JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, FEBRUARY 28, 2001
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,313,943          96        99
Fresh                                450          96        66
Frozen                         1,175,086          96        99
Salted                            63,538          96        93
Processed                         74,869         100       105
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      71,231         102       101
 Albacore tuna                     6,976          91        39
 Bigeye tuna                      17,723          97       103
 Yellowfin tuna                   34,298         109       155
 Other tuna                       12,234          98        91
 Billfish                          3,660         104        81
 Skipjack                         35,088          86        92
 Salmon 1/                        81,176         107        95
 Pink salmon                      15,822          90        78
 Herring                          20,801          92        71
 Sardine/anchovy                  34,620         100        45
 Sardine                          23,206          96        55
 Jack mackerel                    45,094          96        87
 Mackerel                        101,380         100        89
 Saury                            38,916          91       186
 Flatfish                         31,338          93       104
 Cod                              10,940         105        94
 Pollock                           3,936          86        55
 Sea bream                         8,750         101       113
 Sand lance                        1,164          92        21
 Other finfish                   238,029          95        99
 Clam                             26,920          90       111
 Shrimp                           76,658         100       108
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       149,798          90       141
 Squid, common                    83,870          86       138
 Cuttlefish                       12,901         102       105
 Other squid                      53,027          93       162
 Octopus                          43,460         104        95
 Other shellfish                  58,327          98       133
 Pollock surimi                   46,940          90       102
 Other surimi                     29,484          97        72
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        11,610          96        75
 Pink salmon                       2,158         104       102
 Pollock roe                      12,678          97        93
 Salmon roe                        5,786          91        90
 Herring roe                       2,977          94        83
 Other                            28,329          97       104

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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