JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, APRIL 2009
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen    
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              1,196                  1,637

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,946                  1,385
 Yellowfin tuna          1,501                  1,069
 Bigeye tuna             1,416                  1,105
 Bluefin tuna              601                    899
 Spanish mackerel          701                    335
 Other fish                752                    273

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           702                    394
 Pacific coho           14,048                  6,171
 Other pacific salmon      253                    122
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  8,962                  3,861
 Halibut                 1,858                  1,024

 Other flatfish          3,331                    768
 Yellowfin tuna          3,561                  1,050
 Skipjack                5,074                    562
 Bigeye tuna             7,284                  4,919
 Bluefin tuna            1,789                  3,946
 Herring                 1,529                    222
 Cod                       879                    251
 Sardine                 1,463                    129
 Mackerel                1,848                    503
 Jack mackerel           3,815                    549
 Capelin                 2,098                    558
 Globefish                 416                     77
 Rockfish                1,314                    393
 Sablefish                 249                    292
 Other fish              7,645                  1,729
 Herring roe                 -                      -
 Pollock roe             8,058                  8,278
 Other fish roe            309                    263
 IQ fish fillet          4,072                  1,680
 Tuna, fillet            1,323                  1,396
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    2,579                  7,608
 Other fish, fillet      5,130                  2,791
 Pollock surimi          5,534                  1,886
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,617                    788
 Other minced fish       6,909                  2,475

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               170                    141
 Salmon, fillet             74                     74
 Other fish                333                    411
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,234                    635

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 376                    176
 Tanner crab             2,197                    674
 Oyster                    703                    353
 Clam                      692                    171
 Sea urchin roe             96                    393
 Baby clam               6,265                    940
 Fresh water calm          261                     52
 Others                    519                    291

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             158                    277
 Shrimp                 15,772                 13,503
 King crab                 335                    537
 Tanner crab               966                    893
 European cuttlefish       359                    233
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,792                  1,774
 Octopus                 2,436                  1,211
 Cuttlefish              1,353                    947
 Squid                   1,948                    389
 Sea urchin roe             10                     15
 Baby clam                  69                     25
 Others                    582                    821

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                160                    147
 Squid                     320                    230
 Jellyfish                 479                    158

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     844                    509
 Salted                  1,802                    209
 Fresh/frozen            2,842                    284
 Others                     76                     76

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,870                    877
 Sardine, dried juvenile    78                     89
 Eal                     2,053                  2,372
 Other fish              6,738                  3,168
 Pollock roe               480                    725
 Salmon roe, ikura          88                    254
 Crab                    1,227                  2,012
 Shrimp, salted          1,571                  1,779
 Shrimp, other           3,141                  2,166
 Squid                   3,842                  1,611
 Other molluscs          3,173                  1,667
 Fish meal              19,778                  1,798
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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