JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
MAY 2010
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Fishery Products      Metric tons           Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              1,125                 1,700

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,508                 1,275
 Yellowfin tuna          1,319                   914
 Bigeye tuna               797                   689
 Bluefin tuna              168                   369
 Spanish mackerel          381                   194
 Other fish                560                   275

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           278                   183
 Pacific coho            2,087                   921
 Other pacific salmon      493                   336
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,487                 1,785
 Halibut                 1,824                   987
 Other flatfish          2,230                   515
 Yellowfin tuna          3,336                 1,324
 Skipjack                2,744                   311
 Bigeye tuna             7,439                 5,619
 Bluefin tuna               82                   177
 Herring                 8,292                 1,174
 Cod                        84                    21
 Sardine                   370                    25
 Mackerel                1,941                   461
 Jack mackerel           1,807                   225
 Capelin                 4,824                   728
 Globefish                 473                    91
 Rockfish                2,455                   772
 Sablefish               1,043                 1,354
 Other fish              7,290                 1,696
 Herring roe                24                     7
 Pollock roe            10,393                 7,888
 Other fish roe            398                   203
 IQ fish fillet          4,894                 1,788
 Tuna, fillet            1,420                 1,527
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    1,438                 3,131
 Other fish, fillet      5,588                 2,821
 Pollock surimi          7,693                 2,661
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,196                 1,159
 Other minced fish      11,342                 3,290

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               668                   894
 Salmon, fillet            104                   126
 Other fish                357                   416
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                789                   427

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                  93                    89
 Tanner crab             1,390                   542
 Oyster                    909                   508
 Clam                      397                    93
 Sea urchin roe             73                   287
 Baby clam               4,137                   725
 Fresh water calm          344                    60
 Others                    290                   217

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             183                   408
 Shrimp                 13,067                11,063
 King crab                 182                   259
 Tanner crab               690                   633
 European cuttlefish       248                   163
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,857                 1,759
 Octopus                 3,091                 1,775
 Cuttlefish              1,064                   712
 Squid                   1,747                   565
 Sea urchin roe             21                    26
 Baby clam                 120                    39
 Others                    484                   625

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 98                   116
 Squid                      84                    72
 Jellyfish                 952                   237

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     861                   505
 Salted                    620                    61
 Fresh/frozen            2,355                   252
 Others                     56                    49
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,848                   812
 Sardine, dried juvenile    81                    84
 Eal                     3,579                 5,802
 Other fish              7,016                 2,991
 Pollock roe               582                   874
 Salmon roe, ikura           4                     7
 Crab                    1,070                 1,469
 Shrimp, salted          1,424                 1,500
 Shrimp, other           3,238                 2,210
 Squid                   4,058                 1,570
 Other molluscs          3,532                 1,653
 Fish meal              20,685                 2,829
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu   

12/09/13


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