JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JANUARY 31, 1997
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,379,425          97       105
Fresh                                941          96       113
Frozen                             1,239          97       104
Salted                            68,917          93       103
Processed                         70,394          96       112
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      49,757          96        94
 Albacore tuna                     8,564          86        82
 Bigeye tuna                      13,124          98       112
 Yellowfin tuna                   14,128          86        85
 Other tuna                       13,941         114        97
 Billfish                          5,105          97        82
 Skipjack                         34,786         107       123
 Salmon 1/                        73,382          96       100
 Pink salmon                      11,255         102        98
 Herring                          29,679          97       108
 Sardine/anchovy                  62,838         109       143
 Sardine                          44,929         111       132
 Jack mackerel                    47,578         111       120
 Pacific mackerel                126,128          99       114
 Saury                            30,335          86        58
 Flatfish                         30,180         102       129
 Cod                              17,609          98       115
 Pollock                           3,324          99       104
 Sea bream                         8,025          95        98
 Sand lance                        4,580          89       336
 Other finfish                   267,183          96       111
 Clam                             31,828          91       102
 Shrimp                           76,002         101        97
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       172,933          94       122
 Squid, common                   104,844          91       161
 Cuttlefish                       16,336          97        89
 Other squid                      51,753          98        87
 Octopus                          26,977         102       125
 Other shellfish                  48,513          91        97
 Pollock surimi                   43,191          88        59
 Other surimi                     36,596          94        74
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        15,104          86       103
 Pink salmon                       1,444          89        80
 Pollock roe                      12,550         100       106
 Salmon roe                        6,717          92        83
 Herring roe                       4,304          97       161
 Other                            28,798          94       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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