JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JANUARY 2007
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     JAN. 2007 JAN. 2006   JAN. 2007  JAN. 2006
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LIVE:  	
 Eel, adult              1,750     1,408       2,018      2,189
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,625     1,759       1,284      1,256
 Yellowfin tuna          1,787     1,991       1,191      1,444
 Bigeye tuna             1,282     1,350       1,126      1,114
 Bluefin tuna              593       800       1,598      1,776
 Spanish mackerel          379       201         197         79
 Other fish              1,371     1,492         632        558

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         1,455       871         720        342
 Pacific coho           19,576    18,991       9,178      8,844
 Other pacific salmon      348       331         166        173
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  5,111     5,734       2,780      2,958

 Halibut                 2,917     1,466       1,721        895

 Other flatfish          1,179     1,283     	 370        413
 Yellowfin tuna          4,090     9,091       1,493      1,974
 Skipjack                  596     8,892       	  71        651
 Bigeye tuna             7,809     7,977       5,489      4,289
 Bluefin tuna              480       209       1,037        523
 Herring                 1,846     1,894         253        240
 Cod                       392       907         202        376
 Sardine                 1,912     1,334       	 172        117
 Mackerel                7,367     7,500       1,996      2,337
 Jack mackerel          14,085    13,502       1,802      1,550
 Capelin                 1,296     1,011         499        404
 Globefish                 775     1,218         145        189
 Rockfish                1,150       378         499        164
 Sablefish                 937       582       1,102        579
 Other fish              4,329     4,002       1,076        929
 Herring roe               148         5          56          4
 Pollock roe               547       422         423        571
 Other fish roe            293       496         494        448
 IQ fish fillet          6,511     7,958       2,391      2,940
 Tuna, fillet            1,281       962       1,257        824
 Bluefine tuna, fillet     828     1,993       2,300      4,999
 Other fish, fillet      5,464     9,913       3,185      6,268
 Pollock surimi          2,763       862         660        214
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,543     2,602         998        559
 Other minced fish       9,515     7,595       2,861      2,353

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe                45        96          29         66
 Salmon, fillet             26        82          32        102
 Other fish                347       268         436        295
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,361     1,101         655        618

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 924     1,708         571        784
 Tanner crab             1,008     1,136         413        388
 Oyster                     74       285          64        211
 Clam                      724     1,480         236        389
 Sea urchin roe            126       147         703        782
 Baby clam               1,940     3,505         293        500
 Fresh water calm          543       572         131        105
 Others                    219       379         221        322

FROZEN:	
 Spiny lobster             275       188         602        319
 Shrimp                 15,375    18,130      15,550     16,433
 King crab               1,295     1,124       1,503      1,488
 Tanner crab               569       707         585        631
 European cuttlefish       330       611         288        440
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,908     3,402       1,786      1,477
 Octopus                 2,429     3,343       1,498      1,924
 Cuttlefish              1,618     1,785       1,344      1,173
 Squid                   1,558       997         331        335
 Sea urchin roe             31        30          22         51
 Baby clam                  41        62          19         22
 Others                    690       744         815        887

SALTED/DRIED:	
 Cuttlefish                197       114         175        145
 Squid                     265       532         198        481
 Jellyfish                 552       662         204        252

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     742       825         422        430
 Salted                    333       757          40         65
 Fresh/frozen              350       447          42         39
 Others                    106       124         105         92

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,062     2,159         927        909
 Sardine, dried juvenile   292       107         324         88
 Eal                     3,959     3,090       5,313      5,202
 Other fish              6,870     7,176       3,392      3,244
 Pollock roe               803       971       1,300      1,726
 Salmon roe, ikura          63        75         118        129
 Crab                    1,241     1,588       1,842      2,379
 Shrimp, salted          1,679     1,530       2,112      1,797
 Shrimp, other           3,811     4,627       2,977      3,365
 Squid                   3,840     3,679       1,700      1,711
 Other molluscs          3,875     4,067       2,012      2,080
 Fish meal              25,738    30,431       3,083      2,564
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12/09/13


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