JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JUNE 30, 1999
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,282,337         100        96
Fresh                                674          83        71
Frozen                         1,122,238          99        96
Salted                            79,163         105        86
Processed                         80,262         102       100
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      59,109         107        95
 Albacore tuna                    11,615         134       119
 Bigeye tuna                      18,426         112        90
 Yellowfin tuna                   18,889          95       114
 Other tuna                       10,179         101        66
 Billfish                          5,545          93        73
 Skipjack                         28,575          85       110
 Salmon 1/                        47,279          88       104
 Pink salmon                      18,678          90       157
 Herring                          36,595         144       125
 Sardine/anchovy                  77,469         107       146
 Sardine                          55,947         117       154
 Jack mackerel                    40,072         100        63
 Mackerel                        106,666          90        99
 Saury                            17,159          82        56
 Flatfish                         32,168          97        91
 Cod                              13,799         100        75
 Pollock                           6,153          97       160
 Sea bream                         6,657          98        80
 Sand lance                       11,427         153       179
 Other finfish                   239,846         100        95
 Clam                             34,580         110       101
 Shrimp                           64,601          98        95
 Squid & cuttlefish, total        93,247          98        85
 Squid, common                    46,802         102        74
 Cuttlefish                       13,313          95       111
 Other squid                      33,132          95        95
 Octopus                          28,241          89       116
 Other shellfish                  56,689         109        93
 Pollock surimi                   53,659          96       101
 Other surimi                     42,092          93        90
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                         9,799         128        66
 Pink salmon                       2,966         140       162
 Pollock roe                      20,099         101        86
 Salmon roe                        2,733          89        97
 Herring roe                       5,520         121        75
 Other                            38,046         101        92

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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