JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JUNE 2005
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     June 2005 June 2004   June 2005  June 2004
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LIVE:                               
 Eel, adult              2,356     2,795       3,333      3,241
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlanic salmon          1,919     1,830       1,322      1,180
 Yellowfin tuna          1,671     1,919       1,228      1,442
 Bigeye tuna             1,136     1,273       1,896      1,062
 Bluefin tuna              187       572         441        593
 Spanish mackerel          419       534         174        297
 Other fish              1,006     1,114         479        509

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           637       381         494        266
 Pacific coho              945     1,522         436        471
 Other pacific salmon    1,245     1,099         635        525
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,320     3,733       1,564      1,484
 Halibut                 2,183     1,578       1,244      1,007
 Other flatfish          3,858     3,571         914        826
 Yellowfin tuna         16,755    12,599       4,884      4,109
 Skipjack                6,886     9,561         681        908
 Bigeye tuna             8,632    12,029       5,191      7,133
 Bluefin tuna               11       294          19        418
 Herring                16,470    13,276       2,475      1,813
 Cod                       104       476          32        141
 Sardine                 1,129     1,255          94         86
 Mackerel                2,193     4,088         527        676
 Jack mackerel           2,207     3,408         344        567
 Capelin                 1,354       778         463        259
 Globefish                 492       478          77         83
 Rockfish                  970       861         324        215
 Sablefish               2,164     1,449       2,073      1,287
 Other fish              6,436     4,801       1,163      1,077
 Mero (dressed)            288       522         367        462
 Herring roe                28         -           9          -
 Pollock roe             5,724     3,473       7,599      5,488
 Other fish roe            661     1,589         295        790
 IQ fish fillet          6,384     6,682       2,253      1,974
 Tuna, fillet            1,329       961       1,116        829
 Bluefine tuna, fillet     188       450         369      1,131
 Other fish, fillet      8,157     9,131       4,489      4,753
 Pollock surimi          2,433     5,048         597        867
 Threadfin bream surimi  6,787     4,709       1,512        769
 Other minced fish      10,474     8,950       2,862      2,367

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe             1,710     1,596       2,503      2,379
 Salmon, fillet            113        41         117         41
 Other fish                254       163         248        148

LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,062     1,382         436        612

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               1,255     2,079         426        673
 Tanner crab             4,380     4,557       1,481      1,582
 Oyster                    297       425         151        214
 Clam                      708       730         136        120
 Sea urchin roe            133       136         528        512
 Baby clam                 606     2,022         145        407
 Fresh water calm          503       697          53         79
 Others                    293       313         221        243

FROZEN:                               
 Spiny lobster             314       319         629        677
 Shrimp                 18,979    17,284      17,435     15,698
 King crab                 221       150         279        183
 Tanner crab             3,900     4,293       3,641      4,837
 European cuttlefish     1,188     1,412         673        760
 Squid/cuttlefish        4,816     5,002       2,191      1,937
 Octopus                 5,286     4,273       3,310      2,726
 Cuttlefish              1,847     1,680       1,139      1,021
 Squid                   1,784       543         526        164
 Sea urchin roe            208       285         454        602
 Baby clam                 235       328          92        133
 Others                    438       795         545        656

SALTED/DRIED:                         
 Cuttlefish                141       161         159        196
 Squid                     156       283         132        222
 Jellyfish                 625       840         276        295

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     922       944         462        484
 Salted                    544     1,192          48        117
 Fresh/frozen            1,560     2,949         142        366
 Others                    123       278          57         88

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,847     2,202       1,128        828
 Sardine, dried juvenile   227       212         189        166
 Eal                     5,524     6,317       8,671      9,595
 Other fish              7,788     6,901       3,424      2,813
 Pollock roe               820       799       1,583      1,237
 Salmon roe, ikura          30        80          58        145
 Crab                    1,286     1,379       2,128      2,294
 Shrimp, salted          1,418     1,476       1,661      2,002
 Shrimp, other           3,492     3,806       2,526      2,786
 Squid                   3,479     3,356       1,732      1,444
 Other molluscs          4,488     4,313       2,066      2,008
 Fish meal              30,999    33,918       2,329      2,695
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12/09/13


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