JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JANUARY 2005
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     Jan. 2005 Jan. 2004   Jan. 2005  Jan. 2004
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LIVE:                               
 Eel, adult              1,948     2,057       2,598      1,950
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlanic salmon          2,045     1,992       1,319      1,270
 Yellowfin tuna          2,203     2,221       1,581      1,520
 Bigeye tuna             1,715     1,485       1,242      1,130
 Bluefin tuna            1,255     1,196       2,325      2,678
 Spanish mackerel          675       810         367        298
 Other fish              2,400     1,788       1,018        622

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         1,397       692         649        290
 Pacific coho           18,534    12,574       6,660      4,598
 Other pacific salmon      131       489          88        190
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  6,006     7,399       2,599      2,785
 Halibut                 2,360     2,577       1,263      1,283
 Other flatfish          2,257     1,857         540        479
 Yellowfin tuna          7,725     5,820       1,997      1,452
 Skipjack                6,460    10,813         487        954
 Bigeye tuna            10,164     8,087       6,141      5,745
 Bluefin tuna              179       227         352        328
 Herring                 1,575     3,603         184        349
 Cod                     3,061     3,287         984        989
 Sardine                 1,346       711         112         57
 Mackerel                9,280     7,705       2,037      1,262
 Jack mackerel          12,361    10,184       1,154        984
 Capelin                 1,107       999         394        288
 Globefish               1,341     1,887         199        269
 Rockfish                1,022     1,298         306        320
 Sablefish                 596       617         512        617
 Other fish              8,264     6,656       1,488      1,282
 Mero (dressed)            716       572         812        440
 Herring roe               397       336         254        252
 Pollock roe               818       882         803        978
 Other fish roe            592       262         563        173
 IQ fish fillet          8,069     6,602       2,656      1,901
 Tuna, fillet            1,106       835         983        676
 Bluefine tuna, fillet     984       280       2,556        809
 Other fish, fillet     11,462     9,749       6,192      4,700
 Pollock surimi            660     5,072         115        913
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,072     5,121         797        828
 Other minced fish      10,732     8,475       2,692      1,926

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe                66       108          35         70
 Salmon, fillet             60        57          65         60
 Other fish                205       279         186        240

LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,244       367         682        307

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               1,511     1,238         928        668
 Tanner crab             2,031     2,223         753        794
 Oyster                    362       631         198        316
 Clam                    1,682     1,865         274        263
 Sea urchin roe            171       209         789      1,072
 Baby clam               3,409     3,343         444        423
 Fresh water calm        1,009     1,458         153        307
 Others                    467       483         352        361

FROZEN:                               
 Spiny lobster             230       194         335        253
 Shrimp                 17,844    19,479      15,224     16,528
 King crab               1,128       845       1,546      1,307
 Tanner crab               948     1,172         829      1,186
 European cuttlefish       794       638         495        332
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,839     3,528       1,450      1,357
 Octopus                 4,179     1,599       2,795        720
 Cuttlefish              1,549     1,670         977        979
 Squid                     913     1,037         259        229
 Sea urchin roe             54        51          75        106
 Baby clam                  86        81          27         28
 Others                    471       617         529        733

SALTED/DRIED:
 Cuttlefish                230       215         214        209
 Squid                     427       225         365        146
 Jellyfish                 584       547         229        200

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     635       717         318        353
 Salted                    561       698          41         57
 Fresh/frozen              368       492          41         53
 Others                    213       150          93         89

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,624     2,388         979        835
 Sardine, dried juvenile   392       367         428        312
 Eal                     3,618     3,997       5,046      4,089
 Other fish              7,270     6,564       3,353      2,719
 Pollock roe               760       648       1,458      1,062
 Salmon roe                178       183         331        287
 Crab                    1,488     1,217       2,532      2,091
 Shrimp, salted          1,223     1,248       1,405      1,412
 Shrimp, other           3,217     2,486       2,318      1,863
 Squid                   3,542     2,513       1,721      1,170
 Other molluscs          4,343     4,152       2,092      1,924
 Fish meal              26,152    22,219       1,771      1,447
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- = no imports

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12/09/13


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