JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, FEBRUARY 29, 2000
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products       1,341,386           98        99
Fresh                               676           90        68
Frozen                        1,200,855           98        98
Salted                           68,186           94       102
Processed                        71,669           98       107
Frozen:
 Tuna, total                     70,801          103       108
 Albacore tuna                   17,766           90       185
 Bigeye tuna                     17,253          107       106
 Yellowfin tuna                  22,296          115        98
 Other tuna                      13,486           99        80
 Billfish                         4,535           94        64
 Skipjack                        38,087           94       102
 Salmon 1/                       85,444          102       131
 Pink salmon                     20,383           96        81
 Herring                         28,380           93        95
 Sardine/anchovy                 78,507          119        95
 Sardine                         42,383           94        89
 Jack mackerel                   52,050          100       101
 Mackerel                       113,687           95        90
 Saury                           20,848           85        62
 Flatfish                        30,181           92        93
 Cod                             11,738          116       101
 Pollock                          7,453           93       109
 Sea bream                        7,776          108       113
 Sand lance                       5,774           94       786
 Other finfish                  244,579           96        97
 Clam                            24,217           90       102
 Shrimp                          71,557           97        92
 Squid & cuttlefish, total      107,151           91        98
 Squid, common                   61,426           87       117
 Cuttlefish                      12,846          106        84
 
Other squid                     32,879           92         78
 Octopus                        45,039          143        109
 Other shellfish                44,151           97        102
 Pollock surimi                 45,591           89         94
 Other surimi                   41,912           89         95
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                      15,487           92        133
 Pink salmon                     2,111           87        106
 Pollock roe                    13,631           94         81
 Salmon roe                      6,362           88         94
 Herring roe                     3,493           96         88
 Other                          27,102           97        106
  
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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