JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MAY 31, 2003
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Fishery Products           Metric tons       Comparison (%)
                                              A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products      1,266,837       100       103
Fresh                              564        79        68
Frozen                       1,095,529       100       103
Salted                          88,948       106       105
Processed                       81,796       101        98

Frozen:                               
 Tuna, total                    61,244        95       109
 Albacore tuna                  13,334        81        99
 Bigeye tuna                    15,221       107        95
 Yellowfin tuna                 15,235       103       124
 Other tuna                     17,454        92       123
 Billfish                        4,269        92       101
 Skipjack                       38,263       111       146
 Salmon*                        73,458        90        84
 Pink salmon                    14,826        92        97
 Herring                        23,978       125       107 
 Sardine/anchovy                82,251       116       190
 Sardine                        36,501       101       178
 Jack mackerel                  44,840        97       104 
 Mackerel                       87,881        94       112
 Saury                          32,654        91       115
 Flatfish                       21,792       113        84
 Cod                            12,090       105        89
 Pollock                         2,319        93        78
 Sea bream                       7,206        97        92
 Other finfish                 237,818       101       101
 Clam                           37,314       109       101
 Shrimp                         68,584        99        98
 Squid & cuttlefish, total      87,352        96        96
 Squid, common                  44,224        95       106
 Cuttlefish                      9,955       109        91
 Other squid                    33,173        95        87
 Octopus                        23,637       110        74 
 Other shellfish                46,163        99        98
 Pollock surimi                 57,346        92        96
 Other surimi                   28,169       104        94

Salted:                                                   
 Salmon*                         7,427        94        80
 Pink salmon                     1,440       109       164
 Pollock roe                    26,905       115        98 
 Salmon roe                      5,643        89       105
 Herring roe                     3,965       122       118
 Other                          43,568       105       113
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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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