JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, DECEMBER 2006
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     DEC. 2006 DEC. 2005   DEC. 2006  DEC. 2005
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LIVE:          
 Eel, adult              1,884     1,857       2,099      2,898
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         2,413     2,848       1,860      2,095
 Yellowfin tuna          2,370     2,441       1,768      1,878
 Bigeye tuna             1,594     1,623       1,415      1,497
 Bluefin tuna            1,115     1,664       2,845      3,887
 Spanish mackerel          441       657         169        331
 Other fish              2,000     1,947         876      1,081

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           931     2,137         440        890
 Pacific coho           11,922    11,829       5,555      5,895
 Other pacific salmon      296       595         198        216
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,888     4,415       2,133      2,377

 Halibut                 1,790     1,725       1,080      1,024

 Other flatfish          2,076     2,221         636        613
 Yellowfin tuna          4,936     6,581       1,684      1,935
 Skipjack                4,676     2,141         483        176
 Bigeye tuna             6,298     8,132       4,610      5,299
 Bluefin tuna              457        93       1,128        217
 Herring                 1,018     1,599         175        206
 Cod                       718     2,179         353        844
 Sardine                 1,683     3,150         134        265
 Mackerel               14,910    25,187       3,799      7,839
 Jack mackerel           7,827     7,379         908        892
 Capelin                   848       824         352        337
 Globefish               1,075     1,312         237        244
 Rockfish                1,350     1,239         562        487
 Sablefish                 955       549       1,080        590
 Other fish              7,070     6,501       1,624      1,486
 Mero (dressed)            191        44         164         72
 Herring roe               193       177          77         92
 Pollock roe             1,446       801       1,484        975
 Other fish roe            575     1,166         704        958
 IQ fish fillet          6,124     6,251       2,472      2,458
 Tuna, fillet            1,705     1,455       1,913      1,507
 Bluefine tuna, fillet  33,282       984       8,982      2,479
 Other fish, fillet     11,393     9,703       8,495      6,639
 Pollock surimi         10,875     5,379       2,705      1,583
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,744     4,282       1,031        954
 Other minced fish      11,245     9,768       3,276      2,921

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               477       316         390        267
 Salmon, fillet             32        82          38        106
 Other fish                401       367         485        401
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,980     1,558         861        830

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               2,145     3,395       1,691      2,179
 Tanner crab             2,104     1,889         607        753
 Oyster                    262       730         258        634
 Clam                    1,945     2,945         609        703
 Sea urchin roe            246       282       1,380      1,624
 Baby clam               4,586     4,228         633        597
 Fresh water calm          522       658         101         72
 Others                    479       576         450        554

FROZEN:        
 Spiny lobster             344       268         736        429
 Shrimp                 22,698    19,981      24,212     20,559
 King crab               2,327     2,320       2,963      3,549
 Tanner crab             1,109     1,719       1,187      1,701
 European cuttlefish       896       908         606        622
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,579     4,678       1,583      2,080
 Octopus                 3,742     5,836       2,309      3,576
 Cuttlefish              2,206     1,744       1,676      1,273
 Squid                   2,327     1,208         503        408
 Sea urchin roe            148        66         364        151
 Baby clam                  44       102          16         35
 Others                    696       533         926        772

SALTED/DRIED:        
 Cuttlefish                132       177         115        295
 Squid                     131       184          95        173
 Jellyfish                 545       551         223        256

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     811       724         436        406
 Salted                    605       553          54         48
 Fresh/frozen              330       387          38         31
 Others                    125       297          98        160

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,970     2,487         890      1,054
 Sardine, dried juvenile   208       168         204        135
 Eal                     2,741     1,025       3,676      1,775
 Other fish              7,053     7,053       3,663      3,600
 Pollock roe               985       882       1,507      1,558
 Salmon roe, ikura         153       224         353        396
 Crab                    1,800     1,958       2,564      3,156
 Shrimp, salted          2,120     1,884       2,691      2,204
 Shrimp, other           4,728     4,293       3,809      3,384
 Squid                   4,619     4,262       2,141      2,132
 Other molluscs          4,439     4,541       2,417      2,330
 Fish meal              20,552    15,570       2,397      1,306
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12/09/13


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