JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
NOVEMBER 2011
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Fishery Products      Metric tons          Million yen    
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult                528                 1,513
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         2,143                 1,255
 Yellowfin tuna            937                   779
 Bigeye tuna             1,113                   853
 Bluefin tuna              149                   364
 Spanish mackerel          253                   123
 Other fish                721                   391

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         4,020                 2,064
 Pacific coho            7,340                 3,467
 Other pacific salmon      747                   330
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,554                 1,922
 Halibut                 2,722                 1,780
 Other flatfish          1,412                   327
 Yellowfin tuna          5,965                 1,967
 Skipjack                8,298                 1,155
 Bigeye tuna             4,665                 3,748
 Bluefin tuna              877                 2,044
 Herring                   214                    21
 Cod                     1,582                   516
 Sardine                   439                    36
 Mackerel               27,775                 6,702
 Jack mackerel           2,250                   309
 Capelin                 1,543                   408
 Globefish                 680                   277
 Rockfish                1,222                   566
 Sablefish                 780                 1,225
 Other fish              7,428                 1,593
 Herring roe             1,177                   942
 Pollock roe               499                   396
 Other fish roe          1,977                 2,347
 IQ fish fillet          5,341                 2,071
 Tuna, fillet            2,954                 3,277
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      341                 1,365
 Other fish, fillet      6,524                 3,651
 Pollock surimi          8,718                 2,112
 Threadfin bream surimi  5,871                 1,470
 Other minced fish      15,348                 4,228
SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               675                   667
 Salmon, fillet            115                   156
 Other fish                532                   652
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                870                   441

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 406                   535
 Tanner crab               610                   373
 Oyster                    165                   146
 Clam                      710                   159
 Sea urchin roe            115                   494
 Baby clam               4,024                   541
 Fresh water calm          244                    38
 Others                    485                   285

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             178                   329
 Shrimp                 24,128                21,535
 King crab               2,613                 7,404
 Tanner crab             2,308                 2,828
 European cuttlefish       355                   297
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,292                 1,782
 Octopus                 6,048                 5,308
 Cuttlefish              1,414                 1,120
 Squid                   3,521                 1,057
 Sea urchin roe            313                   703
 Baby clam                  75                    21
 Others                    515                 1,026
SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 72                   168
 Squid                     296                   355
 Jellyfish                 343                   121

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     868                   537
 Salted                    248                    45
 Fresh/frozen              494                    85
 Others                    981                   567
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,651                 1,271
 Sardine, dried juvenile   210                   220
 Eal                       972                 2,844
 Other fish              7,115                 3,560
 Pollock roe               752                   896
 Salmon roe, ikura         179                   466
 Crab                    1,530                 2,525
 Shrimp, salted          2,418                 2,706
 Shrimp, other           4,824                 3,196
 Squid                   3,599                 1,720
 Other molluscs          3,696                 1,720
 Fish meal              24,318                 2,597
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu   

12/09/13


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