JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MAY 2006
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                         Metric tons            Million yen    
                    --------------------- ---------------------
Fishery Products      MAY 2006  MAY 2005    MAY 2006   MAY 2005
-----------------------------------------------------------------
LIVE:                               
 Eel, adult              2,092     2,099       3,218      3,076 
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,678     2,006       1,523      1,330 
 Yellowfin tuna          1,580     1,875       1,219      1,478 
 Bigeye tuna             1,297     1,566       1,124      1,331   
 Bluefin tuna              199       287         450        503
 Spanish mackerel        1,201     1,337         532        682 
 Other fish                889     1,220         482        505

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         1,024       365         471        167
 Pacific coho            2,697     1,178       1,283        520 
 Other pacific salmon      489       754         251        328
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  4,111     3,790       2,142      1,704 
 Halibut                 1,021     1,467         668        896
 Other flatfish          3,915     4,933       1,209      1,177  
 Yellowfin tuna          8,641    10,265       3,426      2,961
 Skipjack                4,203     6,577         361        627
 Bigeye tuna             8,884     7,862       6,690      4,612
 Bluefin tuna                0       228           1        359 
 Herring                 4,929     6,149         612        934 
 Cod                       384       119         175         31
 Sardine                   640     1,549          61        149
 Mackerel                  812     3,855         321        862 
 Jack mackerel           1,928     2,332         285        258  
 Capelin                 1,631     3,361         501        762 
 Globefish                 364       747          57        128
 Rockfish                  580     1,309         241        431
 Sablefish               1,736     2,060       1,741      1,841
 Other fish              4,878     4,950       1,171      1,121 
 Mero (dressed)             99       485         130        641 
 Herring roe                50        20          14         13
 Pollock roe            12,352    12,838      12,442     17,313
 Other fish roe            467       312         224        143
 IQ fish fillet          5,285     7,193       2,069      2,445
 Tuna, fillet            1,575     1,540       1,477      1,331 
 Bluefine tuna, fillet      42       164         117        246 
 Other fish, fillet      8,949     9,234       5,572      4,826
 Pollock surimi          7,292     6,167       1,998      1,476 
 Threadfin bream surimi  7,218     8,032       1,577      1,767
 Other minced fish       9,153     9,963       2,751      2,593

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               679       794         878      1,094 
 Salmon, fillet             38       119          44        125
 Other fish                395       212         437        201

LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,507     1,496         665        605 

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 919     1,068         433        382
 Tanner crab             4,051     4,419       1,227      1,577 
 Oyster                    492       631         240        372
 Clam                      632       880         191        184
 Sea urchin roe            157       154         614        594
 Baby clam               5,547     3,182         822        445 
 Fresh water calm          492       520          59         55 
 Others                    259       392         295        322 

FROZEN:                               
 Spiny lobster             392       418         875        858 
 Shrimp                 15,254    16,875      14,418     15,034
 King crab                 932       619       1,163        827
 Tanner crab             2,413     1,408       2,305      1,423
 European cuttlefish       712     1,694         415        729 
 Squid/cuttlefish        4,122     4,176       2,295      2,242
 Octopus                 5,175     6,579       3,316      4,359 
 Cuttlefish              1,607     1,583       1,126        997 
 Squid                   1,856       988         425        320 
 Sea urchin roe             21        50          33        116 
 Baby clam                 144       154          59         58 
 Others                    529       494         608        657 

SALTED/DRIED:                         
 Cuttlefish                187       166         260        180
 Squid                     153       256         126        213 
 Jellyfish               1,141       536         354        249 

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     951       913         520        433
 Salted                  1,442     1,848         151        186 
 Fresh/frozen            3,361     2,612         351        237
 Others                    100       155         112         97

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,111     2,542         896      1,001
 Sardine, dried juvenile   144       291         163        236
 Eal                     5,994     5,144       9,051      8,264 
 Other fish              7,990     7,562       3,493      3,214
 Pollock roe               950       731       1,784      1,387
 Salmon roe, ikura          55        18          83         35 
 Crab                    1,277     1,143       1,741      1,898
 Shrimp, salted          1,267     1,320       1,522      1,512
 Shrimp, other           3,667     3,240       2,708      2,341 
 Squid                   4,112     4,677       1,931      1,660
 Other molluscs          3,958     4,072       1,971      1,993
 Fish meal              21,656    32,178       1,938      2,354
---------------------------------------------------------------
- = no imports
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


blueball.gif (924 bytes) Japanese Fishery Imports
blueball.gif (924 bytes) Japanese Market News
blueball.gif (924 bytes) Southwest Region Home Page