JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, APRIL 30, 2003
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Fishery Products           Metric tons       Comparison (%)
                                              A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products      1,265,631        98       101
Fresh                              713       117       110
Frozen                       1,100,220        97       101
Salted                          83,843       109       106
Processed                       80,855       102       100

Frozen:                               
 Tuna, total                    64,558        93       109
 Albacore tuna                  16,558        84       113
 Bigeye tuna                    14,233        92        89
 Yellowfin tuna                 14,759        95       113
 Other tuna                     19,008        99       123
 Billfish                        4,641        98        96
 Skipjack                       34,500        92       145
 Salmon*                        81,929        89        83
 Pink salmon                    16,173        87       105
 Herring                        19,189        93       108
 Sardine/anchovy                70,782        96       172
 Sardine                        36,052       102       161
 Jack mackerel                  46,053        97       103
 Mackerel                       93,260       100       104
 Saury                          35,722        87       104
 Flatfish                       19,340        90        78
 Cod                            11,472        93        87
 Pollock                         2,485       103        82
 Sea bream                       7,410        96        89
 Other finfish                 236,595       100        99
 Clam                           34,151       111       103
 Shrimp                         69,472        96       101
 Squid & cuttlefish, total      90,624        89        92
 Squid, common                  46,476        88        94
 Cuttlefish                      9,124        96        86
 Other squid                    35,024        89        90
 Octopus                        21,539       103        79 
 Other shellfish                46,700       110        98
 Pollock surimi                 62,892       111       101
 Other surimi                   28,568       103        97

Salted:                                                   
 Salmon*                         7,886        98        86
 Pink salmon                     1,320        91       180
 Pollock roe                    23,464       109       100
 Salmon roe                      6,326        91       110
 Herring roe                     3,251       105       111
 Other                          41,596       117       112
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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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