JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, APRIL 30, 1999  

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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,280,175          98        92
Fresh                                925          93        88
Frozen                         1,131,822          97        93
Salted                            72,072         113        81
Processed                         75,356         108        96
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      53,079          91        90
 Albacore tuna                     6,413          79        64
 Bigeye tuna                      16,291         107        87
 Yellowfin tuna                   19,015          91       119
 Other tuna                       11,360          82        78
 Billfish                          6,520          96        85
 Skipjack                         29,931          86       166
 Salmon 1/                        60,421          91        97
 Pink salmon                      21,735          94       167
 Herring                          27,226          99       161
 Sardine/anchovy                  77,847          87       123
 Sardine                          44,274          92       125
 Jack mackerel                    40,005          88        68
 Mackerel                        116,225         101        90
 Saury                            25,347          87        60
 Flatfish                         31,937         101        81
 Cod                              12,662          98        65
 Pollock                           6,146          98       159
 Sea bream                         6,342          94        75
 Sand lance                        3,364         240        76
 Other finfish                   237,253         101        92
 Clam                             27,786         116        95
 Shrimp                           67,846          94        98
 Squid & cuttlefish, total        91,001          96        74
 Squid, common                    41,424          95        59
 Cuttlefish                       13,415          96       106
 Other squid                      36,162          96        92
 Octopus                          33,360          88       115
 Other shellfish                  52,856         114        93
 Pollock surimi                   57,125         100        94
 Other surimi                     44,643          99        90
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                         9,061          92        65
 Pink salmon                       1,956          98       121
 Pollock roe                      18,669         112        92
 Salmon roe                        3,671          84        92
 Herring roe                       4,013         107        64
 Other                            34,702         127        82

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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