JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JANUARY 31, 1998
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,458,791          96       102
Fresh                                855          88        91
Frozen                         1,311,569          96       102
Salted                            76,268          93       108
Processed                         70,099          98        98
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      60,050          97       116
 Albacore tuna                    11,450          92       127
 Bigeye tuna                      14,216         103       106
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,491          90       116
 Other tuna                       17,893         104       118
 Billfish                          5,851         103       104
 Skipjack                         26,354         103        75
 Salmon 1/                        72,299          96        96
 Pink salmon                      13,592          98       120
 Herring                          27,046          93        91
 Sardine/anchovy                  34,653          86        54
 Sardine                          27,588          86        61
 Jack mackerel                    61,651          95       129
 Pacific mackerel                148,377         114       116
 Saury                            62,898          89       204
 Flatfish                         40,795         100       117
 Cod                              21,607          90       116
 Pollock                           4,340         103       130
 Sea bream                         9,702          99       117
 Sand lance                        1,065          79        23
 Other finfish                   273,941          94        98
 Clam                             29,961          90        92
 Shrimp                           73,132         100        94
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       176,479          93        96
 Squid, common                   107,485          89        97
 Cuttlefish                       13,975         100        83
 Other squid                      55,019          97        99
 Octopus                          24,023          95        89
 Other shellfish                  43,540          93        85
 Pollock surimi                   50,905          88       113
 Other surimi                     48,451          92       120
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        14,540          86        95
 Pink salmon                       2,026         102       137
 Pollock roe                      14,761          96       115
 Salmon roe                        5,859          90        85
 Herring roe                       6,202         100       133
 Other                            22,880          94       112

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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