JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, OCTOBER 1998
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Country of October Jan. - Oct. 1998
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 4 8 87 129
China 1,402 1,131 9,697 7,930
Hong Kong - - 39 75
Vietnam 2,401 2,742 22,812 24,804
Thailand 1,662 3,080 13,773 27,382
Singapore - - 10 21
Malaysia 283 437 2,375 4,045
Philippines 813 1,246 6,031 10,343
Indonesia 4,953 7,544 44,390 74,679
Myanmar 590 864 3,900 5,698
India 5,058 7,143 41,647 61,349
Pakistan 295 377 764 1,242
Srilanka 281 514 3,550 7,097
Bangladesh 561 889 3,197 4,222
Macao 10 22 66 139
Iran 65 67 245 325
Kuwait - - 215 451
Iceland 248 305 3,009 3,269
Norway 86 59 958 910
Denmark 40 39 682 843
Russia 539 456 2,801 3,427
Greenland 847 693 7,951 6,770
Canada 890 748 8,883 7,939
U.S.A. 2 4 154 328
Mexico - - 609 1,356
Colombia 72 119 558 1,030
Surinam 86 138 1,124 2,379
Ecuador 378 560 3,618 5,572
Brazil 126 206 1,252 2,143
Argentina 147 200 1,497 1,908
Mozambique 163 209 1,471 1,763
Madagascar 249 288 2,080 2,605
Australia 862 1,647 4,147 7,700
Papua New Guinea 117 106 738 996
New Zealand 17 27 504 881
Total 23,155 32,058 196,598 284,955
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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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