JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, SEPTEMBER 2008
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult                781                 1,290
                                                    
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,368                 1,248
 Yellowfin tuna            932                   739
 Bigeye tuna             1,163                   860
 Bluefin tuna              227                   542
 Spanish mackerel          136                    54
 Other fish                482                   304

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         6,222                 3,253
 Pacific coho            1,765                   765
 Other pacific salmon      790                   289
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  2,401                 1,190
 Halibut                 3,368                 2,088

 Other flatfish          3,952                   826
 Yellowfin tuna          4,275                 1,409
 Skipjack                1,837                   336
 Bigeye tuna             4,508                 3,746
 Bluefin tuna               24                    82
 Herring                   365                    67
 Cod                       181                    79
 Sardine                 2,754                   290
 Mackerel                  917                   183
 Jack mackerel           3,212                   598
 Capelin                 3,719                 1,080
 Globefish                 269                    56
 Rockfish                5,308                 2,014
 Sablefish               1,040                 1,372
 Other fish              4,506                   867
 Herring roe                76                    78
 Pollock roe               550                   477
 Other fish roe            753                 1,371
 IQ fish fillet          4,358                 1,790
 Tuna, fillet              841                   968
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      746                 2,482
 Other fish, fillet      6,072                 3,361
 Pollock surimi          9,502                 4,917
 Threadfin bream surimi  2,710                 1,230
 Other minced fish       7,739                 3,779

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               787                 1,309
 Salmon, fillet            158                   182
 Other fish                276                   327
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                257                   185

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 731                   540
 Tanner crab             1,831                   670
 Oyster                    121                    88
 Clam                      291                    76
 Sea urchin roe            114                   552
 Baby clam                 606                   145
 Fresh water calm          101                    23
 Others                    177                   126

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster              94                   240
 Shrimp                 18,385                17,666
 King crab                 999                 1,845
 Tanner crab             1,384                 1,719
 European cuttlefish       254                   247
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,780                 1,571
 Octopus                 1,551                   994
 Cuttlefish              1,274                   956
 Squid                   2,753                   513
 Sea urchin roe            302                   875
 Baby clam                 159                    80
 Others                    468                   652

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 58                    82
 Squid                     173                   140
 Jellyfish                 417                   178

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     671                   474
 Salted                    243                    33
 Fresh/frozen              420                    64
 Others                     64                    34

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,044                 1,212
 Sardine, dried juvenile    97                   123
 Eal                       462                   697
 Other fish              5,974                 2,878
 Pollock roe               659                 1,034
 Salmon roe, ikura         198                   576
 Crab                    1,097                 2,022
 Shrimp, salted          1,680                 1,981
 Shrimp, other           3,548                 2,612
 Squid                   3,688                 1,416
 Other molluscs          2,878                 1,653
 Fish meal              31,371                 3,612
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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