JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MAY 2009
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              1,178                 1,668

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,645                 1,243
 Yellowfin tuna          1,580                 1,177
 Bigeye tuna             1,212                   954
 Bluefin tuna              255                   466
 Spanish mackerel          412                   218
 Other fish                410                   207

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           326                   199
 Pacific coho            3,910                 1,722
 Other pacific salmon      589                   302
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  6,204                 2,801
 Halibut                 1,320                   699

 Other flatfish          2,633                   598
 Yellowfin tuna          2,213                   748
 Skipjack                4,327                   451
 Bigeye tuna             8,597                 5,926
 Bluefin tuna               26                    68
 Herring                 6,336                 1,093
 Cod                       124                    30
 Sardine                 1,773                   146
 Mackerel                1,756                   506
 Jack mackerel           1,782                   281
 Capelin                 5,954                 1,104
 Globefish                 193                    35
 Rockfish                1,415                   439
 Sablefish               1,638                 2,086
 Other fish              6,074                 1,437
 Herring roe                 -                     -
 Pollock roe            11,124                10,306
 Other fish roe            664                   449
 IQ fish fillet          4,295                 1,720
 Tuna, fillet            1,248                 1,281
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      605                 1,692
 Other fish, fillet      4,731                 2,422
 Pollock surimi          4,267                 1,523
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,040                   820
 Other minced fish       7,729                 2,639

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               684                 1,035
 Salmon, fillet            115                   113
 Other fish                280                   353
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,138                   529

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 570                   223
 Tanner crab             2,856                   858
 Oyster                    644                   315
 Clam                      462                   115
 Sea urchin roe             80                   295
 Baby clam               2,560                   496
 Fresh water calm          184                    35
 Others                    359                   206

F0OZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             271                   430
 Shrimp                 13,314                11,166
 King crab                 184                   238
 Tanner crab             1,137                 1,002
 European cuttlefish       808                   369
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,695                 1,598
 Octopus                10,179                 5,027
 Cuttlefish              1,055                   745
 Squid                   4,180                   479
 Sea urchin roe             39                    80
 Baby clam                  97                    30
 Others                    493                   592

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                117                    92
 Squid                     345                   262
 Jellyfish                 631                   182

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     739                   464
 Salted                    804                   105
 Fresh/frozen            1,437                   157
 Others                     69                    61

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,862                   848
 Sardine, dried juvenile    39                    52
 Eal                     3,092                 3,424
 Other fish              5,645                 2,547
 Pollock roe               432                   659
 Salmon roe, ikura          77                   200
 Crab                    1,190                 1,793
 Shrimp, salted          1,276                 1,460
 Shrimp, other           3,410                 2,391
 Squid                   3,536                 1,413
 Other molluscs          3,252                 1,566
 Fish meal              25,295                 2,375
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- = no imports
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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