JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MAY 31, 1999
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,287,163         101        93
Fresh                                809          89        91
Frozen                         1,132,628         100        94
Salted                            75,399         105        85
Processed                         78,327         104        98
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      55,069         104        94
 Albacore tuna                     8,664         135       108
 Bigeye tuna                      16,461         101        80
 Yellowfin tuna                   19,872         105       130
 Other tuna                       10,072          89        70
 Billfish                          5,941          91        75
 Skipjack                         33,578         112       175
 Salmon 1/                        53,678          89        99
 Pink salmon                      20,832          96       157
 Herring                          25,484          94       116
 Sardine/anchovy                  72,617          93       120
 Sardine                          47,618         102       132
 Jack mackerel                    39,967         100        60
 Mackerel                        118,353         102        96
 Saury                            20,833          82        57
 Flatfish                         33,155         104        86
 Cod                              13,732         108        70
 Pollock                           6,343         103       165
 Sea bream                         6,827         108        80
 Sand lance                        7,487         223        91
 Other finfish                   239,652         101        93
 Clam                             31,510         113        98
 Shrimp                           65,965          98        96
 Squid & cuttlefish, total        94,826         104        82
 Squid, common                    46,001         111        69
 Cuttlefish                       14,037         105       111
 Other squid                      34,788          96        95
 Octopus                          31,806          95       125
 Other shellfish                  51,961          98        87
 Pollock surimi                   56,014          98        94
 Other surimi                     45,192         101        92
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                         7,682          85        60
 Pink salmon                       2,115         108       134
 Pollock roe                      19,950         107        91
 Salmon roe                        3,086          84        95
 Herring roe                       4,570         114        66
 Other                            37,996         110        90

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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