JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
AUGUST 2009
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:
 Eel, adult                768                 1,059

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,746                 1,270
 Yellowfin tuna            989                   870
 Bigeye tuna             1,272                 1,204
 Bluefin tuna              367                   600
 Spanish mackerel          180                    84
 Other fish                111                   133

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         9,629                 5,062
 Pacific coho            2,096                   989
 Other pacific salmon      692                   181
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,236                 1,537
 Halibut                 2,553                 1,408

 Other flatfish          1,474                   326
 Yellowfin tuna          3,385                 1,025
 Skipjack                1,621                   182
 Bigeye tuna             6,519                 4,362
 Bluefin tuna               39                    70
 Herring                   477                    58
 Cod                       152                    38
 Sardine                 1,458                   138
 Mackerel                  437                   152
 Jack mackerel           1,575                   250
 Capelin                 1,203                   401
 Globefish                  69                    10
 Rockfish                5,413                 1,628
 Sablefish                 875                   983
 Other fish              7,322                 1,151
 Herring roe                 6                     6
 Pollock roe               821                   480
 Other fish roe            488                   492
 IQ fish fillet          3,717                 1,509
 Tuna, fillet            1,445                 1,411
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    1,000                 1,787
 Other fish, fillet      4,805                 2,385
 Pollock surimi          5,386                 1,374
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,148                   706
 Other minced fish       7,475                 2,226

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               643                 1,105
 Salmon, fillet             55                    51
 Other fish                262                   308

LIVE:
 Sea urchin                326                   270

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 765                   449
 Tanner crab             2,388                   653
 Oyster                     64                    38
 Clam                      238                    60
 Sea urchin roe            127                   478
 Baby clam                 870                   218
 Fresh water calm          119                    22
 Others                    123                    89

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster              98                   188
 Shrimp                 17,955                14,895
 King crab                 575                   694
 Tanner crab             2,873                 2,504
 European cuttlefish       252                   191
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,584                 1,304
 Octopus                 3,539                 1,731
 Cuttlefish              1,346                   869
 Squid                   2,197                   404
 Sea urchin roe            379                 1,101
 Baby clam                  54                    23
 Others                    547                   714

SALTED/DRIED:
 Cuttlefish                162                   139
 Squid                     167                   128
 Jellyfish                 548                   164

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     677                   408
 Salted                    147                    17
 Fresh/frozen              128                    15
 Others                    241                   117

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,953                   873
 Sardine, dried juvenile    78                    94
 Eal                     1,410                 1,494
 Other fish              6,338                 2,769
 Pollock roe               364                   546
 Salmon roe, ikura         205                   552
 Crab                      778                 1,283
 Shrimp, salted          1,982                 2,096
 Shrimp, other           3,519                 2,379
 Squid                   3,521                 1,267
 Other molluscs          3,148                 1,522
 Fish meal              22,563                 2,197
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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