JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, APRIL 30, 1997

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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,306,211          99       103
Fresh                              1,110         110       117
Frozen                         1,156,600          98       103
Salted                            75,128         109       105
Processed                         73,369         105       110
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      53,197         101       111
 Albacore tuna                     6,011          80        81
 Bigeye tuna                      17,892         112       111
 Yellowfin tuna                   18,033         102       135
 Other tuna                       11,261          96       103
 Billfish                          5,025          99        94
 Skipjack                         25,288          93        95
 Salmon 1/                        63,411          95       128
 Pink salmon                       9,350          95       128
 Herring                          23,367         101       124
 Sardine/anchovy                  46,509          89        70
 Sardine                          34,463          88        68
 Jack mackerel                    49,227         101       116
 Pacific mackerel                124,578          96        88
 Saury                            18,945          85        58
 Flatfish                         31,711          99       163
 Cod                              23,086         107       136
 Pollock                           3,711         103       133
 Sea bream                         8,229         100       138
 Sand lance                        5,459         106       136
 Other finfish                   259,335         104       110
 Clam                             31,616         109        99
 Shrimp                           68,144          96        96
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       124,148          86       130
 Squid, common                    67,493          82       188
 Cuttlefish                       14,472          95        87
 Other squid                      42,183          89        98
 Octopus                          37,862         108       152
 Other shellfish                  56,485         112       104
 Pollock surimi                   47,841         102        65
 Other surimi                     37,667          97        87
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        10,030          93        98
 Pink salmon                       1,267          98        94
 Pollock roe                      17,898         111       108
 Salmon roe                        4,453          86        84
 Herring roe                       4,814         102       161
 Other                            36,666         119       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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