JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1999
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,372,044         104       106
Fresh                              1,113         148        94
Frozen                         1,200,233         104       107
Salted                            89,276         105        96
Processed                         81,422         104       110
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      67,226         105       103
 Albacore tuna                    20,876         134       152
 Bigeye tuna                      15,104          85        79
 Yellowfin tuna                   17,917          95       112
 Other tuna                       13,329         114        81
 Billfish                          5,119         104        71
 Skipjack                         37,826          96       105
 Salmon 1/                        73,439         104       119
 Pink salmon                      19,427         112        77
 Herring                          30,275          92       164
 Sardine/anchovy                  78,764          91       250
 Sardine                          63,071          90       238
 Jack mackerel                    33,759          96        65
 Mackerel                         87,284         101       116
 Saury                            17,932         156        68
 Flatfish                         34,181         103       102
 Cod                              14,250         101        85
 Pollock                           7,017         111       159
 Sea bream                         6,841         112        82
 Sand lance                       11,737          92       419
 Other finfish                   257,838         105        98
 Clam                             37,149          99       103
 Shrimp                           70,583         104        93
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       127,018         114       117
 Squid, common                    75,869         123       125
 Cuttlefish                       12,534          99       110
 Other squid                      38,615         106       105
 Octopus                          33,867         114       138
 Other shellfish                  60,214         101       100
 Pollock surimi                   45,035         100       111
 Other surimi                     41,731         108        81
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        19,942         130        99
 Pink salmon                       3,305          95       132
 Pollock roe                      16,843          88        80
 Salmon roe                        6,016         180       113
 Herring roe                       7,564          99        88
 Other                            35,606          98       100

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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