JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, NOVEMBER 30, 1998
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%) 
                                                  A         B  
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Total, Fishery Products        1,336,701         101        83 
Fresh                              1,192          93       111 
Frozen                         1,173,379         102        83 
Salted                            88,646          95        85 
Processed                         73,484         101        89 
Frozen:                                                        
 Tuna, total                      65,412          98        98 
 Albacore tuna                    12,146          91        89 
 Bigeye tuna                      18,472          96       114 
 Yellowfin tuna                   19,075         113       107 
 Other tuna                       15,719          91        82 
 Billfish                          7,140         101       152 
 Skipjack                         39,990         106       146 
 Salmon 1/                        66,603          98        78 
 Pink salmon                      29,789         100       229 
 Herring                          19,145         109        78 
 Sardine/anchovy                  31,863         119        77 
 Sardine                          23,656         110        67 
 Jack mackerel                    50,305         104        78 
 Pacific mackerel                 85,271         108        81 
 Saury                            40,674         123        54 
 Flatfish                         33,452          98        79 
 Cod                              13,905          95        54 
 Pollock                           4,163         101       105 
 Sea bream                         7,053          89        70 
 Sand lance                        1,165          62        59 
 Other finfish                   258,982          99        86 
 Clam                             31,083          93        81 
 Shrimp                           75,975          97        93 
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       119,865         106        62 
 Squid, common                    66,941         104        54 
 Cuttlefish                       13,134         104        87 
 Other squid                      39,790         110        75 
 Octopus                          27,027          94        81 
 Other shellfish                  55,421          95        96 
 Pollock surimi                   50,039         110        87 
 Other surimi                     57,870         100       100 
Salted:                                                        
 Salmon 1/                        21,487          93        77 
 Pink salmon                       2,323          91        87 
 Pollock roe                      17,841          97       102 
 Salmon roe                        7,850         108       105 
 Herring roe                       8,515          93        86 
 Other                            30,630          94        77 

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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