JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JULY 31, 2000
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,357,210         100       100
Fresh                                549          81        94
Frozen                         1,193,396         100       100
Salted                            80,810         101        93
Processed                         82,455         100       102
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      69,158         101        95
 Albacore tuna                    11,496         119        69
 Bigeye tuna                      22,153          97       105
 Yellowfin tuna                   24,719          96       116
 Other tuna                       10,790         108        76
 Billfish                          3,521          95        64
 Skipjack                         46,948         102       132
 Salmon 1/                        67,757         113       123
 Pink salmon                      13,582          92        83
 Herring                          35,187         104        95
 Sardine/anchovy                  48,866          84        57
 Sardine                          26,184          90        39
 Jack mackerel                    46,572          94       115
 Mackerel                         86,353          90        89
 Saury                             6,791          75        47
 Flatfish                         33,934          99        99
 Cod                              15,958         104       107
 Pollock                           5,410          96        82
 Sea bream                         7,559         100       118
 Sand lance                       24,597         135       163
 Other finfish                   258,252         102       102
 Clam                             41,861         107       107
 Shrimp                           78,572         107       114
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       105,928         102       102
 Squid, common                    60,826         101       115
 Cuttlefish                       11,920          99        94
 Other squid                      33,182         106        87
 Octopus                          35,462         103       123
 Other shellfish                  69,368         103       113
 Pollock surimi                   50,631          92        95
 Other surimi                     39,798          97        94
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        15,118         116       109
 Pink salmon                       2,159         112        63
 Pollock roe                      17,198          93        83
 Salmon roe                        3,755         101       108
 Herring roe                       6,735         124        93
 Other                            35,845          96        95

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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