JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JULY 31, 2001
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,320,166         100       98
Fresh                                512          95       93
Frozen                         1,162,847         100       98
Salted                            77,304         104       95
Processed                         79,503          99       97
Frozen:                                           
 Tuna, total                      68,154         104       99
 Albacore tuna                     7,475         154       65
 Bigeye tuna                      24,332         107      110
 Yellowfin tuna                   24,755          93      100
 Other tuna                       11,592         101      107
 Billfish                          3,591         104      102
 Skipjack                         25,913         104       55
 Salmon 1/                        80,327         105      119
 Pink salmon                      17,897          95      132
 Herring                          27,165         102       76
 Sardine/anchovy                  43,529         110       93
 Sardine                          30,101         116      116
 Jack mackerel                    46,676         111      101
 Mackerel                         69,297          89       80
 Saury                            18,433          83      272
 Flatfish                         30,215          99       89
 Cod                              13,298         103       83
 Pollock                           4,157          78       81
 Sea bream                         8,658          95      115
 Sand lance                       38,136         102      157
 Other finfish                   234,697          98       92
 Clam                             44,400         110      106
 Shrimp                           84,193         111      108
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       121,669          99      116
 Squid, common                    56,568         100       94
 Cuttlefish                       11,177          96       98
 Other squid                      53,924          98      163
 Octopus                          26,250          85       74
 Other shellfish                  68,859         101      100
 Pollock surimi                   55,360          95      110
 Other surimi                     30,082          94       77
Salted:                                                   
 Salmon 1/                        11,544         129       76
 Pink salmon                       1,525          97       71
 Pollock roe                      20,870         100      121
 Salmon roe                        3,236         100       86
 Herring roe                       6,057         124       86
 Other                            34,072          97       95
  
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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