Wholesale price - Oroshi soba

...Even if transactions are conducted individually, through free competition, the transactions will solidify to a certain level, and an index market price will be formed for that product. Market prices can be broadly divided into wholesaler market prices, which are aimed at the accommodation of goods between wholesalers, and general wholesale market prices, which are the transaction prices at the stage from upstream to downstream in the distribution of goods that is most faithful to the actual supply and demand situation. Products subject to the wholesaler market prices include steel, raw yarn, non-ferrous metals, rice, and miscellaneous grains, and since most products flow from producers to consumers via distributors, general wholesale prices make up the majority of market prices. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "wholesale market price" is listed below.

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…取引が個々に進められても，自由な競争を通じ，取引は一定の線に固まるため，その商品の指標的な相場が形成される。市中相場は，問屋どうしの荷の融通を目的とする問屋仲間相場と，商品流通の川上から川下への経路のうちで最も需給実態に忠実な段階の取引価格を抜き出した一般卸相場に大別できる。仲間相場の対象商品は，鋼材，原糸，非鉄金属，米，雑穀などで，大部分の商品は生産者から流通業者を経て需要家へと流れるため，一般卸が市中相場の多数派である。…

※「卸相場」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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