JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, AUGUST 31, 2002
                                             
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,229,945         102        93
Fresh                                787          97       105 
Frozen                         1,058,878         102        91
Salted                            88,145         101       115
Processed                         82,135          98        98
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      72,396         107        96
 Albacore tuna                    28,184         125       185 
 Bigeye tuna                      16,840          95        76
 Yellowfin tuna                   11,576          87        51
 Other tuna                       15,796         112       119 
 Billfish                          3,679          97        96 
 Skipjack                         21,489          90        87
 Salmon 1/                        76,107         103        97
 Pink salmon                      17,541         117        97
 Herring                          24,229          94        98 
 Sardine/anchovy                  51,882         107       100 
 Sardine                          31,475         119        77
 Jack mackerel                    39,479          98        87
 Mackerel                         51,360          87        84 
 Saury                            16,799          86        98
 Flatfish                         27,615         104        94
 Cod                              12,804         103       101
 Pollock                           1,997          88        66
 Sea bream                         8,659         102        92
 Sand lance                       17,898         126        49
 Other finfish                   240,306         105       100 
 Clam                             44,176         101        96
 Shrimp                           76,127         104        83
 Squid & cuttlefish, total        98,762         109        79
 Squid, common                    48,597         114        81 
 Cuttlefish                        9,743          97        82
 Other squid                      40,422         106        76
 Octopus                          23,996          89       113  
 Other shellfish                  53,140         103        80 
 Pollock surimi                   45,359          95        91
 Other surimi                     28,024         109        93
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        11,549         100        92 
 Pink salmon                       2,566         124       164 
 Pollock roe                      25,788          98       129 
 Salmon roe                        5,610         121       136
 Herring roe                       5,556         104        91
 Other                            37,076         100       114 
 
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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