JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, FEBRUARY 28, 2002
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,272,532          97        96
Fresh                                521          88       116 
Frozen                         1,130,424          97        95
Salted                            65,721          99       103
Processed                         75,866         101        97
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      67,365         105        86
 Albacore tuna                    16,948          97       180 
 Bigeye tuna                      15,934         116        86
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,864         105        46
 Other tuna                       17,619         103       143
 Billfish                          4,636          96       124
 Skipjack                         28,378          84        74
 Salmon 1/                       109,384         104       134
 Pink salmon                      15,731          90        99
 Herring                          19,734          97        93 
 Sardine/anchovy                  37,672         108       109 
 Sardine                          23,649          89       102
 Jack mackerel                    48,633          98       108
 Mackerel                         96,187          97        95 
 Saury                            45,576          88       117
 Flatfish                         26,108          96        83
 Cod                              12,881         102       118 
 Pollock                           3,305          87        83
 Sea bream                         9,313         102       106
 Sand lance                        7,795          72       670
 Other finfish                   237,269          98       100 
 Clam                             28,575          93       106
 Shrimp                           74,512          97        97
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       121,778          91        81
 Squid, common                    67,454          88        80 
 Cuttlefish                        9,319          92        72
 Other squid                      45,005          94        85
 Octopus                          17,567          88        40
 Other shellfish                  43,627          97        75 
 Pollock surimi                   48,031         101       102
 Other surimi                     24,450          88        83
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        10,416          95        90
 Pink salmon                       1,004         103        47
 Pollock roe                      16,457          97       130 
 Salmon roe                        7,067          94       122
 Herring roe                       2,677          92        90
 Other                            28,100         104        99 
 
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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