JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, DECEMBER 31, 1997
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,511,703          96       105
Fresh                                967          90        98
Frozen                         1,357,849          98       105
Salted                            81,739          81       110
Processed                         71,148          88        97
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      61,539          93       117
 Albacore tuna                    12,497          91       123
 Bigeye tuna                      13,782          86       104
 Yellowfin tuna                   18,227         104       110
 Other tuna                       17,033          90       136
 Billfish                          5,644         121       103
 Skipjack                         25,492          98        78
 Salmon 1/                        75,069          89       100
 Pink salmon                      13,787         108       129
 Herring                          29,067         120        97
 Sardine/anchovy                  41,808         101        72
 Sardine                          33,414          94        82
 Jack mackerel                    64,716         102       146
 Pacific mackerel                133,156         126       106
 Saury                            69,925          96       198
 Flatfish                         40,572         100       118
 Cod                              23,469          92       121
 Pollock                           4,204         106       126
 Sea bream                         9,807          97       121
 Sand lance                        1,351          68        26
 Other finfish                   289,292          97       102
 Clam                             33,102          86        95
 Shrimp                           73,149          91        96
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       185,026          99        99
 Squid, common                   115,665          98       101
 Cuttlefish                       13,914          92        83
 Other squid                      55,447         105       100
 Octopus                          25,110          77        97
 Other shellfish                  45,275          81        85
 Pollock surimi                   56,421          99       116
 Other surimi                     49,878          92       125
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        16,892          67        97
 Pink salmon                       1,975          78       119
 Pollock roe                      15,248          89       122
 Salmon roe                        6,516          90        90
 Herring roe                       6,159          63       131
 Other                            34,949          89       114

1/ Excluding pink salmon.
   A. - Comparison with the same period a month earlier.
   B. - Comparison with the same period a year earlier.

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

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