JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, APRIL 30, 2002
                                             
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,237,985          99        93
Fresh                                646         147       124 
Frozen                         1,077,415          98        92
Salted                            78,808         111       111
Processed                         81,116         103       101
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      59,144          95        83
 Albacore tuna                    14,638          89       231 
 Bigeye tuna                      16,045         109        78
 Yellowfin tuna                   13,013          90        42
 Other tuna                       15,448          92       142
 Billfish                          4,825          97       131
 Skipjack                         23,787          96        69
 Salmon 1/                        97,976          90       110
 Pink salmon                      15,458          95        88
 Herring                          17,776          96        95 
 Sardine/anchovy                  41,179         106       129 
 Sardine                          22,343         108       101
 Jack mackerel                    44,570          95        98
 Mackerel                         89,808          97        91 
 Saury                            33,996          85       115
 Flatfish                         24,728          90        81
 Cod                              13,133          93        94
 Pollock                           3,021          93        67
 Sea bream                         8,299          97        96
 Sand lance                        5,499          83        44
 Other finfish                   229,489          99        99 
 Clam                             32,998         117       102
 Shrimp                           65,487          98        88
 Squid & cuttlefish, total        97,650          90        73
 Squid, common                    49,288          85        74 
 Cuttlefish                       10,248         109        81
 Other squid                      38,114          91        69
 Octopus                          27,202         130        71
 Other shellfish                  47,583         105        75 
 Pollock surimi                   61,954         114       107
 Other surimi                     28,718         110        93
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                         9,215          93       101 
 Pink salmon                         734          86        43
 Pollock roe                      23,500         125       135 
 Salmon roe                        5,722          89       141
 Herring roe                       2,933         105        89
 Other                            36,704         113       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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