JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JULY 31, 1999  

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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,317,502         103       101
Fresh                                586          87        55
Frozen                         1,153,673         103       102
Salted                            83,338         105        92
Processed                         79,905         100       103
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      67,541         114       109
 Albacore tuna                    14,576         125       147
 Bigeye tuna                      19,829         108        95
 Yellowfin tuna                   20,222         107       125
 Other tuna                       12,914         127        87
 Billfish                          5,491          99        75
 Skipjack                         35,281         123       104
 Salmon 1/                        53,591         113       114
 Pink salmon                      16,226          87       167
 Herring                          37,092         101       137
 Sardine/anchovy                  84,970         110       171
 Sardine                          65,945         118       190
 Jack mackerel                    38,696          97        64
 Mackerel                         95,092          89       100
 Saury                            14,415          84        54
 Flatfish                         33,845         105        98
 Cod                              14,843         108        83
 Pollock                           6,633         108       200
 Sea bream                         6,239          94        78
 Sand lance                       15,077         132       271
 Other finfish                   244,773         102        97
 Clam                             37,176         108       103
 Shrimp                           65,401         101        93
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       102,592         110        97
 Squid, common                    52,931         113        90
 Cuttlefish                       12,647          95       112
 Other squid                      37,014         112       104
 Octopus                          26,874          95       127
 Other shellfish                  59,899         106        96
 Pollock surimi                   48,707          91       103
 Other surimi                     41,045          98        85
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        13,719         140        82
 Pink salmon                       3,428         116       175
 Pollock roe                      19,264          96        86
 Salmon roe                        2,398          88        91
 Herring roe                       7,207         131        84
 Other                            37,322          98        97

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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