JAPANESE FISHERY EXPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
                     JANUARY - DECEMBER 2000

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                        Metric tons             Million yen      
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Fishery Products        2000       1999          2000       1999
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Frozen                    
Skipjack              12,908     15,043          625      1,395
Albacore tuna         11,942     27,195        2,898      6,694
Yellowfin tuna         1,578      1,425          288        169
Pacific mackerel       2,276      2,637          299        327
Saury                  6,374      7,118        1,063      1,284
Flatfish               4,043      4,766        1,578      1,705
Cod                    7,258      6,342        1,217      1,060
Salmon                 4,363      2,547          675        375
Sardine                2,498      8,362          207        614
Frozen/Fillet               
Shark                  1,229      1,416          481        545
Flatfish                   -        368            -         93
Others                 2,693      2,296        2,175      1,782
Shellfish/Mollusk           
Squid                  8,646      2,735        1,318        781
Octopus                  776        887          423        416
Oyster                   250        422          331        591
Scallop                3,476      3,726        7,430      6,595
Canned                      
Tuna:                       
 in oil                    -          -            -          -
 in water                  -         35            -         28
Skipjack:
 in oil                    -         15            -         11
 other packs               3        343            5        177
Pacific mackerel:           
 in oil                  235        117           62         35
 in water              3,504      3,799          949      1,025
Sardine:
 in tomato sauce         930      1,072          320        367
Others
Surimi-based                
 seafood analogs       5,560      5,910        3,654      3,786
Fish oil                 239          -          849        946
Fish meal                  -          1            -         66
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- = no exports; 0 = less than one

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA  
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu 

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