JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JULY 31, 1998
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products        1,279,946          98        90
Fresh                              1,068         112       127
Frozen                         1,116,090          98        90
Salted                            87,682          99        93
Processed                         75,106          96        95
Frozen:                                                       
 Tuna, total                      60,710          99       100
 Albacore tuna                     9,521         100        86
 Bigeye tuna                      20,375         101       106
 Yellowfin tuna                   15,996          97        83
 Other tuna                       14,818          96       134
 Billfish                          7,299          96       150
 Skipjack                         33,597         131       102
 Salmon 1/                        46,713         104        83
 Pink salmon                       9,580          82        96
 Herring                          27,007          92        72
 Sardine/anchovy                  48,778          93       100
 Sardine                          34,345          95        81
 Jack mackerel                    59,700          96       102
 Pacific mackerel                 94,451          89        84
 Saury                            26,456          87       208
 Flatfish                         34,531          98        86
 Cod                              17,788          96        61
 Pollock                           3,300          87        96
 Sea bream                         7,643          97        72
 Sand lance                        5,114          94        78
 Other finfish                   247,164         100        86
 Clam                             35,510         106        83
 Shrimp                           69,771         103        92
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       104,485          96        83
 Squid, common                    58,449          94        79
 Cuttlefish                       11,313          94        89
 Other squid                      34,723         102        87
 Octopus                          20,295          87        56
 Other shellfish                  60,756         102       102
 Pollock surimi                   46,838          89       105
 Other surimi                     46,435         104       101
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        16,699         112        95
 Pink salmon                       1,964         107        83
 Pollock roe                      20,883          95       102
 Salmon roe                        2,594          93        86
 Herring roe                       8,537         116       100
 Other                            37,005          93        86

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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