JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MARCH 31, 2000
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,333,077          99        99
Fresh                                638          94        64
Frozen                         1,187,951          99        99
Salted                            71,377         105       106
Processed                         73,111         102       103
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      69,088          98       111
 Albacore tuna                    15,627          88       171
 Bigeye tuna                      18,503         107       114
 Yellowfin tuna                   23,077         104       106
 Other tuna                       11,881          88        78
 Billfish                          4,397          97        64
 Skipjack                         34,240          90        96
 Salmon 1/                        83,627          98       124
 Pink salmon                      18,790          92        81
 Herring                          25,864          91        95
 Sardine/anchovy                  86,198         110        96
 Sardine                          40,381          95        84
 Jack mackerel                    48,735          94       104
 Mackerel                        112,228          99        94
 Saury                            17,128          82        58
 Flatfish                         31,588         105       100
 Cod                              13,356         114       103
 Pollock                           7,132          96       114
 Sea bream                         7,262          93       107
 Sand lance                        6,751         117       480
 Other finfish                   245,775         100       102
 Clam                             25,545         105       101
 Shrimp                           71,215         100        96
 Squid & cuttlefish, total        93,888          88        97
 Squid, common                    50,877          83       116
 Cuttlefish                       12,586          98        89
 Other squid                      30,425          93        78
 Octopus                          42,052          93       105
 Other shellfish                  48,570         110        99
 Pollock surimi                   50,954         112        83
 Other surimi                     42,751         102        92
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        13,947          90       130
 Pink salmon                       1,968          93        97
 Pollock roe                      14,879         109        84
 Salmon roe                        5,297          83        91
 Herring roe                       3,519         101        93
 Other                            31,767         117       115

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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