JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, AUGUST 31, 1999  

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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,323,737         100       103
Fresh                                750         128        83
Frozen                         1,159,820         100       104
Salted                            85,047         102        95
Processed                         78,120          98       104
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      63,877          95        99
 Albacore tuna                    15,557         107       129
 Bigeye tuna                      17,755          90        90
 Yellowfin tuna                   18,903          93       115
 Other tuna                       11,662          90        73
 Billfish                          4,911          89        69
 Skipjack                         39,439         112       112
 Salmon 1/                        70,477         132       133
 Pink salmon                      17,311         107       123
 Herring                          32,906          89       150
 Sardine/anchovy                  86,783         102       210
 Sardine                          70,060         106       219
 Jack mackerel                    35,014          90        66
 Mackerel                         86,638          91       106
 Saury                            11,517          80        50
 Flatfish                         33,342          99        98
 Cod                              14,096          95        82
 Pollock                           6,301          95       216
 Sea bream                         6,120          98        76
 Sand lance                       12,822          85       255
 Other finfish                   246,742         101        97
 Clam                             37,413         101       101
 Shrimp                           67,710         104        94
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       110,991         108       102
 Squid, common                    61,756         117       103
 Cuttlefish                       12,707         100       108
 Other squid                      36,528          99        99
 Octopus                          29,747         111       127
 Other shellfish                  59,796         100        97
 Pollock surimi                   45,185          86       101
 Other surimi                     38,844          95        82
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        15,365         111        91
 Pink salmon                       3,479         101       161
 Pollock roe                      19,045          99        87
 Salmon roe                        3,338         139       105
 Herring roe                       7,650         106        84
 Other                            36,170          97        99

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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