JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, AUGUST 31, 1997
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,397,394         102       101
Fresh                                791          94       105
Frozen                         1,227,628         102       101
Salted                            91,189         102       107
Processed                         77,786         100       102
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      59,167          99        95
 Albacore tuna                    11,585         106        88
 Bigeye tuna                      17,365          91        99
 Yellowfin tuna                   17,435          92        86
 Other tuna                       12,782         117       118
 Billfish                          4,013          83        71
 Skipjack                         28,723          96       113
 Salmon 1/                        70,817         127        98
 Pink salmon                      10,794         108       125
 Herring                          32,008          86       126
 Sardine/anchovy                  53,267         109       120
 Sardine                          47,234         112       138
 Jack mackerel                    55,112          96       125
 Pacific mackerel                 99,170          90        97
 Saury                            14,911         123        89
 Flatfish                         35,262         105       130
 Cod                              29,350         104       141
 Pollock                           3,535         103       124
 Sea bream                        11,372         109       142
 Sand lance                        7,612         116        57
 Other finfish                   283,656         102       101
 Clam                             43,022         101        92
 Shrimp                           75,995         101        92
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       130,043         108        86
 Squid, common                    75,937         112        90
 Cuttlefish                       13,409         105        66
 Other squid                      40,697         103        88
 Octopus                          33,395          95       126
 Other shellfish                  58,383         102        92
 Pollock surimi                   41,285          94        88
 Other surimi                     44,657         103       109
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        16,601         107       115
 Pink salmon                       2,363         109       122
 Pollock roe                      18,959          95       117
 Salmon roe                        3,057         111        62
 Herring roe                       9,831         116       116
 Other                            40,378          99       104

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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