JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MAY 31, 2001
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,326,322         101        99
Fresh                                640         122        80
Frozen                         1,174,694         101        99
Salted                            73,037         102        94
Processed                         77,951         101        98
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      62,804          97        95
 Albacore tuna                     3,542          78        33
 Bigeye tuna                      21,624         109       104
 Yellowfin tuna                   27,295          93       114
 Other tuna                       10,343          95       101
 Billfish                          3,781         104        90
 Skipjack                         29,511          95        70
 Salmon 1/                        82,210          93       120
 Pink salmon                      17,988         102       105
 Herring                          19,805         106        71
 Sardine/anchovy                  36,357         114        51
 Sardine                          21,773          98        61
 Jack mackerel                    42,703          94        85
 Mackerel                         91,400          93        85
 Saury                            26,477          90       232
 Flatfish                         29,711          98        99
 Cod                              14,400         103        99
 Pollock                           5,040         112        87
 Sea bream                         8,848         102       124
 Sand lance                       29,543         238       291
 Other finfish                   240,412         104        97
 Clam                             35,709         111       103
 Shrimp                           71,763         101       104
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       130,763          98       131
 Squid, common                    62,057          94       111
 Cuttlefish                       12,293          98       101
 Other squid                      56,413         102       178
 Octopus                          33,881          89        94
 Other shellfish                  66,411         104       105
 Pollock surimi                   61,610         106       107
 Other surimi                     31,464         102        75
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                         8,311          91        78
 Pink salmon                       1,460          85        93
 Pollock roe                      20,311         117       106
 Salmon roe                        3,539          87        88
 Herring roe                       3,868         118        89
 Other                            35,548          99        94

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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