JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, AUGUST 1998
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Country of August Jan. - Aug. 1998
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 28 33 79 112
China 1,192 905 6,988 5,810
Hong Kong 15 27 39 75
Vietnam 2,383 2,903 17,370 17,722
Thailand 1,302 2,732 10,445 21,053
Singapore - - 10 21
Malaysia 204 340 1,882 3,239
Philippines 620 1,095 4,526 7,945
Indonesia 5,241 9,171 35,374 60,231
Myanmar 677 989 2,912 4,245
India 6,234 10,551 31,156 46,509
Pakistan - - 273 553
Srilanka 414 859 2,786 5,652
Bangladesh 190 274 2,024 2,133
Macao 15 30 25 49
Iran - - 180 258
Kuwait - - 215 451
Iceland 363 378 2,532 2,683
Norway 45 42 851 837
Denmark 51 44 634 799
Russia 303 349 1,903 2,415
Greenland 515 472 6,801 5,787
Canada 564 747 7,163 6,434
U.S.A. 9 18 119 261
Mexico - - 609 1,356
Colombia 58 102 469 877
Surinam 85 188 926 2,001
Ecuador 358 575 2,937 4,551
Brazil 196 338 982 1,681
Argentina 329 434 1,092 1,381
Mozambique 255 286 1,284 1,513
Madagascar 16 37 1,585 2,028
Austrailia 611 1,174 2,697 4,982
Papua New Guinea 78 118 547 769
New Zeland 83 146 406 712
Total 22,581 35,642 151,373 219,905
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M.T. = Metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one.