unknown) - eight; MENUKI - 15; KINKI - 20; club -
five; oil-flat-fish - five; sardine - 13.50
to 14; cuttlefish - 16.50.
Fish not on tie-in system:- Sardine 31 to 36; halibut - 60;cuttlefish - 45; flat-fish
- 28 to 37; KASUEE - 5.5O; GOBY - 65;
shell-ligament of small size - 100; shelled clam - 55; SHIOFUKI - 33; shelled clam,
large size - 72; ASARI - 38; shelled
ark-shell - 36; AOYAGI - 60.00; SAKI-AKAGAI - 87; shell-ligament, middle siza - 300.
Arrivals of vegetables on the 20th at the
vegetable department of the Central Metropolitan Wholesale Market were 42,000 kamme
an increase over the arrivals on the
previous day by 11,000 kamme (Unit yen per kamme):-
Radish | 7 - 18 |
Turnip | 6 - 16 |
Buordock | 24-26 |
HAKUSAI | 7 - 22 |
KYOHA | 10 - 17 |
SANTONA | 9 - 15 |
Spinach | 28 - 38 |
KOMATSUNA | 9 - 16 |
Welsh onion | 22 - 27 |
Lotus Rhizome | 30 |
MARU DAKON | 8 |
Taro | 40 - 60 |
Tomato | 70 - 80 |
Orange (sweet) | 35 |
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