JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JANUARY 2008
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Fishery Products     JAN. 2008 JAN. 2007   JAN. 2008  JAN. 2007
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LIVE:       
 Eel, adult              1,447     1,750       2,107      2,018
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,653     1,625       1,384      1,284
 Yellowfin tuna          1,579     1,787       1,272      1,191
 Bigeye tuna             1,274     1,282       1,052      1,126
 Bluefin tuna              481       593       1,003      1,598
 Spanish mackerel          600       379         219        197
 Other fish                875     1,371         435        632
FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         2,597     1,455       1,306        720  
 Pacific coho           16,581    19,576       6,256      9,178 
 Other pacific salmon      112       348         104        166 
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  6,376     5,111       2,447      2,780
 Halibut                 2,287     2,917       1,297      1,721
 Other flatfish          1,297     1,179         359        370  
 Yellowfin tuna          3,486     4,090       1,206      1,493 
 Skipjack                1,779       596         249         71
 Bigeye tuna             7,187     7,809       4,807      5,489
 Bluefin tuna              574       480       1,658      1,037 
 Herring                 3,085     1,846         397        253 
 Cod                       286       392         147        202  
 Sardine                   847     1,912          77        172
 Mackerel               17,101     7,367       4,238      1,996 
 Jack mackerel           8,569    14,085       1,162      1,802  
 Capelin                 1,056     1,296         454        499 
 Globefish               1,146       775         231        145
 Rockfish                1,427     1,150         496        499
 Sablefish                 469       937         516      1,102
 Other fish              5,629     4,329       1,325      1,076 
 Herring roe                82       148          56         56
 Pollock roe               806       547         601        423
 Other fish roe            111       293         121        494
 IQ fish fillet          6,181     6,511       2,194      2,391
 Tuna, fillet            1,150     1,281       1,252      1,257 
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      771       828       2,685      2,300 
 Other fish, fillet      5,254     5,464       2,906      3,185
 Pollock surimi            972     2,763         275        660 
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,040     4,543       1,043        998
 Other minced fish      11,483     9,515       3,264      2,861
SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               104        45          74         29 
 Salmon, fillet             60        26          65         32
 Other fish                387       347         439        436
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                576     1,361         389        655 
LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 198       924          94        571
 Tanner crab             1,139     1,008         397        413 
 Oyster                    211        74         140         64 
 Clam                      734       724         195        236
 Sea urchin roe            133       126         774        703
 Baby clam                 646     1,940         110        293 
 Fresh water calm          400       543         101        131
 Others                    237       219         225        221
FROZEN:     
 Spiny lobster             228       275         615        602 
 Shrimp                 16,077    15,375      14,428     15,550
 King crab               1,221     1,295       1,973      1,503
 Tanner crab               422       569         506        585
 European cuttlefish       265       330         269        288 
 Squid/cuttlefish        5,100     2,908       1,799      1,786
 Octopus                 4,124     2,429       3,175      1,498 
 Cuttlefish              1,276     1,618         985      1,344 
 Squid                   1,069     1,558         269        331 
 Sea urchin roe             39        31         125         22 
 Baby clam                  90        41          34         19 
 Others                    530       690         731        815 
SALTED/DRIED:     
 Cuttlefish                169       197         186        175 
 Squid                     284       265         207        198
 Jellyfish                 206       552          93        204
SEAWEED:
 Dried                     812       742         463        422
 Salted                    437       333          56         40 
 Fresh/frozen              120       350          17         42
 Others                     50       106          73        105
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,155     2,062       1,092        927
 Sardine, dried juvenile    65       292          83        324
 Eel                     2,432     3,959       3,445      5,313 
 Other fish              6,971     6,870       3,264      3,392
 Pollock roe               948       803       1,438      1,300
 Salmon roe, ikura          36        63          74        118 
 Crab                    1,355     1,241       2,292      1,842
 Shrimp, salted          1,804     1,679       2,023      2,112
 Shrimp, other           3,629     3,811       2,572      2,977 
 Squid                   3,524     3,840       1,515      1,700
 Other molluscs          3,504     3,875       1,951      2,012 
 Fish meal              13,242    25,738       1,280      3,083
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12/09/13


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