JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MAY 1998
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Country of                       May             Jan. - May 1998
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                 13         19         33         48
China                       668        515      3,109      3,058
Taiwan                       47        130        223        460
Hong Kong                     -          -         14         29
Vietnam                   2,894      2,838      9,783      9,783
Thailand                    924      1,841      6,726     13,376
Singapore                     -          -         10         21
Malaysia                    197        344      1,280      2,218
Philippines                 607      1,037      3,058      5,386
Indonesia                 4,796      8,116     19,481     32,874
Myanmar                     188        257      1,456      2,043
India                     2,154      3,167     18,309     25,237
Pakistan                     17         38        188        387
Srilanka                    353        733      1,883      3,789
Bangladesh                  226        204      1,351      1,367
Macao                         -          -          -          -
Iran                          -          -        180        258
Kuwait                        -          -        215        451
Iceland                     276        273      1,148      1,221
Norway                      285        290        760        754
Denmark                     113        160        425        571
Russia                      203        363      1,103      1,444
Greenland                   698        594      4,113      3,462
Canada                    1,102        787      4,190      3,019
U.S.A.                        8         19         75        155
Mexico                      128        311        565      1,255
Colombia                     49         93        320        604
Surinam                     160        310        647      1,395
Ecuador                     372        574      1,782      2,714
Brazil                      170        303        490        828
Argentina                    54         78        171        250
Mozambique                  189        233        336        483
Madagascar                  357        455        761      1,010
Australia                   381        603        808      1,491
Papua New Guinea             43         62        215        274
New Zeland                   56        101        207        370
  Total                  18,007     25,347     86,184    123,445
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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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