JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JANUARY 31, 2003
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Fishery Products           Metric tons       Comparison (%)
                                              A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products      1,365,577        99       103
Fresh                              601        94       102
Frozen                       1,209,181       100       102
Salted                          78,618        96       118
Processed                       77,177        99       103

Frozen:                               
 Tuna, total                    68,644       100       107
 Albacore tuna                  24,288        93       139
 Bigeye tuna                    12,228       104        89
 Yellowfin tuna                 14,352       114        89
 Other tuna                     17,776        97       104
 Billfish                        5,130        95       107
 Skipjack                       38,419        95       114
 Salmon*                       104,250       107        98
 Pink/chum salmon               20,495       100       117
 Herring                        25,032       126       122
 Sardine/anchovy                58,345       113       167
 Sardine                        34,955        99       131
 Jack mackerel                  52,286       114       106
 Mackerel                      105,637       101       107
 Saury                          48,113        96        92
 Flatfish                       21,860        93        80
 Cod                             8,703        84        68
 Pollock                         2,028       108        53
 Sea bream                       9,310       115       102
 Other finfish                 257,093        97       105
 Clam                           32,095        93       103
 Shrimp                         80,929        99        95
 Squid & cuttlefish, total     123,888        97        91
 Squid, common                  68,465        94        89
 Cuttlefish                     10,527       100       100
 Other squid                    44,896       102        93
 Octopus                        20,892        96       104 
 Other shellfish                43,628        96        97
 Pollock surimi                 48,881        93       103
 Other surimi                   31,471        96       109

Salted:                                                   
 Salmon*                         9,477        92        86
 Pink/chum salmon                1,799        93       184
 Pollock roe                    19,929        96       117
 Salmon roe                      8,757        97       117
 Herring roe                     3,580       101       123
 Other                          35,076        96       130
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* Excluding pink/chum 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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