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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 7 



Japan (Contd.): 



Japan's Exports of Marine Products, December 1965 



Product 



Fresh & Frozen Fish : 

 Tuna, skipjack . . . . 



Tuna, other 



Marlin 



Sea bream 



Mackerel 



Saury 



Salmon 



Other fish 



Total fresh and frozen 



Cured : 



Cod 



Boiled and dried 

 Shark fins .... 

 Other 



Total cured 



Shellfish , etc .. fresh , frozen, dried : 



Scallops 



Oysters 



Shrimp 



Squid 



Octopus (fresh) 



Whale meat. 

 Bull frog 

 Other . . 



Total shellfish, etc. 



Canned : 



Salmon 



Tuna, skipjack . 

 Tuna, other . . . 



Mackerel 



Saury 



Sardine 



Horse mackerel. 



Other fish 



Crab 



Shrimp 



Squid 



Other shellfish . 



Total canned . 



Other Products: 

 Seaweed, kombu . 

 Seaweed, layer 1/ 

 Agar agar. . . .~ . 



l/In 1,000 sheea. 



Quantity 



Metric 

 Tons 



1,372 



9,340 

 821 



1,191 



164 



272 



10 



1,954 



15,124 



7 



71 



122 



39 



239 



2 



15 



202 



1,620 



236 



14 



49 



7 



2,145 



6,610 

 1,025 

 2,658 

 3,506 



657 



89 



1,507 



1,628 



284 

 63 



355 



536 



18.918 



136 



147 



33 



Value 



US$ 

 1.000 



222 

 ,339 



711 



208 

 30 

 67 

 14 



914 



5.505 



5 



25 



192 



36 



258 



16 



17 



453 



508 



114 



6 

 94 

 25 



U233 



10,678 



844 



2,517 



1,200 



292 



36 



497 



1,311 



1,042 



122 



136 



553 



19.228 



61 



14 



131 



million in November 1965.) (Fisheries At- 

 tache, United States Embassy, Tokyo, April 

 19, 1966.) 



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EXPORT TARGETS FOR CANNED 

 MARINE PRODUCTS, FISCAL YEAR 1966: 

 The Canned Goods Committee ot the Ja- 

 panese Ministry of International Trade and 

 Industry's Agricultural and Marine Products 

 Export Council held a meeting on April 7, 

 1966, and developed export targets for ma- 

 rine products for the fiscal year 1966 (April 

 1966-March 1967). (Fisheries Attache, U- 

 nited States Embassy, Tokyo, May 13, 1966.) 



Japanese Canned Marine Products Export Targets for FY 1966 

 with Comparisons 



Product 



Quantity 



Value 1 



Target 

 FY 1966 



Actual Exports 

 FY 1965 



Target 

 FY 1966 



Actual Exports 

 FY 1965 



Tuna 



Salmon . . . 

 Crab meat . 

 Sardine . . . 

 Saury .... 

 Mackerel . . 

 Other .... 



. . (1,000 Cases). . 



5,300 4,909 



1,150 1,659 

 440 420 

 110 73 



1,030 462 

 700 698 



3,380 2,838 



. .(US$100,000). . 



460 408 



407 575 



113 107 



8 6 



66 29 



44 46 



212 188 



Total . . . 



12,110 



11,059 



1,310' 



1,359 



Com.pared with actual exports for FY 1965, 

 some increase is expected in all items for 

 FY 1966 with the exception of salmon. The 

 export target for canned salmon is down by 

 almost one -third from the actual exports in 

 FY 1965. 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review , July 1965 p. 71. 



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FROZEN SWORDFISH EXPORT 

 VALIDATIONS TO U. S. AND CANADA, 

 APRIL 1965-FEBRUARY 1966: 



Japan's export validations of frozen broad- 

 bill swordfish (fillets, chunks, and "other" 

 forms) to the United States and Canada in 

 February 1966 totaled 691 short tons valued 

 at US$534,513. This compared with 436 tons 

 valued at $288,496 in February 1965 and 403 

 tons valued at $307,561 in January 1966. 



For the 11 months, April 19 65 -February 

 1966, export validations of frozen swordfish 

 to the U. S. and Canada totaled 4,630 tons 

 valued at $3,487,411. Fillets accounted for 

 66 percent of the total. This compared with 

 64 percent of the total for the previous 10 

 months (through January 1966) and for the 

 previous 9 months as well (through Decem- 

 ber 1965). For the 11 months, April 1964- 

 Feb. 1965, frozen swordfish export valida- 

 tions totaled 3,832 tons valued at $2,485,134. 

 (Fisheries Attache, United States Embassy, 

 Tokyo, April 19, 1966.) 



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EXPORTS OF FROZEN RAINBOW 

 TROUT, FEBRUARY 1966: 



Japan's exports of frozen rainbow trout in 

 February 1966 doubled in quantity and value 

 compared with the exports in January 1966. 

 Exports in January amounted to 106 short 

 tons valued atUS$81,670. (Fisheries Attache, 

 United States Embassy, Tokyo, April 19, 1966.) 



