JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, AUGUST 31, 2003
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Fishery Products           Metric tons       Comparison (%)
                                              A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products      1,212,630       100        98
Fresh                              524        87        65
Frozen                       1,050,077       101        98
Salted                          87,241        99        98
Processed                       74,788        94        91

Frozen:                               
 Tuna, total                    60,375       104        83
 Albacore tuna                  12,075       110        43
 Bigeye tuna                    14,669        92        87
 Yellowfin tuna                 17,202       116       149
 Other tuna                     16,429       101       104
 Billfish                        3,206        87        87
 Skipjack                       30,914        89       144
 Salmon*                        71,399       110        90
 Pink salmon                    14,626       100        83
 Herring                        28,049        98       116
 Sardine/anchovy                65,563        88       126
 Sardine                        22,133        97        89
 Jack mackerel                  35,679        93        90
 Mackerel                       72,178        93       140
 Saury                          23,494        94       139
 Flatfish                       24,787       115        90
 Cod                            11,492       101        90
 Pollock                         1,729        83        87
 Sea bream                       6,930        97        80
 Other finfish                 247,049       105        94
 Clam                           39,400       100        89
 Shrimp                         78,650       104        98
 Squid & cuttlefish, total      85,166       103        85
 Squid, common                  45,170       108        93
 Cuttlefish                      9,456        98        93
 Other squid                    30,540        99        74
 Octopus                        27,012       100       112
 Other shellfish                50,710       103        95
 Pollock surimi                 44,060        97        97
 Other surimi                   24,867       101        86

Salted:                                                   
 Salmon*                         9,957       105        83
 Pink salmon                     1,837        96        66
 Pollock roe                    23,964        95        93
 Salmon roe                      5,856       114       104
 Herring roe                     6,289       109       113
 Other                          39,338        96       105
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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
   
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