JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, OCTOBER 31, 1998
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%) 
                                                  A         B  
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Total, Fishery Products        1,320,382         104        84 
Fresh                              1,277         108       110 
Frozen                         1,153,307         104        83 
Salted                            93,230         104        86 
Processed                         72,568         102        90 
Frozen:                                                        
 Tuna, total                      66,684         103       104 
 Albacore tuna                    13,357         101        99 
 Bigeye tuna                      19,189         102       118 
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,916         106        97 
 Other tuna                       17,222         104       101 
 Billfish                          7,035          99       169 
 Skipjack                         37,598         106       162 
 Salmon 1/                        67,902         111        77 
 Pink salmon                      29,823         119       216 
 Herring                          17,584          95        69 
 Sardine/anchovy                  26,700          87        56 
 Sardine                          21,586          83        51 
 Jack mackerel                    48,179          94        79 
 Pacific mackerel                 78,716         106        89 
 Saury                            33,136         129        57 
 Flatfish                         34,205         103        83 
 Cod                              14,584          88        52 
 Pollock                           4,126          96       102 
 Sea bream                         7,959         100        73 
 Sand lance                        1,881          71        56 
 Other finfish                   260,397         101        85 
 Clam                             33,279          94        81 
 Shrimp                           78,280         104        97 
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       112,817         105        62 
 Squid, common                    64,061         106        53 
 Cuttlefish                       12,658         111        84 
 Other squid                      36,098         102        77 
 Octopus                          28,828         121        84 
 Other shellfish                  58,495         100        98 
 Pollock surimi                   45,563         118        79 
 Other surimi                     58,081         115        95 
Salted:                                                        
 Salmon 1/                        23,101         119        79 
 Pink salmon                       2,563         110        99 
 Pollock roe                      18,445          96       103 
 Salmon roe                        7,282         137       102 
 Herring roe                       9,156         107        85 
 Other                            32,683          94        80 

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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