JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MAY 31, 1998
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products        1,355,486          99        99
Fresh                                888          85        87
Frozen                         1,191,200          99        98
Salted                            85,786         100       102
Processed                         77,612         103       101
Frozen:                                                       
 Tuna, total                      57,686          98       110
 Albacore tuna                     7,833          80       164
 Bigeye tuna                      20,309         110       110
 Yellowfin tuna                   15,126          94        84
 Other tuna                       14,418          99       133
 Billfish                          7,852         103       148
 Skipjack                         18,859         106        73
 Salmon 1/                        53,649          87        97
 Pink salmon                      13,098         102       125
 Herring                          21,997         130        75
 Sardine/anchovy                  59,095          96       136
 Sardine                          35,740         102       109
 Jack mackerel                    65,094         112       112
 Pacific mackerel                121,049          95        93
 Saury                            35,944          86       208
 Flatfish                         38,364          98       104
 Cod                              19,469         101        70
 Pollock                           3,765         111       100
 Sea bream                         8,245         103        79
 Sand lance                        7,087         180       105
 Other finfish                   254,897         100        90
 Clam                             31,542         110        89
 Shrimp                           68,411          99        95
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       114,220          95        95
 Squid, common                    65,610          94       101
 Cuttlefish                       12,697         101        87
 Other squid                      35,913          94        88
 Octopus                          24,628          88        65
 Other shellfish                  57,424         104        95
 Pollock surimi                   59,131          99       125
 Other surimi                     47,389         100       119
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        12,778          91       117
 Pink salmon                       1,575          98       118
 Pollock roe                      20,740         109       102
 Salmon roe                        3,202          81        84
 Herring roe                       6,867         110       135
 Other                            40,624         100        96

1/ Excluding pink salmon.                                     
   A. - Comparison with the same period a month earlier.      
   B. - Comparison with the same period a year earlier.       

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA                                 
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu                                       

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