JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, January 31, 2002
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,312,445          96        95
Fresh                                590         111       126 
Frozen                         1,170,181          96        95
Salted                            66,421          95       101
Processed                         75,253          97        96 
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      64,372          95        83
 Albacore tuna                    17,486          95       170 
 Bigeye tuna                      13,738          90        71
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,088          93        48
 Other tuna                       17,060         102       136
 Billfish                          4,813         101       134
 Skipjack                         33,859         109        77
 Salmon 1/                       105,503         109       138
 Pink salmon                      17,576         101       100
 Herring                          20,444         109        89 
 Sardine/anchovy                  35,043          89       101 
 Sardine                          26,664          89       111
 Jack mackerel                    49,531         107       106
 Mackerel                         98,985          94        98 
 Saury                            51,615          87       120
 Flatfish                         27,321         100        81
 Cod                              12,635          85       121 
 Pollock                           3,815         143        82
 Sea bream                         9,144         105       106
 Sand lance                       10,843          76       859
 Other finfish                   241,104          95        96
 Clam                             30,753          91       103
 Shrimp                           76,795         100       100
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       134,557          93        81
 Squid, common                    76,820          90        79 
 Cuttlefish                       10,091          96        80
 Other squid                      47,646          97        84
 Octopus                          19,907          86        47
 Other shellfish                  44,880          89        76 
 Pollock surimi                   46,978          90        90
 Other surimi                     27,724          92        91
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        11,019          98        91
 Pink salmon                         975          96        47
 Pollock roe                      16,964          97       130 
 Salmon roe                        7,502          94       118
 Herring roe                       2,913          90        92
 Other                            27,048          92        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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