JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JANUARY 31, 2001
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,366,856          99        99
Fresh                                468         108        54
Frozen                         1,225,240          99       100
Salted                            65,940          92        89
Processed                         75,208          97       101
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      69,986         105       101
 Albacore tuna                     7,675          92        39
 Bigeye tuna                      18,287          99       114
 Yellowfin tuna                   31,547         108       163
 Other tuna                       12,477         115        89
 Billfish                          3,526         105        73
 Skipjack                         40,764          85       102
 Salmon 1/                        76,084         109        91
 Pink salmon                      17,667         102        83
 Herring                          22,522         101        71
 Sardine/anchovy                  34,741         115        53
 Sardine                          24,079         113        53
 Jack mackerel                    46,877         105        90
 Mackerel                        101,473         104        84
 Saury                            42,933          97       176
 Flatfish                         33,551          97       101
 Cod                              10,462          88       103
 Pollock                           4,587         135        60
 Sea bream                         8,643          92       119
 Sand lance                        1,263          72        20
 Other finfish                   251,165          96        98
 Clam                             29,868          89       111
 Shrimp                           76,628          99       104
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       166,766          95       142
 Squid, common                    97,181          92       139
 Cuttlefish                       12,680         108       109
 Other squid                      56,905          97       156
 Octopus                          41,862         135       127
 Other shellfish                  59,374          95       131
 Pollock surimi                   52,255          98       100
 Other surimi                     30,436          94        65
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        12,091          83        72
 Pink salmon                       2,069          94        85
 Pollock roe                      13,031          97        84
 Salmon roe                        6,356          91        87
 Herring roe                       3,158          89        86
 Other                            29,235          94       103

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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