JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
SEPTEMBER 2009
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:
 Eel, adult                499                   624

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,608                 1,123
 Yellowfin tuna            872                   759
 Bigeye tuna             1,134                 1,030
 Bluefin tuna              477                   910
 Spanish mackerel          179                    72
 Other fish                346                   178

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         9,671                 5,260
 Pacific coho            2,415                 1,084
 Other pacific salmon      658                   221
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  1,387                   729
 Halibut                 2,397                 1,251

 Other flatfish          2,764                   466
 Yellowfin tuna          4,633                 1,295
 Skipjack                1,453                   188
 Bigeye tuna             5,216                 3,503
 Bluefin tuna               20                    37
 Herring                   165                    13
 Cod                       321                    92
 Sardine                 1,155                    71
 Mackerel                  313                   126
 Jack mackerel           2,711                   390
 Capelin                 2,128                   526
 Globefish                 332                    43
 Rockfish                3,188                 1,041
 Sablefish                 798                   872
 Other fish              6,854                 1,214
 Herring roe                74                    63
 Pollock roe               539                   687
 Other fish roe          1,065                   955
 IQ fish fillet          3,482                 1,388
 Tuna, fillet            1,473                 1,594
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      545                   974
 Other fish, fillet      5,044                 2,329
 Pollock surimi          5,182                 1,612
 Threadfin bream surimi  2,747                   638
 Other minced fish      10,353                 3,335

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               716                 1,050
 Salmon, fillet              8                    11
 Other fish                345                   417
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                233                   150

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 627                   385
 Tanner crab             1,762                   458
 Oyster                     77                    48
 Clam                      296                    67
 Sea urchin roe            140                   585
 Baby clam                 757                   186
 Fresh water calm          119                    22
 Others                    169                   112

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             147                   232
 Shrimp                 17,904                14,126
 King crab                 379                   581
 Tanner crab             1,669                 1,533
 European cuttlefish       276                   218
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,721                 1,363
 Octopus                 3,864                 1,939
 Cuttlefish              1,021                   642
 Squid                     928                   226
 Sea urchin roe            312                   867
 Baby clam                  90                    30
 Others                    444                   587

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 93                    75
 Squid                     110                    82
 Jellyfish                 444                   135

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     519                   300
 Salted                    188                    23
 Fresh/frozen              332                    34
 Others                     67                    45
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,307                   998
 Sardine, dried juvenile    59                    60
 Eal                       829                   883
 Other fish              5,708                 2,462
 Pollock roe               676                   922
 Salmon roe, ikura         149                   347
 Crab                      982                 1,512
 Shrimp, salted          1,808                 1,857
 Shrimp, other           2,827                 1,884
 Squid                   3,524                 1,255
 Other molluscs          2,786                 1,402
 Fish meal              32,963                 3,193
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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