Press translations [Japan]. Economic Series 0199, 1946-01-24.

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):

(* 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 -

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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):-

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