JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
OCTOBER 2009
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult                527                   632
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,625                 1,068
 Yellowfin tuna          1,170                   921
 Bigeye tuna             1,086                   855
 Bluefin tuna              648                 1,234
 Spanish mackerel          280                   129
 Other fish                688                   284

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         5,229                 2,845
 Pacific coho            1,453                   642
 Other pacific salmon      832                   320
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  2,215                 1,108
 Halibut                 2,554                 1,330

 Other flatfish          1,149                   258
 Yellowfin tuna          2,827                 1,187
 Skipjack                4,749                   405
 Bigeye tuna             6,860                 5,008
 Bluefin tuna               86                    67
 Herring                   136                    13
 Cod                     2,554                   735
 Sardine                 2,415                   181
 Mackerel                  994                   260
 Jack mackerel           1,030                   132
 Capelin                 1,460                   392
 Globefish                 657                    95
 Rockfish                3,604                 1,155
 Sablefish               1,062                 1,177
 Other fish             12,547                 2,616
 Herring roe             1,481                 1,257
 Pollock roe               498                   372
 Other fish roe          2,041                 2,092
 IQ fish fillet          3,301                 1,252
 Tuna, fillet            1,542                 1,731
 Bluefin tuna, fillet       84                   239
 Other fish, fillet      4,400                 2,146
 Pollock surimi          9,533                 2,463
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,761                 1,040
 Other minced fish      10,227                 2,922

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               703                   840
 Salmon, fillet             15                    18
 Other fish                258                   310
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                864                   520

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 515                   384
 Tanner crab             1,999                   491
 Oyster                     90                    80
 Clam                      565                   134
 Sea urchin roe            142                   631
 Baby clam               1,084                   253
 Fresh water calm          166                    31
 Others                    364                   198

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             132                   209
 Shrimp                 19,829                15,863
 King crab                 862                 1,197
 Tanner crab             1,077                 1,088
 European cuttlefish       429                   246
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,046                 1,531
 Octopus                 6,634                 3,324
 Cuttlefish              1,255                   803
 Squid                   1,235                   285
 Sea urchin roe            419                   983
 Baby clam                  44                    13
 Others                    497                   717

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 99                   118
 Squid                      43                    30
 Jellyfish                 542                   156

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     755                   418
 Salted                    350                    35
 Fresh/frozen              322                    25
 Others                  1,015                   519
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,153                   906
 Sardine, dried juvenile    80                    94
 Eal                       862                 1,016
 Other fish              5,698                 2,474
 Pollock roe               668                   882
 Salmon roe, ikura         139                   347
 Crab                    1,278                 1,946
 Shrimp, salted          2,015                 2,039
 Shrimp, other           3,167                 2,082
 Squid                   3,588                 1,319
 Other molluscs          3,010                 1,489
 Fish meal              31,397                 2,948
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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