JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
                                             
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Fishery Products           Metric tons       Comparison (%)
                                              A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products      1,270,738       105        97
Fresh                              690       132        80
Frozen                       1,099,370       105        98
Salted                          92,419       106        93
Processed                       78,259       101        92

Frozen:                               
 Tuna, total                    63,206       105        81
 Albacore tuna                  13,395       111        42
 Bigeye tuna                    13,818        94        86
 Yellowfin tuna                 17,211       100       150
 Other tuna                     18,782       114       102
 Billfish                        2,929        91        73
 Skipjack                       29,313        95       106
 Salmon*                        92,456       129       101
 Pink salmon                    16,280       111        83
 Herring                        25,105        90       107 
 Sardine/anchovy                56,094        86       102
 Sardine                        24,240       109        83
 Jack mackerel                  37,321       105        92 
 Mackerel                       70,072        97       147
 Saury                          40,945       174       166
 Flatfish                       26,370       106        93
 Cod                            11,997       104        91
 Pollock                         1,893       109        78
 Sea bream                       7,153       103        84
 Other finfish                 247,803       100        93 
 Clam                           38,941        99        87
 Shrimp                         81,767       104       102
 Squid & cuttlefish, total      96,075       113        89
 Squid, common                  54,405       120        96
 Cuttlefish                      9,345        99        93
 Other squid                    32,325       106        77
 Octopus                        25,026        93        98 
 Other shellfish                52,160       103        98
 Pollock surimi                 49,369       112       100
 Other surimi                   24,528        99        77

Salted:                                                   
 Salmon*                        13,487       135        77 
 Pink salmon                     1,853       101        64 
 Pollock roe                    22,858        95        91 
 Salmon roe                      8,486       145       104
 Herring roe                     6,535       104       112
 Other                          39,200       100        98
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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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