JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
AUGUST 2010
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Fishery Products      Metric tons          Million yen
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LIVE:
 Eel, adult              1,415                 2,238

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,682                 1,342
 Yellowfin tuna          1,204                 1,034
 Bigeye tuna             1,076                   961
 Bluefin tuna              149                   375
 Spanish mackerel          218                    78
 Other fish                187                   187

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye        16,777                 9,974
 Pacific coho              510                   234
 Other pacific salmon    1,269                   513
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  2,370                 1,254
 Halibut                 3,341                 1,796
 Other flatfish          3,116                   580
 Yellowfin tuna          4,580                 1,385
 Skipjack                2,533                   335
 Bigeye tuna             5,322                 3,882
 Bluefin tuna              110                   213
 Herring                 1,143                   140
 Cod                        63                    14
 Sardine                 1,133                    91
 Mackerel                  845                   218
 Jack mackerel           2,009                   403
 Capelin                 1,564                   416
 Globefish                 233                    34
 Rockfish                4,982                 1,593
 Sablefish               1,111                 1,381
 Other fish              5,613                 1,546
 Herring roe                38                    17
 Pollock roe             1,398                 1,044
 Other fish roe            792                   440
 IQ fish fillet          4,622                 1,659
 Tuna, fillet            1,845                 1,938
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    1,946                 4,050
 Other fish, fillet      4,912                 2,461
 Pollock surimi          7,730                 2,259
 Threadfin bream surimi  2,710                   716
 Other minced fish       8,317                 2,870

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               865                   855
 Salmon, fillet            128                   159
 Other fish                187                   216
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                307                   238

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 408                   350
 Tanner crab               985                   386
 Oyster                     86                    56
 Clam                      226                    47
 Sea urchin roe            130                   509
 Baby clam                 764                   181
 Fresh water calm          251                    43
 Others                    105                    97

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             109                   271
 Shrimp                 20,415                17,258
 King crab                 179                   256
 Tanner crab             2,762                 2,782
 European cuttlefish       396                   307
 Squid/cuttlefish        1,870                 1,120
 Octopus                 1,714                   914
 Cuttlefish              1,312                   883
 Squid                   2,838                   789
 Sea urchin roe            175                   408
 Baby clam                 142                    43
 Others                    548                   672

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 62                    73
 Squid                     103                    88
 Jellyfish                 503                   139

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     925                   516
 Salted                    293                    25
 Fresh/frozen              256                    35
 Others                    157                    75
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,497                 1,048
 Sardine, dried juvenile    79                    73
 Eal                     1,338                 2,119
 Other fish              7,408                 2,857
 Pollock roe               547                   701
 Salmon roe, ikura         123                   236
 Crab                    1,112                 1,602
 Shrimp, salted          2,016                 2,016
 Shrimp, other           4,052                 2,623
 Squid                   4,132                 1,577
 Other molluscs          3,784                 1,716
 Fish meal              46,012                 6,743
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu   

12/09/13


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