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purchases were up 1.8 per cent on May last year and up
5.8 per cent on April 2002 to an average of JPY 72,912.
Fish and shellfish accounted
for JPY 8,339 of the average monthly food expenditure,
up one per cent on the same month last year and up five
per cent from April this year. Of this, JPY 5,250 was
spent on fresh seafood items, which was a rise of three
per cent on the previous year and on April 2002.
Spending on salted and
dried fish items was JPY 1,495, which was down two per
cent on May 2001 but a jump of 7.6 per cent on April
this year. Fish paste items, such as kamaboko and
chikuwa, fell to JPY 695, down three percent on the same
month last year and down one percent from April this
year.
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