JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JULY 2005
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     July 2005 July 2004   July 2005  July 2004
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LIVE:                               
 Eel, adult              3,601     3,982       5,078      4,278
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,857     1,831       1,350      1,144
 Yellowfin tuna          1,526     1,661       1,232      1,247
 Bigeye tuna             1,330     1,454       1,173      1,197
 Bluefin tuna              153        70         160         93
 Spanish mackerel          105       175          50        119
 Other fish                592       955         442        455

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye        10,364    13,059       6,242      6,602
 Pacific coho              337       728         142        244
 Other pacific salmon    1,283     2,383         550        931
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,207     2,834       1,558      1,172
 Halibut                 2,641     2,615       1,585      1,486
 Other flatfish          2,978     2,340         750        586
 Yellowfin tuna         14,102    12,109       4,056      3,481
 Skipjack                4,565     4,001         427        375
 Bigeye tuna             7,576     8,529       4,598      5,017
 Bluefin tuna               51       153          94        223
 Herring                 4,167     5,231         536        610
 Cod                        33       200          12         47
 Sardine                 2,562     1,888         237        111
 Mackerel                1,645     2,868         391        484
 Jack mackerel           2,247     2,222         467        570
 Capelin                 1,237       792         426        261
 Globefish                 286       271          52         40
 Rockfish                2,246     1,627         775        411
 Sablefish               1,547     1,437       1,526      1,199
 Other fish              5,068     6,696       1,225      1,170
 Mero (dressed)            287       151         404        100
 Herring roe               111       127          47         60
 Pollock roe             2,379     2,097       2,975      2,979
 Other fish roe            908     1,234         412        614
 IQ fish fillet          6,120     6,247       2,236      1,832
 Tuna, fillet            1,690     1,075       1,479        933
 Bluefine tuna, fillet   1,208       817       2,368      1,962
 Other fish, fillet      8,559     9,747       4,715      4,942
 Pollock surimi          3,311     4,966         754        847
 Threadfin bream surimi  5,192     4,129       1,222        714
 Other minced fish       8,078    10,085       2,240      2,514

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe             1,349     1,703       1,811      2,543
 Salmon, fillet             86       137          94        155
 Other fish                294       276         293        259

LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,045       891         510        466

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               1,576     1,641         628        585
 Tanner crab             3,520     3,455       1,102      1,156
 Oyster                    221       272         126        137
 Clam                      603       691         115        104
 Sea urchin roe            155       169         602        638
 Baby clam                 441     1,019         113        242
 Fresh water calm          853       761         115         99
 Others                    224       230         173        190

FROZEN:                               
 Spiny lobster             503       633       1,064      1,091
 Shrimp                 21,024    24,397      19,352     22,248
 King crab                 169       364         188        524
 Tanner crab             5,603     5,987       5,351      6,920
 European cuttlefish       769       859         526        542
 Squid/cuttlefish        4,161     4,122       1,933      1,738
 Octopus                 3,748     2,988       2,347      1,660
 Cuttlefish              1,666     2,101       1,089      1,272
 Squid                   1,808       677         375        183
 Sea urchin roe            377       375         834        841
 Baby clam                 179       297          71        115
 Others                    489       662         605        728

SALTED/DRIED:                         
 Cuttlefish                173       188         225        221
 Squid                     244        99         222         66
 Jellyfish                 636     1,296         255        388

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     880       890         428        474
 Salted                    826       396          83         84
 Fresh/frozen              696       813          83        112
 Others                    201       295          87        128

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,655     2,608       1,147        940
 Sardine, dried juvenile   206       456         171        292
 Eal                     3,509     4,261       5,118      6,108
 Other fish              7,368     7,496       3,255      3,195
 Pollock roe               965       818       1,860      1,365
 Salmon roe, ikura          84        71         147        120
 Crab                    1,134     1,099       1,845      1,879
 Shrimp, salted          1,438     1,590       1,569      2,049
 Shrimp, other           3,083     3,642       2,258      2,680
 Squid                   3,353     3,958       1,623      1,588
 Other molluscs          4,294     4,742       2,242      2,252
 Fish meal              34,246    51,615       2,644      4,164
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- = no imports

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12/09/13


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