The Japanese wholesale price for Thai-origin vannamei (13 grams each, headless shell-on) in early October was JPY 2,200 to JPY 2,400 per 1.8-kilogram (kg) block (approx USD 5.80/EUR 4.29) per pound), a record high price and nearly double that of the same period last year.
One supermarket chain in the Tokyo metropolitan area reported vannamei sales in September had decreased by 70 percent year-on-year due to high prices, and some Japanese supermarkets are now offering cheaper, smaller-sized prod…
