JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%) 
                                                  A         B  
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Total, Fishery Products        1,268,730         101        84 
Fresh                              1,186         131       110 
Frozen                         1,106,799         101        84 
Salted                            89,449         104        84 
Processed                         71,296          98        91 
Frozen:                                                        
 Tuna, total                      64,303         102       103 
 Albacore tuna                    13,220         114       105 
 Bigeye tuna                      18,609          97       106 
 Yellowfin tuna                   15,939          97        90 
 Other tuna                       16,535         104       114 
 Billfish                          7,152         101       160 
 Skipjack                         35,346         102       120 
 Salmon 1/                        61,414         116        74 
 Pink salmon                      25,107         180       181 
 Herring                          18,440          84        66 
 Sardine/anchovy                  30,709          76        58 
 Sardine                          36,056          82        56 
 Jack mackerel                    51,200          97        91 
 Pacific mackerel                 74,087          91        78 
 Saury                            25,654         112        75 
 Flatfish                         33,237          98        82 
 Cod                              16,632          97        58 
 Pollock                           4,286         147       116 
 Sea bream                         7,996         103        68 
 Sand lance                        2,665          56        42 
 Other finfish                   256,984         102        86 
 Clam                             35,405          97        82 
 Shrimp                           75,361         104        97 
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       107,575         100        68 
 Squid, common                    60,647         101        58 
 Cuttlefish                       11,442          98        84 
 Other squid                      35,486          99        85 
 Octopus                          23,912         105        69 
 Other shellfish                  58,529          98        97 
 Pollock surimi                   38,766          93        90 
 Other surimi                     50,421         109       106 
Salted:                                                        
 Salmon 1/                        19,377         118        73 
 Pink salmon                       2,328         109        88 
 Pollock roe                      19,249          97       101 
 Salmon roe                        5,299         176        92 
 Herring roe                       8,568          94        82 
 Other                            34,628          98        81 

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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