JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, NOVEMBER 2008
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen    
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult                783                 1,277
                                                    
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,633                 1,138
 Yellowfin tuna          1,276                   911
 Bigeye tuna             1,244                   915
 Bluefin tuna              542                 1,098
 Spanish mackerel          269                   138
 Other fish                832                   438

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         1,966                 1,086
 Pacific coho            1,412                   700
 Other pacific salmon      266                   127
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  2,885                 1,469
 Halibut                 3,178                 1,988

 Other flatfish          1,376                   357
 Yellowfin tuna          4,845                 1,409
 Skipjack                2,308                   335
 Bigeye tuna             6,284                 4,663
 Bluefin tuna                4                     8
 Herring                   282                    39
 Cod                     2,569                 1,201
 Sardine                   997                    98
 Mackerel                6,831                 2,153
 Jack mackerel           1,367                   206
 Capelin                 1,018                   399
 Globefish                 680                   571
 Rockfish                1,896                   599
 Sablefish                 846                 1,084
 Other fish             10,459                 2,054
 Herring roe               876                   672
 Pollock roe               644                   644
 Other fish roe          1,116                 2,365
 IQ fish fillet          4,127                 1,691
 Tuna, fillet            1,264                 1,626
 Bluefin tuna, fillet       45                   111
 Other fish, fillet      5,276                 2,999
 Pollock surimi          5,825                 3,163
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,328                 1,067
 Other minced fish       8,363                 3,367

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               644                   614
 Salmon, fillet             73                    75
 Other fish                219                   273
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,304                   605

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 541                   579
 Tanner crab             1,475                   488
 Oyster                    160                    99
 Clam                      597                   151
 Sea urchin roe            134                   644
 Baby clam               6,362                   890
 Fresh water calm          138                    35
 Others                    494                   326

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster              97                   217
 Shrimp                 16,793                15,691
 King crab               3,778                 7,751
 Tanner crab             1,476                 1,766
 European cuttlefish       417                   285
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,775                 1,932
 Octopus                 2,630                 1,445
 Cuttlefish              1,416                 1,027
 Squid                   3,536                   631
 Sea urchin roe            213                   619
 Baby clam                  66                    30
 Others                    603                   786

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                126                   131
 Squid                     354                   251
 Jellyfish                 468                   175

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     599                   411
 Salted                    391                    44
 Fresh/frozen              409                    53
 Others                     46                    40

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,874                 1,024
 Sardine, dried juvenile    85                    99
 Eal                     1,228                 1,617
 Other fish              6,433                 3,196
 Pollock roe               668                 1,029
 Salmon roe, ikura         383                 1,440
 Crab                    1,669                 2,880
 Shrimp, salted          1,618                 1,888
 Shrimp, other           3,776                 2,766
 Squid                   3,586                 1,562
 Other molluscs          3,004                 1,636
 Fish meal              30,296                 3,159
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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