JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, NOVEMBER 2007
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     NOV. 2007 NOV. 2006   NOV. 2007  NOV. 2006
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              1,345     1,623       1,645      1,810

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,680     1,851       1,287      1,374
 Yellowfin tuna          1,159     1,507         931      1,140
 Bigeye tuna             1,092     1,065         937        978
 Bluefin tuna              348       830         791      1,747
 Spanish mackerel          265       339         123        187
 Other fish                735     1,357         434        674

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         5,175     2,634       2,615      1,204
 Pacific coho            2,334     6,211         887      2,974
 Other pacific salmon      362       455         259        242
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,515     3,345       1,564      1,833

 Halibut                 2,501     2,089       1,445      1,210

 Other flatfish          1,453     1,701         368        499
 Yellowfin tuna          4,126     5,534       1,562      1,927
 Skipjack                5,792     3,681         856        382
 Bigeye tuna             7,209     5,824       4,909      4,370
 Bluefin tuna              266       130         578        222
 Herring                    24       408           3         42
 Cod                       469     2,595         249      1,383
 Sardine                 1,539     3,172         112        281
 Mackerel                6,265    13,474       1,686      3,180
 Jack mackerel           1,583     2,689         299        326
 Capelin                 1,107       992         490        398
 Globefish               1,535     1,970         782      1,115
 Rockfish                  905     1,503         334        616
 Sablefish               1,055       879       1,291      1,023
 Other fish              7,403     8,131       1,487      1,816
 Herring roe             1,240     1,161         903        526
 Pollock roe               637       971         703        972
 Other fish roe            920       731       1,700        851
 IQ fish fillet          5,047     6,072       2,019      2,612
 Tuna, fillet            1,890     1,129       1,904      1,196
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      238       468         606      1,157
 Other fish, fillet      5,893     9,961       3,187      7,316
 Pollock surimi          9,502    12,641       2,934      3,180
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,363     5,318       1,074      1,183
 Other minced fish      10,821    13,397       3,200      3,795

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               835       932         914        851
 Salmon, fillet             66        45          74         54
 Other fish                296       410         351        494
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,260     1,541         695        717

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 750     2,020         667      1,337
 Tanner crab             3,192     2,229       1,028        524
 Oyster                    258       433         202        411
 Clam                      975     1,533         270        432
 Sea urchin roe            155       174         820        988
 Baby clam               3,001     6,655         407        930
 Fresh water calm          129       390          16         64
 Others                    456       529         364        446

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             299       350         779        791
 Shrimp                 20,694    22,834      20,494     24,755
 King crab               3,490     5,079       6,507      8,231
 Tanner crab             1,137     1,651       1,593      1,911
 European cuttlefish       429       607         335        436
 Squid/cuttlefish        5,446     4,629       2,786      2,615
 Octopus                 5,699     5,676       4,471      3,738
 Cuttlefish              1,326     1,904       1,055      1,466
 Squid                   1,859     2,766         457        680
 Sea urchin roe            226       312         596        764
 Baby clam                  59        86          23         30
 Others                    838       717       1,163        903

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                248       171         321        174
 Squid                     228       155         176        115
 Jellyfish                 235       586         131        157

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     919       931         558        508
 Salted                    548       676          59         58
 Fresh/frozen              394       253          51         26
 Others                  1,146     1,042         641        503

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,178     2,350       1,118      1,061
 Sardine, dried juvenile   121       189         128        192
 Eal                       565     3,082         803      4,313
 Other fish              7,292     6,844       3,749      3,707
 Pollock roe               903     1,157       1,318      1,630
 Salmon roe, ikura         271       383         698        810
 Crab                    1,788     1,799       3,012      2,624
 Shrimp, salted          1,769     1,702       2,066      2,127
 Shrimp, other           4,464     4,192       3,317      3,341
 Squid                   4,318     4,529       1,881      2,079
 Other molluscs          3,513     4,714       2,147      2,561
 Fish meal              26,990    28,305       2,945      3,410
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12/09/13


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