JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, NOVEMBER 30, 2002
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,397,265         102        97
Fresh                                681          94        82 
Frozen                         1,211,558         102        95
Salted                            98,803          97       117
Processed                         86,223         101        99
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      74,351          97       104
 Albacore tuna                    28,749          92       164 
 Bigeye tuna                      15,405         100        85
 Yellowfin tuna                   11,983         103        71
 Other tuna                       18,214         100       102 
 Billfish                          4,839         112       105 
 Skipjack                         32,702         131       110  
 Salmon 1/                        98,866          94       104
 Pink salmon                      18,920          99       117
 Herring                          19,354          88       103 
 Sardine/anchovy                  45,340          89       103 
 Sardine                          34,107          92       100
 Jack mackerel                    42,850         100        94
 Mackerel                         90,136         147       113 
 Saury                            50,525         113        80
 Flatfish                         24,870          92        89
 Cod                              11,127          85        71
 Pollock                           1,801          82        76
 Sea bream                         8,495         103        96
 Sand lance                       11,296          70        63
 Other finfish                   258,925          99        99 
 Clam                             38,774          93       103
 Shrimp                           83,009         106        95
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       122,741         108        78
 Squid, common                    69,438         111        75 
 Cuttlefish                       10,074         107        87
 Other squid                      43,229         105        83
 Octopus                          24,998          96        87  
 Other shellfish                  51,944         100        86 
 Pollock surimi                   59,388         103       101
 Other surimi                     33,566         102        97
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        17,575          92       105 
 Pink salmon                       2,150          89       170 
 Pollock roe                      22,903          98       120 
 Salmon roe                       10,387         104       117
 Herring roe                       6,396         102       105
 Other                            39,392          95       120 
 
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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