JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JULY 31, 2002
                                             
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,206,582         100        90
Fresh                                811         133       158 
Frozen                         1,034,929         101        88
Salted                            87,089         101       113
Processed                         83,753          98       101
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      67,698         109        91
 Albacore tuna                    22,571         121       244 
 Bigeye tuna                      17,657         103        71
 Yellowfin tuna                   13,361         103        50
 Other tuna                       14,109         106       121 
 Billfish                          3,804         100       102 
 Skipjack                         23,765         101        83
 Salmon 1/                        76,975         101        95
 Pink salmon                      14,967         106        84
 Herring                          25,658          99        93 
 Sardine/anchovy                  48,624         107       112 
 Sardine                          26,521         130        88
 Jack mackerel                    40,484         100        87
 Mackerel                         59,035          84        85 
 Saury                            19,501          80       106
 Flatfish                         26,543         102        88
 Cod                              12,435         101        94
 Pollock                           2,276          85        51
 Sea bream                         8,414         108        97
 Sand lance                       14,174         225        37
 Other finfish                   228,031         100        97 
 Clam                             43,637         106        98
 Shrimp                           73,098         107        83
 Squid & cuttlefish, total        90,714         106        74
 Squid, common                    42,460         111        75 
 Cuttlefish                       10,007          92        89
 Other squid                      38,247         105        71
 Octopus                          26,967          89       103  
 Other shellfish                  51,777         105        75 
 Pollock surimi                   47,780          86        86
 Other surimi                     25,762          93        86
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        11,510         115       100 
 Pink salmon                       2,074         152       136 
 Pollock roe                      26,420          95       127 
 Salmon roe                        4,622          96       143
 Herring roe                       5,361         131        89
 Other                            37,102          98       109 
 
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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