JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, NOVEMBER 30, 1999
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,428,477         101       105
Fresh                                778          99        65
Frozen                         1,250,530         101       105
Salted                            93,477          97       100
Processed                         83,692         102       110
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      69,939         108       104
 Albacore tuna                    22,637         107       179
 Bigeye tuna                      16,639         126        89
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,628         105        86
 Other tuna                       14,035          95        87
 Billfish                          4,851         104        68
 Skipjack                         36,183         102        89
 Salmon 1/                        76,437          94       113
 Pink salmon                      19,241         103        64
 Herring                          27,029         100       141
 Sardine/anchovy                  59,616          81       183
 Sardine                          47,417          79       197
 Jack mackerel                    41,925         111        83
 Mackerel                        103,187         108       118
 Saury                            28,522         102        68
 Flatfish                         34,739         102       103
 Cod                              13,064         102        96
 Pollock                           6,536          88       151
 Sea bream                         6,354          97        88
 Sand lance                        7,689          87       617
 Other finfish                   270,473         101       102
 Clam                             32,314          93       102
 Shrimp                           73,776         103        97
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       135,829         104       112
 Squid, common                    83,675         106       124
 Cuttlefish                       12,950         105        99
 Other squid                      39,204         100        97
 Octopus                          35,156         106       126
 Other shellfish                  55,587          96        98
 Pollock surimi                   62,388         105       117
 Other surimi                     48,234         102        82
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        27,694         104       119
 Pink salmon                       2,885          94       118
 Pollock roe                      14,934          91        77
 Salmon roe                        7,604         104        95
 Herring roe                       7,413          92        87
 Other                            32,947          94       104

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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