JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, DECEMBER 31, 1999  

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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,384,863          97       104
Fresh                                582          75        65
Frozen                         1,232,740          99       103
Salted                            75,583          81       103
Processed                         75,958          91       118
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      65,684          94       107
 Albacore tuna                    21,293          94       188
 Bigeye tuna                      14,335          87        97
 Yellowfin tuna                   17,181         103        86
 Other tuna                       12,875          92        85
 Billfish                          4,753          98        63
 Skipjack                         37,722         104        85
 Salmon 1/                        75,791          99       123
 Pink salmon                      19,968         104        71
 Herring                          31,308         116       111
 Sardine/anchovy                  67,770         114       130
 Sardine                          45,870          97       142
 Jack mackerel                    43,993         105        85
 Mackerel                        115,727         112       102
 Saury                            27,572          97        71
 Flatfish                         34,710         100       103
 Cod                              10,110          77        84
 Pollock                          11,179         171       159
 Sea bream                         6,697         105       103
 Sand lance                        6,580          86       730
 Other finfish                   262,464          97       101
 Clam                             29,263          91       111
 Shrimp                           68,137          92        95
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       129,068          95       108
 Squid, common                    78,489          94       123
 Cuttlefish                       11,961          92        95
 Other squid                      38,618          99        90
 Octopus                          27,920          79       127
 Other shellfish                  46,505          84       103
 Pollock surimi                   60,930          98       115
 Other surimi                     47,640          99        94
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        18,903          68       129
 Pink salmon                       2,520          87       129
 Pollock roe                      13,420          90        81
 Salmon roe                        6,066          80        96
 Herring roe                       3,929          53        82
 Other                            30,745          93       107

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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