JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, OCTOBER 31, 2002
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,372,670         106        97
Fresh                                725          85        98 
Frozen                         1,184,163         106        96
Salted                           102,310         104       117
Processed                         85,472         102       100
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      76,643          98       107
 Albacore tuna                    31,339          97       173 
 Bigeye tuna                      15,481          96        82
 Yellowfin tuna                   11,592         101        70
 Other tuna                       18,231          99       110 
 Billfish                          4,305         107       114 
 Skipjack                         25,055          91       109  
 Salmon 1/                       104,640         115       102
 Pink salmon                      19,200          98       121
 Herring                          22,034          94       108 
 Sardine/anchovy                  50,954          93       112 
 Sardine                          37,265         102       101
 Jack mackerel                    42,858         105       104
 Mackerel                         61,532         129       107 
 Saury                            44,562         182        83
 Flatfish                         26,937          95        94
 Cod                              13,151          99        91
 Pollock                           2,185          90        79
 Sea bream                         8,278          97        88
 Sand lance                       16,053         112        63
 Other finfish                   260,835         106       101 
 Clam                             41,811          93       101
 Shrimp                           78,076         102        89
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       113,448         106        76
 Squid, common                    62,736         111        75 
 Cuttlefish                        9,414          99        80
 Other squid                      41,298         100        78
 Octopus                          26,271         103        86  
 Other shellfish                  52,193          98        83 
 Pollock surimi                   57,635         117        99
 Other surimi                     32,791         109       103
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        19,009         112       106 
 Pink salmon                       2,423          95       163 
 Pollock roe                      23,257          93       121 
 Salmon roe                       10,016         123       123
 Herring roe                       6,289         107       100
 Other                            41,316         105       121 
 
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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