Changes in the Prices of Tuna in Japan, 1970-2014
Japanese government reports the Consumer Price Index monthly.
Many kinds of fish are sold in the market and those fish are main items of the Consumer Price Index. The government researches the price of tuna every month. The following data presents the changes of the price indexes of tuna from 1970 to 2014, if the price of 2010 is taken as 100.
The tuna price in 1985 was already almost same as the current price.
Year | Index (2010 = 100) | Price of 100g tuna (yen) |
1970 | 33.4 | 128 |
1971 | 39.8 | 152 |
1972 | 41.8 | 160 |
1973 | 46.7 | 178 |
1974 | 56.8 | 217 |
1975 | 68.0 | 260 |
1976 | 73.1 | 279 |
1977 | 80.5 | 308 |
1978 | 77.9 | 298 |
1979 | 83.8 | 320 |
1980 | 91.6 | 350 |
1981 | 92.7 | 354 |
1982 | 101.0 | 386 |
1983 | 96.9 | 370 |
1984 | 98.7 | 377 |
1985 | 103.1 | 394 |
1986 | 99.0 | 378 |
1987 | 98.0 | 374 |
1988 | 97.6 | 373 |
1989 | 103.0 | 393 |
1990 | 108.0 | 413 |
1991 | 109.6 | 419 |
1992 | 110.4 | 422 |
1993 | 112.0 | 428 |
1994 | 111.7 | 427 |
1995 | 110.8 | 423 |
1996 | 111.5 | 426 |
1997 | 113.7 | 434 |
1998 | 112.9 | 431 |
1999 | 113.4 | 433 |
2000 | 111.3 | 425 |
2001 | 109.4 | 418 |
2002 | 106.9 | 408 |
2003 | 105.7 | 404 |
2004 | 100.4 | 384 |
2005 | 97.5 | 372 |
2006 | 100.7 | 385 |
2007 | 103.0 | 393 |
2008 | 105.5 | 403 |
2009 | 102.2 | 390 |
2010 | 100.0 | 382 |
2011 | 98.9 | 378 |
2012 | 99.3 | 379 |
2013 | 97.2 | 371 |
2014 | 103.7 | 396 |
The next figure shows the changes in the prcies of 100g tuna between 1970 and 2014.
Source is Statistics Bureau. 消費者物価指数 (CPI) 結果
www.stat.go.jp/data/cpi/historic.htm
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Csvdl.do?sinfid=000011288549
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