JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, APRIL 30, 2001  

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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,310,466          99        98
Fresh                                523         113        66
Frozen                         1,161,439          99        98
Salted                            71,321         104        91
Processed                         77,183         104       101
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      64,563          95       100
 Albacore tuna                     4,515          73        34
 Bigeye tuna                      19,894         105       109
 Yellowfin tuna                   29,300          95       130
 Other tuna                       10,854          89       100
 Billfish                          3,636          92        79
 Skipjack                         30,976          95        82
 Salmon 1/                        88,573          97       117
 Pink salmon                      17,561         107        97
 Herring                          18,639          93        75
 Sardine/anchovy                  31,920          94        40
 Sardine                          22,237          91        60
 Jack mackerel                    45,425         100        97
 Mackerel                         98,790          94        87
 Saury                            29,561          86       211
 Flatfish                         30,423          97       104
 Cod                              13,941         107        99
 Pollock                           4,485          98        70
 Sea bream                         8,634          98       119
 Sand lance                       12,416         619       170
 Other finfish                   231,924         100        94
 Clam                             32,241         117       109
 Shrimp                           70,932          96       103
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       134,033          95       141
 Squid, common                    66,183          90       126
 Cuttlefish                       12,567          99       102
 Other squid                      55,283          99       182
 Octopus                          37,886          89        97
 Other shellfish                  63,729         106       108
 Pollock surimi                   58,131         107       106
 Other surimi                     30,893          97        71
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                         9,110          90        75
 Pink salmon                       1,722          86       102
 Pollock roe                      17,409         119        96
 Salmon roe                        4,045          86        86
 Herring roe                       3,289         112        86
 Other                            35,746         105        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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