JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, DECEMBER 31, 2000  

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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,395,640          97        99
Fresh                                431          60        86
Frozen                         1,246,434          98        99
Salted                            71,567          83        93
Processed                         77,208          91       102
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      67,694          95        98
 Albacore tuna                     8,747          89        36
 Bigeye tuna                      18,782          93       123
 Yellowfin tuna                   29,389         103       167
 Other tuna                       11,046          84        79
 Billfish                          3,343          95        70
 Skipjack                         48,048         101       127
 Salmon 1/                        69,919          97        91
 Pink salmon                      17,272          95        86
 Herring                          22,359          87        69
 Sardine/anchovy                  30,387         128        45
 Sardine                          21,569         122        46
 Jack mackerel                    44,859         111        98
 Mackerel                         97,892         120        83
 Saury                            44,318          95       160
 Flatfish                         34,760         102       100
 Cod                              11,913          87       116
 Pollock                           3,696          80        40
 Sea bream                         9,448         112       137
 Sand lance                        1,826          78        28
 Other finfish                   266,313          97        99
 Clam                             33,469          88       112
 Shrimp                           77,931          94       110
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       177,418         101       137
 Squid, common                   106,528         102       136
 Cuttlefish                       12,145          99       100
 Other squid                      58,745         102       150
 Octopus                          31,380          85       108
 Other shellfish                  63,169          87       134
 Pollock surimi                   53,555          95        87
 Other surimi                     33,273          90        70
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        14,580          70        76
 Pink salmon                       2,208          79        88
 Pollock roe                      13,408          93        92
 Salmon roe                        6,960          87       108
 Herring roe                       3,551          49        88
 Other                            30,860          92       102

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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