JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MAY 2008
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen  
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              1,417                 2,479      

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,538                 1,351      
 Yellowfin tuna          1,447                 1,135      
 Bigeye tuna             1,262                 1,092      
 Bluefin tuna              311                   332      
 Spanish mackerel          311                   165      
 Other fish                823                   386      

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           548                   293      
 Pacific coho            6,800                 2,389      
 Other pacific salmon      188                   115      
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  7,978                 2,995      
 Halibut                 2,201                 1,329      

 Other flatfish          2,889                   733      
 Yellowfin tuna          6,069                 2,376      
 Skipjack                3,315                   534      
 Bigeye tuna             7,631                 5,760      
 Bluefin tuna               84                   260      
 Herring                 7,234                 1,302      
 Cod                        68                    31      
 Sardine                 1,079                    51      
 Mackerel                2,786                   264      
 Jack mackerel           3,292                   520      
 Capelin                 2,497                   662      
 Globefish                 779                   157      
 Rockfish                1,400                   459      
 Sablefish               1,802                 2,216      
 Other fish             10,786                 1,569      
 Herring roe                 -                     -      
 Pollock roe            12,907                17,161      
 Other fish roe            951                   561      
 IQ fish fillet          5,358                 2,108      
 Tuna, fillet            1,819                 1,904      
 Bluefin tuna, fillet       48                   201      
 Other fish, fillet      6,725                 3,520      
 Pollock surimi          3,251                 1,419      
 Threadfin bream surimi  7,637                 3,293      
 Other minced fish      14,509                 4,996      

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               747                 1,248      
 Salmon, fillet             93                    93      
 Other fish                350                   380      
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,265                   602      

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 773                   468      
 Tanner crab             2,846                 1,136      
 Oyster                    627                   314      
 Clam                      503                   142      
 Sea urchin roe             74                   324      
 Baby clam                 304                    75      
 Fresh water calm          196                    43      
 Others                    288                   238      

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             332                   940      
 Shrimp                 14,222                13,017      
 King crab                 676                 1,337      
 Tanner crab             1,801                 2,034      
 European cuttlefish       502                   319      
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,233                 1,746      
 Octopus                 7,269                 6,180      
 Cuttlefish              1,119                   836      
 Squid                   2,738                   430      
 Sea urchin roe             36                    97      
 Baby clam                  81                    41      
 Others                    488                   617      

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                194                   187      
 Squid                     112                    86      
 Jellyfish                 729                   346      

SEAWEED:
 Dried                   1,019                   640      
 Salted                  1,390                   181      
 Fresh/frozen            2,406                   263      
 Others                     65                    67      

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,025                 1,038      
 Sardine, dried juvenile    79                    85      
 Eal                     1,829                 2,963      
 Other fish              7,582                 3,394      
 Pollock roe               461                   687      
 Salmon roe, ikura           4                    13      
 Crab                    1,297                 2,201      
 Shrimp, salted          1,457                 1,703      
 Shrimp, other           3,569                 2,549      
 Squid                   3,954                 1,676      
 Other molluscs          3,770                 2,024      
 Fish meal              21,863                 2,144      
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- = no imports
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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