JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MARCH 31, 1997
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,316,634          99       104
Fresh                              1,012         102       135
Frozen                         1,176,559          99       104
Salted                            69,066         105       105
Processed                         69,997         101       111
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      52,879         102       105
 Albacore tuna                     7,505          92        83
 Bigeye tuna                      15,923         109       110
 Yellowfin tuna                   17,716         106       125
 Other tuna                       11,735          93        91
 Billfish                          5,079         102        98
 Skipjack                         27,287          86       118
 Salmon 1/                        66,597          97       115
 Pink salmon                       9,867          93       110
 Herring                          23,086          88       123
 Sardine/anchovy                  52,271          89        81
 Sardine                          39,157          91        78
 Jack mackerel                    48,500         101       116
 Pacific mackerel                130,322         100       101
 Saury                            22,161          86        54
 Flatfish                         32,060         109       160
 Cod                              21,609         118       130
 Pollock                           3,589         101       101
 Sea bream                         8,197         100       127
 Sand lance                        5,657         110       251
 Other finfish                   249,712          99       111
 Clam                             29,067         100        95
 Shrimp                           71,172          97        98
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       144,968          89       128
 Squid, common                    82,327          85       175
 Cuttlefish                       15,231          95        87
 Other squid                      47,410          95        97
 Octopus                          35,105         114       124
 Other shellfish                  50,315         105       100
 Pollock surimi                   47,098         116        64
 Other surimi                     38,840         110        84
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        10,777          80        97
 Pink salmon                       1,288          96        93
 Pollock roe                      16,172         128       110
 Salmon roe                        5,179          87        86
 Herring roe                       4,710         104       178
 Other                            30,940         111       103

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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