JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, DECEMBER 31, 1998
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%) 
                                                  A         B  
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Total, Fishery Products        1,320,751          99        87 
Fresh                              1,007          84       120 
Frozen                         1,185,801         101        87 
Salted                            69,793          79        84 
Processed                         64,150          87        91 
Frozen:                                                        
 Tuna, total                      61,498          94        99 
 Albacore tuna                    11,089          91        89 
 Bigeye tuna                      15,066          82       107 
 Yellowfin tuna                   20,177         106       110 
 Other tuna                       15,166          96        88 
 Billfish                          7,440         104       133 
 Skipjack                         44,552         111       171 
 Salmon 1/                        61,079          92        80 
 Pink salmon                      27,958          94       201 
 Herring                          28,222         147        99 
 Sardine/anchovy                  51,767         162       129 
 Sardine                          31,758         134       100 
 Jack mackerel                    51,838         103        80 
 Pacific mackerel                112,175         132        87 
 Saury                            38,448          95        56 
 Flatfish                         33,704         101        80 
 Cod                              12,049          87        51 
 Pollock                           6,853         165       172 
 Sea bream                         6,536          93        67 
 Sand lance                          833          72        62 
 Other finfish                   256,451          99        88 
 Clam                             26,574          86        80 
 Shrimp                           72,245          95        97 
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       118,949          99        63 
 Squid, common                    64,015          96        53 
 Cuttlefish                       12,599          96        91 
 Other squid                      42,335         108        76 
 Octopus                          21,193          79        84 
 Other shellfish                  44,771          81        97 
 Pollock surimi                   49,190          98        88 
 Other surimi                     50,425          87        94 
Salted:                                                        
 Salmon 1/                        13,451          63        73 
 Pink salmon                       1,883          81       103 
 Pollock roe                      15,375          86        99 
 Salmon roe                        6,267          80        95 
 Herring roe                       4,823          57        78 
 Other                            27,994          91        80 

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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