JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JULY 31, 1997
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,373,054         100       102
Fresh                                842          98       105
Frozen                          1,205,21         100       102
Salted                            89,576         104       107
Processed                         77,419          98       103
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      60,057         107       109
 Albacore tuna                    10,955         114        86
 Bigeye tuna                      19,154         104       114
 Yellowfin tuna                   18,991         103       114
 Other tuna                       10,957         113       119
 Billfish                          4,831          94        77
 Skipjack                         29,937         122       105
 Salmon 1/                        55,843         111        97
 Pink salmon                       9,963          92       109
 Herring                          37,270          83       125
 Sardine/anchovy                  48,852         101       105
 Sardine                          42,309         105       118
 Jack mackerel                    57,873          98       121
 Pacific mackerel                110,527          89        98
 Saury                            12,129          84        67
 Flatfish                         33,697         101       138
 Cod                              28,111          99       142
 Pollock                           3,428          87       124
 Sea bream                        10,396         101       128
 Sand lance                        6,534          94        54
 Other finfish                   277,406         101       106
 Clam                             42,403         109        95
 Shrimp                           74,910         100        93
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       119,936         102        93
 Squid, common                    67,873         105        99
 Cuttlefish                       12,729          92        69
 Other squid                      39,334         101        94
 Octopus                          35,312         101       134
 Other shellfish                  57,094          96        92
 Pollock surimi                   43,727          97        81
 Other surimi                     43,354         111        98
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        15,456         122       103
 Pink salmon                       2,177         114       120
 Pollock roe                      20,004          99       117
 Salmon roe                        2,763          86        73
 Herring roe                       8,490         135       126
 Other                            40,686          96       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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