JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, FEBRUARY 28, 2003
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Fishery Products           Metric tons       Comparison (%)
                                              A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products      1,316,825        96       102
Fresh                              526        88       101
Frozen                       1,164,527        96       102
Salted                          74,856        95       114
Processed                       76,916       100       101

Frozen:                               
 Tuna, total                    67,631        98       100
 Albacore tuna                  21,293        88       126
 Bigeye tuna                    12,107        99        76
 Yellowfin tuna                 14,158        99        84
 Other tuna                     20,073       113       114
 Billfish                        4,650        91       100
 Skipjack                       36,448        95       128
 Salmon*                       101,671        98        93
 Pink/salmon                    19,387        95       123
 Herring                        23,231        93       118
 Sardine/anchovy                68,181       117       181
 Sardine                        36,239       104       153
 Jack mackerel                  48,138        92        99
 Mackerel                      100,250        95       104
 Saury                          46,239        96       101
 Flatfish                       19,933        91        75
 Cod                            10,241       118        79
 Pollock                         1,851        91        56
 Sea bream                       8,514        92        89
 Other finfish                 245,426        95        98
 Clam                           30,532        95       106
 Shrimp                         76,506        95        92
 Squid & cuttlefish, total     113,515        92        92
 Squid, common                  61,738        90        91
 Cuttlefish                      9,880        94       102
 Other squid                    41,897        93        91
 Octopus                        19,944        95       113 
 Other shellfish                41,306        95        95
 Pollock surimi                 50,042       102       104
 Other surimi                   29,091        92       115

Salted:                                                   
 Salmon*                         9,053        96        87
 Pink/salmon                     1,619        90       161
 Pollock roe                    19,428        97       118
 Salmon roe                      8,046        92       114
 Herring roe                     3,246        90       121
 Other                          33,464        95       119
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* 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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