JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, APRIL 30, 2000  

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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,347,836         101       102
Fresh                                759         119        82
Frozen                         1,192,741         100       103
Salted                            77,628         109       104
Processed                         76,708         105       100
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      65,183          94       114
 Albacore tuna                    13,118          84       189
 Bigeye tuna                      18,290          99       106
 Yellowfin tuna                   22,902          99       113
 Other tuna                       10,873          92        86
 Billfish                          4,601         105        70
 Skipjack                         37,695         110       126
 Salmon 1/                        75,791          91       123
 Pink salmon                      18,169          97        83
 Herring                          24,709          96        92
 Sardine/anchovy                  82,974          96       105
 Sardine                          37,234          92        83
 Jack mackerel                    46,720          96       113
 Mackerel                        113,095         100        95
 Saury                            14,009          82        55
 Flatfish                         29,371          93        92
 Cod                              14,233         104       112
 Pollock                           6,705          94       109
 Sea bream                         7,310         100       113
 Sand lance                        7,633         113       225
 Other finfish                   250,190         102       102
 Clam                             29,692         116       102
 Shrimp                           69,524          98       100
 Squid & cuttlefish, total        96,226         103       104
 Squid, common                    52,991         104       127
 Cuttlefish                       12,808         102        94
 Other squid                      30,427         100        82
 Octopus                          38,393          91       109
 Other shellfish                  58,947         121       108
 Pollock surimi                   54,730         104        91
 Other surimi                     44,167         103        96
Salted:                                             
 Salmon 1/                        12,171          87       127
 Pink salmon                       1,682          85        86
 Pollock roe                      18,056         121        92
 Salmon roe                        4,660          88        95
 Herring roe                       3,657         104        90
 Other                            37,402         118       108

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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