JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, AUGUST 31, 2000  

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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,355,980         100       100
Fresh                                680         124        91
Frozen                         1,191,509         100       100
Salted                            82,186         102        93
Processed                         81,605          99       103
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      68,752          99       100
 Albacore tuna                    12,074         105        69
 Bigeye tuna                      21,053          95       111
 Yellowfin tuna                   23,881          97       121
 Other tuna                       11,744         109        93
 Billfish                          3,407          97        69
 Skipjack                         45,896          98       115
 Salmon 1/                        69,221         102        96
 Pink salmon                      16,611         122        95
 Herring                          29,661          84        91
 Sardine/anchovy                  37,612          77        43
 Sardine                          22,935          88        32
 Jack mackerel                    43,023          92       117
 Mackerel                         74,853          87        85
 Saury                             8,119         120        70
 Flatfish                         34,529         102       103
 Cod                              15,463          97       108
 Pollock                           4,724          87        75
 Sea bream                         8,115         107       128
 Sand lance                       18,267          74       142
 Other finfish                   265,842         103       105
 Clam                             43,243         103       110
 Shrimp                           82,190         105       114
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       126,854         120       113
 Squid, common                    76,428         126       123
 Cuttlefish                       12,528         105        98
 Other squid                      37,898         114       101
 Octopus                          36,192         102       115
 Other shellfish                  74,389         107       122
 Pollock surimi                   45,449          90        98
 Other surimi                     37,472          94        94
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        16,878         112       109
 Pink salmon                       2,451         114        70
 Pollock roe                      16,155          94        78
 Salmon roe                        4,787         127       110
 Herring roe                       7,055         105        92
 Other                            34,860          97        95

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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