JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MARCH 31, 1999
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,302,519          99        93
Fresh                                995         100       112
Frozen                         1,167,792          98        93
Salted                            63,932         102        81
Processed                         69,800         106        96
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      58,019          95        95
 Albacore tuna                     8,163          93        77
 Bigeye tuna                      15,227         100        86
 Yellowfin tuna                   20,799          95       123
 Other tuna                       13,830          90        89
 Billfish                          6,792          97       100
 Skipjack                         34,889          95       183
 Salmon 1/                        66,148         103        96
 Pink salmon                      23,126          92       189
 Herring                          27,367          92       145
 Sardine/anchovy                  89,543         109       146
 Sardine                          47,925         101       147
 Jack mackerel                    45,252          91        79
 Pacific mackerel                115,612          94        87
 Saury                            29,190          88        59
 Flatfish                         31,545          98        84
 Cod                              12,877         112        62
 Pollock                           6,251          91       163
 Sea bream                         6,747          99        71
 Sand lance                        1,401         192       113
 Other finfish                   234,561          96        91
 Clam                             23,955         105        87
 Shrimp                           72,101          96       102
 Squid & cuttlefish, total        95,110          88        67
 Squid, common                    43,505          83        53
 Cuttlefish                       13,910          92       105
 Other squid                      37,695          92        82
 Octopus                          37,993          97       120
 Other shellfish                  46,310         113        97
 Pollock surimi                   57,092         126        95
 Other surimi                     45,231         106        89
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                         9,884          93        72
 Pink salmon                       1,995         101       112
 Pollock roe                      16,690         108       100
 Salmon roe                        4,350          83        97
 Herring roe                       3,744          96        63
 Other                            27,269         108        74

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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