JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, AUGUST 31, 1998

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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products        1,255,005          98        87
Fresh                                908          85       115
Frozen                         1,095,864          98        86
Salted                            85,825          98        89
Processed                         72,408          96        92
Frozen:                                                       
 Tuna, total                      63,204         104       106
 Albacore tuna                    11,602         122       100
 Bigeye tuna                      19,264          95       111
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,379         102        93
 Other tuna                       15,959         108       123
 Billfish                          7,073          97       175
 Skipjack                         34,680         103       110
 Salmon 1/                        52,797         113        74
 Pink salmon                      13,949         146       120
 Herring                          21,923          81        68
 Sardine/anchovy                  40,573          83        76
 Sardine                          31,701          92        67
 Jack mackerel                    52,794          88        93
 Pacific mackerel                 81,143          86        81
 Saury                            22,952          87       146
 Flatfish                         33,829          98        80
 Cod                              17,177          97        56
 Pollock                           2,910          88        82
 Sea bream                         7,780         102        65
 Sand lance                        4,768          93        63
 Other finfish                   250,810         101        85
 Clam                             36,514         103        85
 Shrimp                           72,098         103        94
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       107,372         103        79
 Squid, common                    59,780         102        73
 Cuttlefish                       11,713         104        87
 Other squid                      35,879         103        87
 Octopus                          22,661         112        66
 Other shellfish                  59,512          98        98
 Pollock surimi                   41,751          89       100
 Other surimi                     46,010          99        97
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        16,400          98        86
 Pink salmon                       2,139         109        84
 Pollock roe                      19,828          95       102
 Salmon roe                        3,132         121        96
 Herring roe                       9,123         107        93
 Other                            36,203          95        84

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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