JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MAY 31, 2002
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,218,454          98        91
Fresh                                828         128       129 
Frozen                         1,049,493          97        88
Salted                            84,806         107       116
Processed                         83,327         103       103
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      55,992          95        80
 Albacore tuna                    13,451          92       266 
 Bigeye tuna                      16,064         100        72
 Yellowfin tuna                   12,322          95        42
 Other tuna                       14,155          92       136
 Billfish                          4,216          87       109 
 Skipjack                         26,239         110        80
 Salmon 1/                        86,944          89       105
 Pink salmon                      15,176          99        84
 Herring                          22,408         126       112 
 Sardine/anchovy                  43,265         105       119 
 Sardine                          20,495          92        94
 Jack mackerel                    43,340          97       102
 Mackerel                         78,432          87        86 
 Saury                            28,316          83       107
 Flatfish                         25,964         105        87
 Cod                              13,489         103        94
 Pollock                           2,960          98        58
 Sea bream                         7,864          95        89
 Sand lance                        4,625          84        16
 Other finfish                   229,122          98        94 
 Clam                             36,970         112       103
 Shrimp                           66,464         102        88
 Squid & cuttlefish, total        89,753          92        69
 Squid, common                    41,559          84        67 
 Cuttlefish                       10,495         102        85
 Other squid                      37,699          99        67
 Octopus                          31,802         117        93
 Other shellfish                  47,267          99        71 
 Pollock surimi                   59,783          96        97
 Other surimi                     29,159         102        93
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                         9,297         101       112 
 Pink salmon                         876         119        60
 Pollock roe                      27,431         117       135 
 Salmon roe                        5,317          93       150
 Herring roe                       3,346         114        87
 Other                            38,539         104       108 
 
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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