JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JULY 1998            

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Country of                      July            Jan. - July 1998 
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                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value 
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Korea, South                  4          9         50         79 
China                     1,462        976      5,796      4,905 
Hong Kong                    10         18         24         47 
Vietnam                   2,444      2,521     14,986     14,820 
Thailand                  1,177      2,477      9,143     18,321 
Singapore                     -          -         10         21 
Malaysia                    237        379      1,678      2,898 
Philippines                 395        678      3,907      6,851 
Indonesia                 5,685      9,747     30,133     51,060 
Myanmar                     386        616      2,235      3,256 
India                     3,672      6,010     24,922     35,958 
Pakistan                     67        130        273        553 
Srilanka                    313        632      2,372      4,794 
Bangladesh                  142        138      1,834      1,859 
Macao                        10         19         10         19 
Iran                          -          -        180        258 
Kuwait                        -          -        215        451 
Iceland                     553        583      2,169      2,305 
Norway                       28         10        805        795 
Denmark                      46         58        583        755 
Russia                      232        277      1,601      2,066 
Greenland                 1,227        974      6,286      5,315 
Canada                      961      1,163      6,599      5,687 
U.S.A.                       12         27        110        243 
Mexico                        9         20        609      1,356 
Colombia                     16         38        411        776 
Surinam                     102        203        841      1,813 
Ecuador                     407        647      2,579      3,976 
Brazil                      235        404        785      1,343 
Argentina                   358        416        763        948 
Mozambique                  396        410      1,029      1,226 
Madagascar                  387        465      1,569      1,991 
Austrailia                  843      1,486      2,086      3,808 
Papua New Guinea             60         78        469        650 
New Zeland                   47         75        323        566 
  Total                  22,080     31,938    128,793    184,263 
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M.T. = Metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one                                                         

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA                                    
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu                                          

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