JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JUNE 2007
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     JUNE 2007 JUNE 2006   JUNE 2007  JUNE 2006
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              2,407     1,890       3,045      2,957
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,534     1,568       1,184      1,489
 Yellowfin tuna          1,095     1,416         888      1,179
 Bigeye tuna               978     1,325         864      1,199
 Bluefin tuna              172       159         459        361
 Spanish mackerel          344       468         201        220
 Other fish                583       636         350        404

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         1,494       866       1,001        443
 Pacific coho            1,356     2,080         645      1,079
 Other pacific salmon      597     1,021         375        406
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,948     4,044       1,945      2,221

 Halibut                 1,474     1,911         911      1,162

 Other flatfish          2,832     2,342         792        728
 Yellowfin tuna          7,646     6,744       3,035      2,795
 Skipjack                2,320     3,596         264        354
 Bigeye tuna             6,875     6,503       4,538      5,641
 Bluefin tuna              503         -       1,111          -
 Herring                10,700    13,723       1,964      1,732
 Cod                       606       227         284        102
 Sardine                 1,119       785          82         70
 Mackerel                1,533     1,051         492        381
 Jack mackerel           1,715     2,572         308        361
 Capelin                 2,159     1,114         799        448
 Globefish                 244       414          66        108
 Rockfish                1,485       655         599        294
 Sablefish               1,494     2,003       1,883      2,312
 Other fish             15,940     7,004       1,671      1,617
 Herring roe                20        64           8         21
 Pollock roe             3,937     6,031       4,123      6,099
 Other fish roe          1,200       510         669        290
 IQ fish fillet          5,035     5,632       2,041      2,257
 Tuna, fillet            1,632     2,180       1,671      2,181
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      182        15         510         44
 Other fish, fillet      5,711     8,770       3,186      5,631
 Pollock surimi          3,395     4,111         923      1,146
 Threadfin bream surimi  5,021     4,909       1,168      1,057
 Other minced fish       9,302    11,716       2,889      3,409

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe             1,022     1,202       2,132      1,688
 Salmon, fillet             75        33          89         38
 Other fish                403       483         467        492
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,392     1,684         554        774

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 524       990         335        409
 Tanner crab             3,522     4,492       1,462      1,309
 Oyster                    435       790         227        398
 Clam                      411       657         131        176
 Sea urchin roe             92       114         389        432
 Baby clam                 981     1,193         216        297
 Fresh water calm          319       425          53         51
 Others                    198       226         178        240

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             261       368         793        850
 Shrimp                 16,013    18,632      15,805     18,765
 King crab                 711       714         958        887
 Tanner crab             3,942     4,106       4,576      3,741
 European cuttlefish       750       825         535        442
 Squid/cuttlefish        4,217     4,231       2,388      2,167
 Octopus                 4,397     1,851       3,356      1,022
 Cuttlefish              1,627     1,974       1,403      1,383
 Squid                   6,189     3,729       1,097        819
 Sea urchin roe            147       116         440        265
 Baby clam                 116       353          44        155
 Others                    882       784         671        887

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                138       134         163        171
 Squid                     244       178         182        141
 Jellyfish                 375     1,011         190        363

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     922       871         558        473
 Salted                    672       549          92         68
 Fresh/frozen              796     1,243          97        128
 Others                    160       161          71        128

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,320     2,680       1,113      1,101
 Sardine, dried juvenile    88       236          92        204
 Eal                     5,038     2,386       7,592      3,782
 Other fish              7,296     8,018       3,698      3,478
 Pollock roe               894     1,028       1,340      1,721
 Salmon roe, ikura           0        73           1        114
 Crab                    1,122     1,177       1,645      1,686
 Shrimp, salted          1,390     1,555       1,678      1,927
 Shrimp, other           3,910     3,949       3,097      2,922
 Squid                   3,963     4,479       1,802      1,927
 Other molluscs          3,670     4,789       2,080      2,363
 Fish meal              29,513    27,096       3,910      2,667
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12/09/13


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