JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JULY 2007
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     JULY 2007 JULY 2006   JULY 2007  JULY 2006
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              2,577     2,631       3,277      4,192
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,610     1,536       1,279      1,481
 Yellowfin tuna          1,101     1,189         961      1,094
 Bigeye tuna             1,210     1,192       1,150      1,171
 Bluefin tuna              138       103         210        172
 Spanish mackerel           62       106          53         84
 Other fish                439       328         301        253

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         4,903     5,036       2,836      2,498
 Pacific coho            1,508       244         694        128
 Other pacific salmon      560     1,410         244        567
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,445     2,555       1,568      1,409

 Halibut                 1,838     1,554       1,144        998

 Other flatfish          2,543     1,700         711        510
 Yellowfin tuna          5,335     9,187       2,069      4,148
 Skipjack                3,351     3,942         530        409
 Bigeye tuna             7,745     8,051       5,380      7,123
 Bluefin tuna               60       147         160        326
 Herring                 3,342     6,946         563        849
 Cod                       157       248          61        108
 Sardine                   737       567          57         51
 Mackerel                1,418       825         428        304
 Jack mackerel           2,054     2,511         512        419
 Capelin                 1,275     1,207         489        460
 Globefish                 210       265          38         49
 Rockfish                2,974     3,046       1,127      1,295
 Sablefish               1,880     1,461       2,328      1,681
 Other fish             12,619     8,784       1,575      1,610
 Herring roe                35        68          43         23
 Pollock roe             1,585     2,479       1,633      2,505
 Other fish roe            807       898         490        499
 IQ fish fillet          4,860     5,541       1,964      2,275
 Tuna, fillet            1,558     1,828       1,606      2,128
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      413     1,427       1,142      2,913
 Other fish, fillet      5,612     9,545       3,316      6,403
 Pollock surimi          4,086     2,819       1,046        762
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,903     4,638       1,174      1,017
 Other minced fish      10,384     9,706       3,190      2,950

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               720     1,180       1,205      1,463
 Salmon, fillet             73        24          94         27
 Other fish                303       325         372        376
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                739       992         324        429

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 882     1,192         532        527
 Tanner crab             4,075     3,678       1,715      1,055
 Oyster                    177       356         111        193
 Clam                      333       450          95        123
 Sea urchin roe            103       120         453        478
 Baby clam                 432       532         130        188
 Fresh water calm          430       594          97        102
 Others                    104       173          98        203

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             314       272         869        788
 Shrimp                 17,296    21,959      16,670     22,096
 King crab                 655       601         870        695
 Tanner crab             4,896     5,251       5,983      4,910
 European cuttlefish       644       424         514        325
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,646     3,256       2,120      2,002
 Octopus                 3,673     4,967       2,688      3,086
 Cuttlefish              1,904     1,513       1,603      1,075
 Squid                   3,913     1,937         718        468
 Sea urchin roe            257       198         734        587
 Baby clam                  77       159          40         72
 Others                    751       597         695        738

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                207        96         240        113
 Squid                     239       175         182        148
 Jellyfish                 307     1,106         160        321

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     898       951         538        492
 Salted                    510       517          70         49
 Fresh/frozen              512       884          80         92
 Others                    118       284          93        124

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,361     2,742       1,162      1,201
 Sardine, dried juvenile    99        69         151         73
 Eal                     3,725     1,398       5,489      2,190
 Other fish              7,424     6,919       3,487      3,255
 Pollock roe               973     1,149       1,483      1,889
 Salmon roe, ikura          83        87         175        162
 Crab                    1,033     1,352       1,644      2,143
 Shrimp, salted          1,526     1,474       1,903      1,849
 Shrimp, other           4,172     3,964       3,309      3,028
 Squid                   5,187     3,858       2,109      1,854
 Other molluscs          3,993     4,382       2,339      2,236
 Fish meal              41,721    50,368       5,825      5,767
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12/09/13


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