JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
NOVEMBER 2009
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult                611                   716

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,771                 1,205
 Yellowfin tuna          1,099                   787
 Bigeye tuna             1,135                   862
 Bluefin tuna              636                 1,207
 Spanish mackerel          268                   149
 Other fish                839                   371

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         2,794                 1,476
 Pacific coho            4,900                 2,328
 Other pacific salmon      479                   251
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  2,125                 1,077
 Halibut                 1,697                   902

 Other flatfish          1,289                   259
 Yellowfin tuna          2,195                   839
 Skipjack                2,659                   288
 Bigeye tuna             4,641                 3,617
 Bluefin tuna                -                     -
 Herring                   611                    67
 Cod                     2,039                   603
 Sardine                 1,064                    81
 Mackerel                8,809                 1,903
 Jack mackerel           1,466                   190
 Capelin                   988                   341
 Globefish                 761                   182
 Rockfish                1,711                   486
 Sablefish                 841                   986
 Other fish             11,811                 2,439
 Herring roe               963                   815
 Pollock roe               438                   334
 Other fish roe          1,459                 1,438
 IQ fish fillet          3,699                 1,440
 Tuna, fillet            1,863                 2,216
 Bluefin tuna, fillet        2                    10
 Other fish, fillet      4,985                 2,586
 Pollock surimi          6,026                 1,683
 Threadfin bream surimi  5,232                 1,183
 Other minced fish      10,356                 2,978

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               448                   479
 Salmon, fillet             65                    59
 Other fish                553                   684
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                925                   541

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 652                   481
 Tanner crab             1,925                   467
 Oyster                     79                    62
 Clam                      761                   174
 Sea urchin roe            141                   642
 Baby clam               3,701                   605
 Fresh water calm          238                    47
 Others                    390                   220

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             288                   393
 Shrimp                 19,541                16,169
 King crab               3,094                 5,203
 Tanner crab             1,123                 1,138
 European cuttlefish       325                   250
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,696                 1,758
 Octopus                 4,904                 2,356
 Cuttlefish              1,368                   923
 Squid                   2,029                   395
 Sea urchin roe            350                   855
 Baby clam                  46                    16
 Others                    484                   611

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                217                   192
 Squid                      75                    55
 Jellyfish                 541                   154

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     676                   382
 Salted                    243                    24
 Fresh/frozen              460                    54
 Others                    963                   500
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,926                   808
 Sardine, dried juvenile   116                   132
 Eal                     1,018                 1,278
 Other fish              5,899                 2,856
 Pollock roe               739                   989
 Salmon roe, ikura         180                   398
 Crab                    1,445                 2,200
 Shrimp, salted          1,995                 2,007
 Shrimp, other           3,539                 2,345
 Squid                   3,357                 1,388
 Other molluscs          3,363                 1,524
 Fish meal              15,971                 1,566
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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