JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, DECEMBER 2007
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     DEC. 2007 DEC. 2006   DEC. 2007  DEC. 2006
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              1,563     1,884       1,984      2,099

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         2,518     2,413       2,048      1,860
 Yellowfin tuna          1,832     2,370       1,438      1,768
 Bigeye tuna             1,673     1,594       1,560      1,415
 Bluefin tuna            1,244     1,115       2,132      2,845
 Spanish mackerel          613       441         210        169
 Other fish              1,384     2,000         715        876

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         2,259       931       1,162        440
 Pacific coho            7,793    11,922       2,975      5,555
 Other pacific salmon      178       296         165        198
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,905     3,888       1,561      2,133

 Halibut                 1,770     1,790       1,036      1,080

 Other flatfish          1,327     2,076          382       636
 Yellowfin tuna          4,763     4,936       1,555      1,684
 Skipjack                3,443     4,676          479       483
 Bigeye tuna             6,532     6,298       4,505      4,610
 Bluefin tuna              560       457       1,386      1,128
 Herring                 1,673     1,018         233        175
 Cod                       211       718         114        353
 Sardine                 1,839     1,683          147       134
 Mackerel               20,985    14,910       5,175      3,799
 Jack mackerel           4,462     7,827         579        908
 Capelin                 1,100       848         465        352
 Globefish                 958     1,075         190        237
 Rockfish                1,893     1,350         582        562
 Sablefish                 821       955         972      1,080
 Other fish              5,677     7,070       1,221      1,624
 Herring roe               143       193         101         77
 Pollock roe             1,616     1,446       1,288      1,484
 Other fish roe            153       575         125        704
 IQ fish fillet          4,486     6,124       1,787      2,472
 Tuna, fillet            1,968     1,705       2,217      1,913
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    1,403    33,282       5,253      8,982
 Other fish, fillet      5,170    11,393       2,933      8,495
 Pollock surimi          7,626    10,875       2,414      2,705
 Threadfin bream surimi  5,300     4,744       1,339      1,031
 Other minced fish      12,039    11,245       3,610      3,276

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               508       477         392        390
 Salmon, fillet             69        32          74         38
 Other fish                362       401         412        485
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,942     1,980         981        861

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               1,020     2,145         923      1,691
 Tanner crab             2,435     2,104         804        607
 Oyster                    247       262         179        258
 Clam                    1,464     1,945         393        609
 Sea urchin roe            205       246       1,153      1,380
 Baby clam               4,887     4,586         640        633
 Fresh water calm          320       522          68        101
 Others                    466       479         419        450

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             292       344         810        736
 Shrimp                 20,436    22,698      19,211     24,212
 King crab               2,197     2,327       3,814      2,963
 Tanner crab               866     1,109       1,184      1,187
 European cuttlefish       297       896         233        606
 Squid/cuttlefish        4,677     2,579       1,829      1,583
 Octopus                 4,672     3,742       3,585      2,309
 Cuttlefish              1,363     2,206       1,063      1,676
 Squid                   1,238     2,327         294        503
 Sea urchin roe            106       148         241        364
 Baby clam                  61        44          25         16
 Others                    593       696         810        926

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                200       132         297        115
 Squid                     262       131         189         95
 Jellyfish                 447       545         209        223

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     604       811         370        436
 Salted                    242       605          25         54
 Fresh/frozen              283       330          36         38
 Others                     96       125          81         98

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,995     1,970       1,007        890
 Sardine, dried juvenile    96       208         116        204
 Eal                     1,171     2,741       1,797      3,676
 Other fish              7,196     7,053       3,990      3,663
 Pollock roe               914       985       1,368      1,507
 Salmon roe, ikura          57       153         166        353
 Crab                    2,011     1,800       3,446      2,564
 Shrimp, salted          1,851     2,120       2,144      2,691
 Shrimp, other           4,218     4,728       3,271      3,809
 Squid                   4,246     4,619       1,840      2,141
 Other molluscs          4,637     4,439       2,451      2,417
 Fish meal              14,588    20,552       1,479      2,397
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12/09/13


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