JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
JULY 2009
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              2,388                 3,396

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,555                 1,225
 Yellowfin tuna          1,036                   730
 Bigeye tuna             1,213                   926
 Bluefin tuna               78                   190
 Spanish mackerel          145                    99
 Other fish                138                   210

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         6,502                 3,349
 Pacific coho            3,136                 1,463
 Other pacific salmon      307                   180
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,601                 1,689
 Halibut                 2,778                 1,456

 Other flatfish          2,572                   455
 Yellowfin tuna          3,832                   970
 Skipjack                5,604                   636
 Bigeye tuna             6,483                 4,210
 Bluefin tuna              128                   313
 Herring                 8,618                 1,240
 Cod                        44                    12
 Sardine                   944                    74
 Mackerel                1,062                   331
 Jack mackerel           1,385                   264
 Capelin                 2,107                   547
 Globefish                  79                    13
 Rockfish                1,678                   583
 Sablefish               1,777                 2,073
 Other fish              7,656                 1,021
 Herring roe                96                    52
 Pollock roe             1,595                 1,180
 Other fish roe            472                   314
 IQ fish fillet          4,371                 1,751
 Tuna, fillet            1,419                 1,537
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    1,153                 3,012
 Other fish, fillet      5,416                 2,680
 Pollock surimi          3,646                 1,070
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,341                   735
 Other minced fish       8,641                 2,736

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe             1,037                 1,823
 Salmon, fillet             50                    41
 Other fish                233                   276
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                592                   381

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 352                   182
 Tanner crab             4,454                 1,293
 Oyster                     80                    41
 Clam                      250                    62
 Sea urchin roe            102                   366
 Baby clam               1,022                   258
 Fresh water calm          187                    37
 Others                    130                   102

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             247                   449
 Shrimp                 18,742                15,588
 King crab                  93                   203
 Tanner crab             4,464                 4,085
 European cuttlefish       757                   375
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,244                 1,518
 Octopus                 6,219                 3,050
 Cuttlefish              1,422                   946
 Squid                   2,070                   369
 Sea urchin roe            235                   675
 Baby clam                 120                    42
 Others                    600                   758

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 86                    82
 Squid                     166                   114
 Jellyfish                 831                   208

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     778                   465
 Salted                    393                    44
 Fresh/frozen              943                   104
 Others                     86                    54

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,459                 1,120
 Sardine, dried juvenile    93                   113
 Eal                     2,582                 2,797
 Other fish              6,699                 3,054
 Pollock roe               571                   845
 Salmon roe, ikura          34                    82
 Crab                    1,061                 1,710
 Shrimp, salted          1,942                 2,041
 Shrimp, other           3,058                 2,102
 Squid                   4,025                 1,474
 Other molluscs          3,314                 1,547
 Fish meal              26,054                 2,493
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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