JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, SEPTEMBER 2007
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     SEP. 2007 SEP. 2006   SEP. 2007  SEP. 2006
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult                888     1,121       1,060      1,481
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,685     1,440       1,359      1,199
 Yellowfin tuna          1,083     1,189         900        913
 Bigeye tuna             1,004     1,148         879        996
 Bluefin tuna              192       664         484      1,268
 Spanish mackerel          140       291          61        148
 Other fish                532       692         307        361

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         6,092     8,056       3,166      4,098
 Pacific coho              790       783         338        362
 Other pacific salmon      837     1,294         380        451
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  1,529     1,631         595        930

 Halibut                 1,494     1,570         866        955

 Other flatfish          2,511     2,985         639        769
 Yellowfin tuna          4,057     7,803       1,352      2,724
 Skipjack                  340     1,616          55        158
 Bigeye tuna             8,620     4,815       5,662      3,444
 Bluefin tuna              585        44       1,141         60
 Herring                   482     1,250          52        195
 Cod                       484       969         228        478
 Sardine                 1,071     2,262          77        202
 Mackerel                  662       689         208        253
 Jack mackerel           2,212     2,499         497        368
 Capelin                 3,339     3,103         905        850
 Globefish                 613     1,088         110        168
 Rockfish                4,350     3,019       1,431      1,236
 Sablefish               1,092     1,219       1,287      1,426
 Other fish              3,616     7,088         747      1,399
 Herring roe                68        64          37         32
 Pollock roe               695       811         701        975
 Other fish roe            856       807         915        572
 IQ fish fillet          3,445     5,643       1,351      2,313
 Tuna, fillet            1,358     1,189       1,394      1,221
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    1,040       425       2,535        820
 Other fish, fillet      4,453     8,605       2,368      6,012
 Pollock surimi         10,931    12,751       3,192      2,963
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,434     2,432         848        568
 Other minced fish       9,295     8,607       2,680      2,701

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               698       954       1,046        907
 Salmon, fillet            124       295         163        354
 Other fish                204       317         245        379
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                307       951         173        483

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 713     2,035         424      1,088
 Tanner crab             1,700     1,798         645        462
 Oyster                    154       299         114        200
 Clam                      335       699          93        201
 Sea urchin roe            123       125         654        557
 Baby clam                 191       511          55        163
 Fresh water calm          132       344          18         50
 Others                     91        97          87         54

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             104       261         327        629
 Shrimp                 19,804    21,665      19,426     21,621
 King crab                 485       922         671      1,021
 Tanner crab               883     1,680         995      1,691
 European cuttlefish       249       604         256        374
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,714     2,859       1,515      1,721
 Octopus                 2,081     3,443       1,430      2,168
 Cuttlefish              1,360     1,364       1,074        974
 Squid                   1,596     1,319         348        339
 Sea urchin roe            325       260         919        765
 Baby clam                  74       107          39         46
 Others                    521       756         639        868

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 72       120         106        102
 Squid                     184       218         130        167
 Jellyfish                 293       896         133        279

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     656       884         414        487
 Salted                    256       310          25         24
 Fresh/frozen              385       374          39         51
 Others                  1,122     1,508         620        740

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,215     2,305       1,087      1,085
 Sardine, dried juvenile    89       164         103        164
 Eal                       435       928         690      1,295
 Other fish              5,926     6,285       2,678      2,827
 Pollock roe               725     1,220       1,032      1,868
 Salmon roe, ikura         558       830       1,176      1,471
 Crab                    1,003     1,223       1,743      1,892
 Shrimp, salted          1,476     1,565       1,738      2,028
 Shrimp, other           3,598     4,439       2,636      3,448
 Squid                   3,163     3,556       1,270      1,524
 Other molluscs          3,002     4,121       1,775      2,199
 Fish meal              29,150    47,272       3,744      6,531
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12/09/13


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