JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
MAY 2011
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult                799                 2,207
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,607                 1,364
 Yellowfin tuna          1,481                 1,154
 Bigeye tuna             1,008                   836
 Bluefin tuna              200                   239
 Spanish mackerel          210                   101
 Other fish                324                   216

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           429                   254
 Pacific coho            4,390                 2,328
 Other pacific salmon      738                   478
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,777                 2,180
 Halibut                 1,735                 1,049
 Other flatfish          1,453                   327
 Yellowfin tuna          4,581                 1,574
 Skipjack                3,706                   454
 Bigeye tuna             6,444                5,103
 Bluefin tuna              538                 1,272
 Herring                 5,736                   519
 Cod                       936                   280
 Sardine                   387                    31
 Mackerel                1,004                   276
 Jack mackerel           1,247                   182
 Capelin                 4,996                   776
 Globefish                 355                    64
 Rockfish                1,159                   439
 Sablefish                 997                 1,502
 Other fish              9,582                 2,296
 Herring roe                 -                     -
 Pollock roe            15,125                11,938
 Other fish roe            441                   494
 IQ fish fillet          6,373                 2,300
 Tuna, fillet            1,991                 2,085
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      567                 1,296
 Other fish, fillet      6,328                 3,238
 Pollock surimi         11,307                 2,851
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,402                   826
 Other minced fish      10,060                 3,087
SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               411                   379
 Salmon, fillet             81                   106
 Other fish                378                   446
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,110                   561

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 207                   138
 Tanner crab             1,622                   801
 Oyster                  1,062                   598
 Clam                      386                    82
 Sea urchin roe             80                   311
 Baby clam               1,764                   339
 Fresh water calm          374                    59
 Others                    197                   160

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             202                   425
 Shrimp                 11,837                 9,588
 King crab                  92                   189
 Tanner crab             1,719                 1,948
 European cuttlefish       428                   262
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,282                 1,274
 Octopus                 2,302                 1,625
 Cuttlefish                743                   533
 Squid                   3,358                   977
 Sea urchin roe             12                    41
 Baby clam                 175                    58
 Others                    650                   858
SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 32                    50
 Squid                     161                   169
 Jellyfish                 458                   168

SEAWEED:
 Dried                   1,261                   779
 Salted                  1,434                   217
 Fresh/frozen            5,708                   951
 Others                    324                   114
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,144                   930
 Sardine, dried juvenile    32                    46
 Eal                     1,292                 2,838
 Other fish              7,617                 3,372
 Pollock roe               797                   964
 Salmon roe, ikura          24                    66
 Crab                    1,012                 1,440
 Shrimp, salted          1,288                 1,473
 Shrimp, other           3,589                 2,451
 Squid                   4,635                 2,284
 Other molluscs          3,331                 1,513
 Fish meal              14,830                 1,938
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- = no imports
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu   

12/09/13


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