JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JUNE 30, 1998
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products        1,310,707          97        93
Fresh                                954         107       111
Frozen                         1,143,122          96        92
Salted                            88,623         103        97
Processed                         78,008         101        97
Frozen:                                                       
 Tuna, total                      61,580         107       109
 Albacore tuna                     9,502         121        98
 Bigeye tuna                      20,157          99       110
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,420         109        87
 Other tuna                       15,501         108       157
 Billfish                          7,583          97       147
 Skipjack                         25,561         136        96
 Salmon 1/                        45,110          84        89
 Pink salmon                      11,731          90       108
 Herring                          29,226         133        65
 Sardine/anchovy                  52,189          88       108
 Sardine                          35,975         101        89
 Jack mackerel                    62,092          95       103
 Pacific mackerel                105,860          87        84
 Saury                            30,359          84       201
 Flatfish                         35,213          92        90
 Cod                              18,463          95        62
 Pollock                           3,798         101        96
 Sea bream                         7,916          96        75
 Sand lance                        5,463          77        78
 Other finfish                   248,730          98        88
 Clam                             33,487         106        85
 Shrimp                           67,900         101        90
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       108,565          95        88
 Squid, common                    62,439          95        90
 Cuttlefish                       12,025          95        87
 Other squid                      34,101          95        86
 Octopus                          23,319          95        65
 Other shellfish                  58,953         101        96
 Pollock surimi                   52,530          89       115
 Other surimi                     44,856          95       107
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        14,907         117       101
 Pink salmon                       1,828         116        88
 Pollock roe                      21,963         106       107
 Salmon roe                        2,777          87        83
 Herring roe                       7,332         107       115
 Other                            39,816          98        89

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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