JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, SEPTEMBER 2006
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                         Metric tons            Million yen    
                    --------------------- ---------------------
Fishery Products     SEPT 2006 SEPT 2005   SEPT 2006  SEPT 2005
-----------------------------------------------------------------
LIVE:          
 Eel, adult              1,121     1,329       1,481      1,951

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,440     1,726       1,199      1,226
 Yellowfin tuna          1,189     1,307         913        978
 Bigeye tuna             1,148     1,233         996        997
 Bluefin tuna              664       631       1,268      1,143
 Spanish mackerel          291       255         148        137
 Other fish                692       803         361        375

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         8,056    13,306       4,098      6,403
 Pacific coho              783       821         362        361
 Other pacific salmon    1,294     2,275         451        803
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  1,631     2,426         930      1,225

 Halibut                 1,570     2,880         955      1,716

 Other flatfish          2,985     3,122         769        753
 Yellowfin tuna          7,803    10,069       2,724      3,210
 Skipjack                1,616     2,504         158        247
 Bigeye tuna             4,815     7,189       3,444      4,410
 Bluefin tuna               44        87          60         93
 Herring                 1,250       447         195         49
 Cod                       969     1,170         478        412
 Sardine                 2,262     6,753         202        538
 Mackerel                  689       831         253        236
 Jack mackerel           2,499     1,662         368        240
 Capelin                 3,103     4,123         850      1,060
 Globefish               1,088       553         168         74
 Rockfish                3,019     5,167       1,236      1,930
 Sablefish               1,219     1,708       1,426      1,739
 Other fish              7,088     3,744       1,399        954
 Mero (dressed)            440       639         584        967
 Herring roe                64        24          32         13
 Pollock roe               811       976         975      1,407
 Other fish roe            807     1,294         572      1,062
 IQ fish fillet          5,643     5,260       2,313      1,902
 Tuna, fillet            1,189     1,339       1,221      1,111
 Bluefine tuna, fillet     425        99         820        154
 Other fish, fillet      8,605     8,475       6,012      4,764
 Pollock surimi         12,751    20,331       2,963      5,415
 Threadfin bream surimi  2,432     3,344         568        776
 Other minced fish       8,607    11,903       2,701      3,307

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               954       823         907        978
 Salmon, fillet            295       146         354        188
 Other fish                317       271         379        271
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                951     1,088         483        511

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               2,035     3,316       1,088      1,462
 Tanner crab             1,798     1,181         462        311
 Oyster                    299       285         200        199
 Clam                      699       895         201        186
 Sea urchin roe            125       177         557        746
 Baby clam                 511       713         163        179
 Fresh water calm          344       430          50         47
 Others                     97       185          54        173

FROZEN:        
 Spiny lobster             261       416         629        767
 Shrimp                 21,665    21,685      21,621     19,135
 King crab                 922       455       1,021        498
 Tanner crab             1,680     1,722       1,691      1,600
 European cuttlefish       604       675         374        489
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,859     3,327       1,721      1,621
 Octopus                 3,443     5,065       2,168      3,115
 Cuttlefish              1,364     1,406         974        848
 Squid                   1,319     1,591         339        339
 Sea urchin roe            260       266         765        651
 Baby clam                 107       144          46         59
 Others                    756       543         868        612

SALTED/DRIED:        
 Cuttlefish                120       129         102        146
 Squid                     218        71         167         62
 Jellyfish                 896       916         279        312

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     884       823         487        413
 Salted                    310       354          24         35
 Fresh/frozen              374       478          51         56
 Others                  1,508       980         740        495

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,305     2,436       1,085      1,043
 Sardine, dried juvenile   164       235         164        204
 Eal                       928       455       1,295        834
 Other fish              6,285     6,630       2,827      2,913
 Pollock roe             1,220       916       1,868      1,608
 Salmon roe, ikura         830       676       1,471        992
 Crab                    1,223     1,342       1,892      2,164
 Shrimp, salted          1,565     1,486       2,028      1,684
 Shrimp, other           4,439     3,083       3,448      2,321
 Squid                   3,556     4,053       1,524      1,841
 Other molluscs          4,121     4,093       2,199      2,116
 Fish meal              47,272    44,139       6,531      3,547
---------------------------------------------------------------
- = 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