JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JUNE 30, 1997
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,374,317         103       104
Fresh                                863          84       102
Frozen                         1,208,124         103       104
Salted                            86,468         110       107
Processed                         78,862         104       106
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      56,117         109       120
 Albacore tuna                     9,620         204       124
 Bigeye tuna                      18,363          99       103
 Yellowfin tuna                   18,470         103       146
 Other tuna                        9,724          91       112
 Billfish                          5,118          97        80
 Skipjack                         24,453          98        81
 Salmon 1/                        50,529          91       129
 Pink salmon                      10,852         104       109
 Herring                          44,872         154       135
 Sardine/anchovy                  48,261         111        89
 Sardine                          40,215         123        99
 Jack mackerel                    59,224         104       123
 Pacific mackerel                123,582          97       102
 Saury                            14,455          87        61
 Flatfish                         33,396         107       150
 Cod                              28,417         108       134
 Pollock                           3,950         105       119
 Sea bream                        10,270         101       137
 Sand lance                        6,970         103        66
 Other finfish                   275,761         101       106
 Clam                             39,424         112       100
 Shrimp                           74,861         104        94
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       117,321         102       114
 Squid, common                    64,527         107       146
 Cuttlefish                       13,762          94        75
 Other squid                      39,032          99        96
 Octopus                          35,059          95       135
 Other shellfish                  59,333         102        99
 Pollock surimi                   44,877          97        71
 Other surimi                     38,902         104        83
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        12,706         139       108
 Pink salmon                       1,916         158        98
 Pollock roe                      20,110         101       112
 Salmon roe                        3,218          87        86
 Herring roe                       6,298         125       117
 Other                            42,220         106       106

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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