JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MARCH 1998
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Country of March Jan. - Mar. 1998
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 2 4 8 10
China 511 560 1,820 2,008
Taiwan 63 69 115 191
Hong Kong 14 29 14 29
Vietnam 1,901 1,830 4,388 4,463
Thailand 1,547 3,101 4,254 8,378
Singapore - - 10 21
Malaysia 259 431 810 1,392
Philippines 686 1,223 1,617 2,847
Indonesia 3,801 6,417 10,435 17,642
Myanmar 324 488 1,017 1,377
India 3,626 4,978 13,293 17,737
Pakistan 38 80 157 318
Srilanka 335 677 1,013 2,014
Bangladesh 210 284 1,003 997
Macao - - - -
Iran - - 180 258
Kuwait 21 48 215 451
Iceland 174 205 688 719
Norway 257 242 338 313
Denmark 81 105 164 201
Russia 407 379 614 700
Greenland 1,004 853 2,480 2,141
Canada 551 372 2,116 1,516
U.S.A. 19 37 52 104
Mexico 106 222 324 687
Colombia 33 60 188 359
Surinam 115 242 353 797
Ecuador 225 322 937 1,447
Brazil 102 162 213 343
Argentina 37 57 80 115
Mozambique 63 106 137 243
Madagascar 26 55 265 313
Australia 83 178 251 535
Papua New Guinea 56 66 153 186
New Zeland 26 47 89 159
Total 16,808 24,107 50,101 71,543
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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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