The surge in the wholesale price of tuna has started to slow, apparently because of slumping consumption amid the deepening recession, industry sources said.
At Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market, the rise in the price of frozen tuna in October slowed to 8.9 percent compared with the same month last year, after sales decreased 19.2 percent to 3,000 tons.
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