JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MAY 31, 1997
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,330,643         102       102
Fresh                              1,024          92       104
Frozen                         1,175,192         102       101
Salted                            78,709         105       105
Processed                         75,718         103       107
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      51,743          97       117
 Albacore tuna                     4,715          78        85
 Bigeye tuna                      18,504         103       120
 Yellowfin tuna                   17,857          99       131
 Other tuna                       10,667          95       111
 Billfish                          5,278         105        80
 Skipjack                         24,842          98        88
 Salmon 1/                        55,197          87       123
 Pink salmon                      10,468         112       121
 Herring                          29,145         125       119
 Sardine/anchovy                  43,308          93        67
 Sardine                          32,808          95        69
 Jack mackerel                    56,484         115       121
 Pacific mackerel                127,565         102        93
 Saury                            16,667          88        59
 Flatfish                         31,262          99       148
 Cod                              26,415         114       133
 Pollock                           3,749         101       102
 Sea bream                        10,095         123       156
 Sand lance                        6,775         124        82
 Other finfish                   273,488         105       108
 Clam                             35,357         112        98
 Shrimp                           71,715         105        95
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       114,382          92       121
 Squid, common                    60,310          89       166
 Cuttlefish                       14,593         101        80
 Other squid                      39,479          94        98
 Octopus                          36,747          97       137
 Other shellfish                  58,315         103        99
 Pollock surimi                   46,495          97        65
 Other surimi                     37,419          99        86
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                         9,139          91        92
 Pink salmon                       1,212          96        90
 Pollock roe                      19,997         112       110
 Salmon roe                        3,700          83        84
 Herring roe                       5,022         104       141
 Other                            39,639         108       105

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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