JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MAY 31, 2000
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,353,123         100       102
Fresh                                784         103        97
Frozen                         1,195,282         100       102
Salted                            77,055          99        98
Processed                         80,002         104       101
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      66,163         102       111
 Albacore tuna                    10,851          83       114
 Bigeye tuna                      20,839         114       119
 Yellowfin tuna                   24,222         106       115
 Other tuna                       10,251          94        91
 Billfish                          4,209          91        70
 Skipjack                         42,328         112       126
 Salmon 1/                        68,378          90       125
 Pink salmon                      17,091          94        82
 Herring                          28,131         114       111
 Sardine/anchovy                  73,579          89       100
 Sardine                          35,432          95        73
 Jack mackerel                    50,667         108       123
 Mackerel                        107,448          95        89
 Saury                            11,431          82        54
 Flatfish                         29,991         102        90
 Cod                              14,671         103       106
 Pollock                           6,102          91        96
 Sea bream                         7,163          98       103
 Sand lance                       10,479         137       140
 Other finfish                   251,050         100       101
 Clam                             34,705         117       105
 Shrimp                           69,663         100       101
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       101,018         105       105
 Squid, common                    56,499         107       122
 Cuttlefish                       12,764         100        90
 Other squid                      31,755         104        89
 Octopus                          35,129          91       105
 Other shellfish                  63,162         107       118
 Pollock surimi                   57,643         105        94
 Other surimi                     42,545          96        91
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        10,631          87       134
 Pink salmon                       1,576          94        74
 Pollock roe                      19,198         106        89
 Salmon roe                        3,986          86        92
 Herring roe                       4,132         113        90
 Other                            37,532         100        98

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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