JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,463,306         104       102
Fresh                              1,074         136       127
Frozen                         1,283,817         104       101
Salted                           101,449         111       113
Processed                         76,966          99       101
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      61,778         104       101
 Albacore tuna                    12,483         108        87
 Bigeye tuna                      17,591         101       109
 Yellowfin tuna                   17,466         100        91
 Other tuna                       14,238         111       125
 Billfish                          4,445         111        72
 Skipjack                         26,652          93       112
 Salmon 1/                        83,185         117        99
 Pink salmon                      13,750         127       122
 Herring                          27,331          85       117
 Sardine/anchovy                  52,424          98       122
 Sardine                          46,205          98       143
 Jack mackerel                    55,071          99       120
 Pacific mackerel                 93,324          94        92
 Saury                            32,570         218       139
 Flatfish                         37,559          98       120
 Cod                              27,944          90       138
 Pollock                           3,661         102       108
 Sea bream                        11,260          99       123
 Sand lance                        6,322          83        59
 Other finfish                   293,697         101        99
 Clam                             43,164         100        92
 Shrimp                           76,895         101        93
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       152,104         117        92
 Squid, common                    97,095         128       101
 Cuttlefish                       13,661         102        67
 Other squid                      41,348         101        83
 Octopus                          33,608         101       122
 Other shellfish                  57,923          99        87
 Pollock surimi                   42,697         103       100
 Other surimi                     44,981         101       106
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        23,189         140       119
 Pink salmon                       2,461         104       108
 Pollock roe                      18,553          97       124
 Salmon roe                        5,691         186        86
 Herring roe                      10,565         107       131
 Other                            40,990         102       108

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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