JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JANUARY 31, 2000
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,373,228          97        99
Fresh                                748         129        83
Frozen                         1,226,560          98        98
Salted                            72,600          92       105
Processed                         73,320          96       113
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      68,953          99       105
 Albacore tuna                    19,755          89       187
 Bigeye tuna                      16,063         102       101
 Yellowfin tuna                   19,452         107        87
 Other tuna                       13,683         102        81
 Billfish                          4,830         101        67
 Skipjack                         40,393         107        93
 Salmon 1/                        83,534         109       125
 Pink salmon                      21,340         104        76
 Herring                          30,758          97        95
 Sardine/anchovy                  65,586          97       103
 Sardine                          44,966          98       125
 Jack mackerel                    51,830         116        94
 Mackerel                        120,115         102        92
 Saury                            24,335          88        66
 Flatfish                         32,942          95        96
 Cod                              10,139          99        90
 Pollock                           7,998          86       110
 Sea bream                         7,202         106        96
 Sand lance                        6,111          92       343
 Other finfish                   255,188          95        99
 Clam                             27,002          91       110
 Shrimp                           73,493         104        93
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       118,179          91       101
 Squid, common                    70,439          90       117
 Cuttlefish                       12,104         100        90
 Other squid                      35,636          90        82
 Octopus                          31,531         105       110
 Other shellfish                  45,559          94       101
 Pollock surimi                   51,421          83        99
 Other surimi                     46,990          95        98
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        16,751          87       138
 Pink salmon                       2,431          96       127
 Pollock roe                      14,504          97        85
 Salmon roe                        7,228          92        97
 Herring roe                       3,650          92        87
 Other                            28,036          92       105

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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