JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JULY 2008
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen    
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult                 2,303                 3,908     
                                                            
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon            1,477                 1,408     
 Yellowfin tuna               991                   820     
 Bigeye tuna                1,044                   836     
 Bluefin tuna                  58                    64     
 Spanish mackerel             184                   111     
 Other fish                   197                   226     

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye            6,729                 3,663     
 Pacific coho               3,238                 1,321     
 Other pacific salmon         980                   385     
 Pink/chum/trout salmon     4,518                 1,951     
 Halibut                    2,840                 1,773     

 Other flatfish             2,502                   651     
 Yellowfin tuna             2,435                 1,142     
 Skipjack                   1,630                   293     
 Bigeye tuna                7,140                 6,209     
 Bluefin tuna                  27                    89     
 Herring                    5,132                   800     
 Cod                           11                     6     
 Sardine                    2,282                   150     
 Mackerel                   4,017                   337     
 Jack mackerel              3,562                   799     
 Capelin                    1,652                   549     
 Globefish                    280                    53     
 Rockfish                   1,256                   492     
 Sablefish                  1,477                 1,936     
 Other fish                13,359                 1,673     
 Herring roe                  103                    58     
 Pollock roe                3,453                 3,956     
 Other fish roe               448                   402     
 IQ fish fillet             4,436                 1,733     
 Tuna, fillet               1,697                 2,027     
 Bluefin tuna, fillet         500                 1,798     
 Other fish, fillet         6,004                 3,331     
 Pollock surimi             3,268                 1,402     
 Threadfin bream surimi     4,961                 2,304     
 Other minced fish         14,669                 5,613     

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe                  815                 1,494     
 Salmon, fillet                92                    89     
 Other fish                   261                   291     
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                   715                   383     

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                    579                   384     
 Tanner crab                3,201                 1,250     
 Oyster                       111                    54     
 Clam                         245                    58     
 Sea urchin roe               101                   466     
 Baby clam                    335                    83     
 Fresh water calm             187                    49     
 Others                       152                   125     

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster                324                   917     
 Shrimp                    18,921                17,914     
 King crab                    434                   843     
 Tanner crab                5,137                 5,943     
 European cuttlefish          614                   396     
 Squid/cuttlefish           2,783                 1,498     
 Octopus                    3,300                 2,539     
 Cuttlefish                 1,493                 1,114     
 Squid                      4,922                   852     
 Sea urchin roe               277                   849     
 Baby clam                    186                    82     
 Others                       676                   886     

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                    88                   113     
 Squid                        272                   215     
 Jellyfish                    876                   405     

SEAWEED:
 Dried                      1,077                   739     
 Salted                       792                   117     
 Fresh/frozen                 572                    82     
 Others                       152                    85     

PREPARED:
 Tuna                       1,925                 1,100     
 Sardine, dried juvenile       81                   102     
 Eal                        1,077                 1,582     
 Other fish                 7,570                 3,330     
 Pollock roe                  775                 1,112     
 Salmon roe, ikura             29                    60     
 Crab                       1,098                 1,827     
 Shrimp, salted             1,688                 2,066     
 Shrimp, other              3,937                 2,809     
 Squid                      4,467                 1,794     
 Other molluscs             3,477                 1,863     
 Fish meal                 25,744                 2,752     
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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