JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, SEPTEMBER 30, 2000
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,377,675         102        98
Fresh                                682         100        61
Frozen                         1,209,889         102        98
Salted                            86,239         105        93
Processed                         80,865          99        98
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      69,921         102        96
 Albacore tuna                    12,127         100        51
 Bigeye tuna                      20,203          96       125
 Yellowfin tuna                   23,961         100       127
 Other tuna                       13,630         116        93
 Billfish                          3,517         103        68
 Skipjack                         47,937         104       125
 Salmon 1/                        71,535         103        96
 Pink salmon                      19,128         115        98
 Herring                          27,241          92        91
 Sardine/anchovy                  31,109          83        39
 Sardine                          19,947          87        31
 Jack mackerel                    38,377          89       108
 Mackerel                         68,081          91        76
 Saury                            21,976         271       117
 Flatfish                         35,336         102       103
 Cod                              14,623          95       101
 Pollock                           4,928         104        70
 Sea bream                         8,510         105       120
 Sand lance                       11,221          61        95
 Other finfish                   271,164         102       102
 Clam                             42,980          99       110
 Shrimp                           82,276         100       109
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       140,259         111       109
 Squid, common                    84,013         110       110
 Cuttlefish                       12,209          97        96
 Other squid                      44,037         116       111
 Octopus                          36,127         100       101
 Other shellfish                  73,737          99       121
 Pollock surimi                   49,566         109       108
 Other surimi                     38,114         102        90
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        18,128         107        90
 Pink salmon                       2,885         118        87
 Pollock roe                      15,600          97        85
 Salmon roe                        6,696         140        94
 Herring roe                       7,221         102        95
 Other                            35,709         102        99

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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