JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, APRIL 2008
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              1,440                 2,535
                                                    
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,896                 1,567
 Yellowfin tuna          1,423                 1,068
 Bigeye tuna             1,350                 1,062
 Bluefin tuna              334                   497
 Spanish mackerel        1,059                   620
 Other fish                996                   393

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         1,368                   673
 Pacific coho           16,230                 5,254
 Other pacific salmon       78                    71
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  5,448                 1,943
 Halibut                 2,036                 1,247

 Other flatfish          3,259                   901
 Yellowfin tuna          3,395                 1,318
 Skipjack                1,682                   223
 Bigeye tuna            10,921                 7,402
 Bluefin tuna              428                 1,308
 Herring                 2,632                   379
 Cod                       247                   100
 Sardine                   854                    48
 Mackerel                  809                   198
 Jack mackerel           2,743                   393
 Capelin                 1,578                   402
 Globefish                 469                    86
 Rockfish                2,207                   716
 Sablefish                 544                   659
 Other fish              9,042                 1,903
 Herring roe                19                     8
 Pollock roe             9,067                12,080
 Other fish roe            168                   128
 IQ fish fillet          3,462                 1,322
 Tuna, fillet            1,578                 1,669
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    1,240                 4,529
 Other fish, fillet      5,564                 2,905
 Pollock surimi          9,858                 4,350
 Threadfin bream surimi  6,237                 2,438
 Other minced fish      13,408                 4,431

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe                56                    65
 Salmon, fillet             65                    63
 Other fish                388                   423
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,513                   782

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 207                   119
 Tanner crab             2,538                 1,019
 Oyster                  1,116                   532
 Clam                      607                   171
 Sea urchin roe            128                   581
 Baby clam               5,455                   719
 Fresh water calm          219                    62
 Others                    352                   282

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             568                 1,632
 Shrimp                 15,153                13,343
 King crab                 411                   727
 Tanner crab             1,317                 1,535
 European cuttlefish       406                   338
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,229                 1,659
 Octopus                 4,770                 3,977
 Cuttlefish              1,242                   947
 Squid                   1,343                   299
 Sea urchin roe             10                    10
 Baby clam                  35                    11
 Others                    561                   839

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 84                    88
 Squid                     294                   206
 Jellyfish               1,067                   389

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     895                   554
 Salted                  2,590                   304
 Fresh/frozen            3,697                   368
 Others                     83                    87

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,097                 1,017
 Sardine, dried juvenile    68                    88
 Eal                     2,102                 3,406
 Other fish              5,310                 2,676
 Pollock roe               630                   865
 Salmon roe, ikura          30                    65
 Crab                    1,280                 2,023
 Shrimp, salted          1,751                 2,042
 Shrimp, other           3,701                 2,535
 Squid                   3,527                 1,537
 Other molluscs          2,552                 1,534
 Fish meal              31,659                 3,110
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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