JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
APRIL 2011
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Fishery Products      Metric tons           Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              1,021                 2,357
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,618                 1,432
 Yellowfin tuna          1,204                   984
 Bigeye tuna             1,041                   868
 Bluefin tuna              132                   217
 Spanish mackerel          430                   254
 Other fish                456                   213

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           710                   402
 Pacific coho           12,137                 5,898
 Other pacific salmon      220                   160
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  6,488                 3,651
 Halibut                 2,288                 1,321
 Other flatfish          2,745                   546
 Yellowfin tuna          2,719                   908
 Skipjack                6,296                   800
 Bigeye tuna             4,998                 4,143
 Bluefin tuna              249                   534
 Herring                 1,099                   127
 Cod                     2,096                   647
 Sardine                   103                     8
 Mackerel                2,415                   580 
 Jack mackerel           2,341                   342
 Capelin                 1,862                   500
 Globefish                 453                    90
 Rockfish                1,435                   527
 Sablefish                 412                   633
 Other fish              7,235                 1,741
 Herring roe                23                     9
 Pollock roe             6,289                 4,552
 Other fish roe            302                   142
 IQ fish fillet          6,230                 2,171
 Tuna, fillet            2,038                 2,506
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    1,436                 4,313
 Other fish, fillet      6,101                 3,161
 Pollock surimi          7,210                 1,772
 Threadfin bream surimi  5,235                 1,273
 Other minced fish      10,116                 3,030
SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               278                   233
 Salmon, fillet             91                   120
 Other fish                411                   489
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,043                   523

LIVE/FRESH: 
 King crab                  72                    67
 Tanner crab               909                   446
 Oyster                  1,326                   750
 Clam                      472                   110
 Sea urchin roe            108                   452
 Baby clam               5,312                   686
 Fresh water calm          384                    71
 Others                    371                   265

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             427                 1,026
 Shrimp                 14,807                11,958
 King crab                 217                   501
 Tanner crab             2,035                 2,212
 European cuttlefish       301                   197
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,340                 1,567
 Octopus                 5,302                 3,634
 Cuttlefish              1,124                   808
 Squid                   2,593                   839
 Sea urchin roe              7                    14
 Baby clam                  74                    24
 Others                    531                   876
SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 48                    70
 Squid                     137                   145
 Jellyfish                 485                   130

SEAWEED:
 Dried                   1,218                   750
 Salted                  5,450                   617
 Fresh/frozen            4,219                   571
 Others                    177                    75
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,979                 1,226
 Sardine, dried juvenile    88                   108
 Eal                     1,711                 3,440
 Other fish              7,413                 3,226
 Pollock roe               633                   798
 Salmon roe, ikura          36                    95
 Crab                    1,115                 1,535
 Shrimp, salted          1,803                 2,017
 Shrimp, other           4,505                 2,998
 Squid                   4,338                 2,167
 Other molluscs          3,520                 1,611
 Fish meal              21,538                 2,717
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu   

12/09/13


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