JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
DECEMBER 2009

----------------------------------------------------------
Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
----------------------------------------------------------

LIVE:
 Eel, adult               984                   1,175

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         2,454                  1,692
 Yellowfin tuna          1,984                  1,418
 Bigeye tuna             1,579                  1,193
 Bluefin tuna              830                  1,727
 Spanish mackerel          309                    163
 Other fish              1,401                    610

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         1,537                    851
 Pacific coho           11,599                  5,348
 Other pacific salmon      557                    192
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  2,775                  1,369
 Halibut                 1,936                  1,011
 Other flatfish          1,895                    395
 Yellowfin tuna          4,332                  1,580
 Skipjack                5,174                    573
 Bigeye tuna             7,804                  6,071
 Bluefin tuna               14                     24
 Herring                   911                     94
 Cod                     2,983                    836
 Sardine                   414                     38
 Mackerel               18,390                  3,792
 Jack mackerel           5,082                    605
 Capelin                 1,104                    357
 Globefish                 862                    175
 Rockfish                2,314                    661
 Sablefish                 537                    604
 Other fish              5,699                  1,222
 Herring roe               301                    243
 Pollock roe               834                    579
 Other fish roe            341                    335
 IQ fish fillet          4,190                  1,587
 Tuna, fillet            1,631                  1,967
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      485                    876
 Other fish, fillet      5,221                  2,738
 Pollock surimi          6,046                  1,492
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,880                  1,129
 Other minced fish      12,509                  3,350

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               269                    288
 Salmon, fillet             26                     24
 Other fish                444                    517

LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,101                    744

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 578                    645
 Tanner crab             1,414                    454
 Oyster                    145                    120
 Clam                    1,236                    264
 Sea urchin roe            200                    998
 Baby clam               5,034                    687
 Fresh water calm          308                     62
 Others                    539                    324

FROZEN:    
 Spiny lobster             126                    171
 Shrimp                 18,445                 15,038
 King crab               1,266                  1,715
 Tanner crab             1,125                  1,130
 European cuttlefish       269                    193
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,424                  1,498
 Octopus                 5,838                  2,941
 Cuttlefish              1,201                    810
 Squid                   1,053                    318
 Sea urchin roe            150                    312
 Baby clam                 104                     31
 Others                    577                    846

SALTED/DRIED:    
 Cuttlefish                129                    142
 Squid                      98                     72
 Jellyfish                 317                    118

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     664                    359
 Salted                    294                     43
 Fresh/frozen              305                     30
 Others                     95                     58

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,626                    668
 Sardine, dried juvenile   143                    132
 Eal                     1,427                  1,721
 Other fish              6,434                  3,362
 Pollock roe               745                    975
 Salmon roe, ikura          91                    190
 Crab                    1,595                  2,219
 Shrimp, salted          2,474                  2,501
 Shrimp, other           4,176                  2,802
 Squid                   4,083                  1,697
 Other molluscs          3,609                  1,607
 Fish meal              11,809                  1,080
----------------------------------------------------------
- = no imports

Contact: 
Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


blueball.gif (924 bytes) Japanese Fishery Imports
blueball.gif (924 bytes) Japanese Market News
blueball.gif (924 bytes) Southwest Region Home Page