JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, AUGUST 31, 2001

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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,309,933          99        97
Fresh                                751         147       109 
Frozen                         1,152,101          99        97
Salted                            76,944         100        93
Processed                         80,137         101        99
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      69,592         102       101
 Albacore tuna                    12,729         170       105 
 Bigeye tuna                      21,603          89       103
 Yellowfin tuna                   21,991          89        92
 Other tuna                       13,269         114       113
 Billfish                          3,679         102       108
 Skipjack                         22,130          85        48
 Salmon 1/                        80,789         101       117
 Pink salmon                      18,177         102       109
 Herring                          24,058          89        81
 Sardine/anchovy                  51,749         119       144
 Sardine                          40,743         135       180
 Jack mackerel                    45,628          98       106
 Mackerel                         60,805          88        81
 Saury                            17,189          93       212
 Flatfish                         29,283          97        85
 Cod                              12,739          96        82
 Pollock                           2,801          67        63
 Sea bream                         9,393         108       117
 Sand lance                       36,419          95       203
 Other finfish                   240,600         103        92
 Clam                             45,552         103       106
 Shrimp                           87,134         103       106
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       124,443         102        99
 Squid, common                    59,748         106        79
 Cuttlefish                       11,827         106        98
 Other squid                      52,868          98       140
 Octopus                          21,259          81        58
 Other shellfish                  66,584          97        90 
 Pollock surimi                   49,767          90       110
 Other surimi                     30,087         100        82
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        12,598         109        75
 Pink salmon                       1,564         103        64
 Pollock roe                      19,959          96       123
 Salmon roe                        4,113         127        86
 Herring roe                       6,111         101        87
 Other                            32,599          96        93
 
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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