JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, NOVEMBER 30, 2000
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,437,715         101        98
Fresh                                716          98        92
Frozen                         1,265,024         101        99
Salted                            86,738          96        89
Processed                         85,237         104       101
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      71,732         104        97
 Albacore tuna                     9,783          85        38
 Bigeye tuna                      20,191         103       114
 Yellowfin tuna                   28,595         114       168
 Other tuna                       13,163         100        88
 Billfish                          3,520         104        72
 Skipjack                         47,532          98       131
 Salmon 1/                        71,673          93        92
 Pink salmon                      18,173          96        93
 Herring                          25,838          98        93
 Sardine/anchovy                  23,650          85        39
 Sardine                          17,673          89        37
 Jack mackerel                    39,949         104        92
 Mackerel                         81,359         115        78
 Saury                            46,789         113       161
 Flatfish                         34,117         102        98
 Cod                              13,209          97        99
 Pollock                           4,600          88        70
 Sea bream                         8,293          95       125
 Sand lance                        2,354          44        31
 Other finfish                   273,389          99        98
 Clam                             37,866          91       113
 Shrimp                           82,940         101       108
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       174,675         111       127
 Squid, common                   104,927         113       125
 Cuttlefish                       12,293         100        94
 Other squid                      57,455         111       142
 Octopus                          36,805          95       100
 Other shellfish                  72,524          98       128
 Pollock surimi                   54,944          99        86
 Other surimi                     37,021          96        76
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        20,801          96        74
 Pink salmon                       2,798         105        97
 Pollock roe                      14,486          98        86
 Salmon roe                        8,002         106        99
 Herring roe                       7,246          90        93
 Other                            33,405          94       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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