JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MARCH 31, 1998
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products        1,382,936          99       101
Fresh                                880         110        87
Frozen                         1,233,191          99       101
Salted                            78,378         104       105
Processed                         70,487         103        99
Frozen:                                                       
 Tuna, total                      60,635         100       109
 Albacore tuna                    10,668         103       132
 Bigeye tuna                      17,511         110       108
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,859         101        92
 Other tuna                       15,597          89       124
 Billfish                          6,810         117       123
 Skipjack                         19,082          85        66
 Salmon 1/                        67,264          98        99
 Pink salmon                      11,933          98       120
 Herring                          18,882          82        81
 Sardine/anchovy                  59,466         143       112
 Sardine                          32,218         117        82
 Jack mackerel                    56,640          98       115
 Pacific mackerel                132,353          94        99
 Saury                            49,098          88       216
 Flatfish                         37,514          99       100
 Cod                              20,718          98        92
 Pollock                           3,727          98       104
 Sea bream                         9,036          99       103
 Sand lance                        1,214         124        22
 Other finfish                   254,799          98        98
 Clam                             27,343          99        93
 Shrimp                           70,846         100        98
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       139,890          86        91
 Squid, common                    81,653          85        94
 Cuttlefish                       13,223          92        85
 Other squid                      45,014          87        88
 Octopus                          30,429         110        84
 Other shellfish                  46,677         109        88
 Pollock surimi                   59,743         118       124
 Other surimi                     48,419         101       115
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        15,197          90       117
 Pink salmon                       1,812          89       125
 Pollock roe                      15,673         106        95
 Salmon roe                        4,409          83        82
 Herring roe                       5,972         102       116
 Other                            35,315         115       108

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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