JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, APRIL 30, 1998
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products        1,368,241          99       101
Fresh                              1,044         119        94
Frozen                         1,205,973          98       100
Salted                            85,627         109       106
Processed                         75,597         107       101
Frozen:                                                       
 Tuna, total                      58,838          97       105
 Albacore tuna                     9,806          92       148
 Bigeye tuna                      18,479         106       101
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,031          95        86
 Other tuna                       14,522          93       119
 Billfish                          7,638         112       136
 Skipjack                         17,783          93        66
 Salmon 1/                        61,331          91        95
 Pink salmon                      12,866         108       137
 Herring                          16,928          90        72
 Sardine/anchovy                  61,767         104       131
 Sardine                          35,088         109       102
 Jack mackerel                    58,235         103       116
 Pacific mackerel                127,572          96       100
 Saury                            42,057          86       216
 Flatfish                         39,253         105       105
 Cod                              19,299          93        79
 Pollock                           3,749         101       101
 Sea bream                         8,043          89        92
 Sand lance                        3,956         326        73
 Other finfish                   255,128         100        94
 Clam                             28,709         105        90
 Shrimp                           69,113          98        99
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       120,616          86        92
 Squid, common                    69,629          85        96
 Cuttlefish                       12,632          96        86
 Other squid                      38,355          85        86
 Octopus                          27,889          92        71
 Other shellfish                  55,319         118        93
 Pollock surimi                   60,039         100       123
 Other surimi                     47,460          98       117
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        14,012          92       116
 Pink salmon                       1,611          89       114
 Pollock roe                      19,090         122       105
 Salmon roe                        3,946          89        85
 Herring roe                       6,246         105       119
 Other                            40,722         112       104

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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