JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, OCTOBER 31, 2000
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,428,152         104        98
Fresh                                732         107        94
Frozen                         1,255,938         104        99
Salted                            89,810         104        90
Processed                         81,672         101        99
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      69,210          99       101
 Albacore tuna                    11,528          95        49
 Bigeye tuna                      19,585          97       140
 Yellowfin tuna                   24,983         104       155
 Other tuna                       13,114          96        83
 Billfish                          3,371          96        72
 Skipjack                         48,287         101       136
 Salmon 1/                        76,790         107        93
 Pink salmon                      19,005          99       101
 Herring                          25,301          93        94
 Sardine/anchovy                  27,739          89        37
 Sardine                          19,828          99        33
 Jack mackerel                    38,715         101        98
 Mackerel                         71,053         104        73
 Saury                            41,512         189       147
 Flatfish                         33,503          95        98
 Cod                              14,144          97       109
 Pollock                           5,177         105        69
 Sea bream                         8,791         103       130
 Sand lance                        5,365          48        61
 Other finfish                   277,254         102       101
 Clam                             41,712          97       115
 Shrimp                           82,106         100       108
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       156,826         112       118
 Squid, common                    92,763         110       117
 Cuttlefish                       12,347         101        99
 Other squid                      51,716         117       128
 Octopus                          39,067         108       112
 Other shellfish                  73,729         100       125
 Pollock surimi                   56,571         114        93
 Other surimi                     38,496         101        81
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        21,579         119        80
 Pink salmon                       2,659          92        87
 Pollock roe                      14,755          95        82
 Salmon roe                        7,561         113        97
 Herring roe                       7,685         106        95
 Other                            35,571         100       100

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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