JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JANUARY 1998

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Country of                    January           Jan. - Dec. 1997
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  0          1        120        183
China                       896      1,060     15,143     12,565
Taiwan                       22         50      1,104      1,918
Hong Kong                     -          -         13         29
Vietnam                   1,379      1,512     31,119     29,094
Thailand                  1,407      2,748     24,075     42,311
Singapore                     -          -         65        111
Malaysia                    268        491      3,211      5,063
Philippines                 463        839      6,926     10,984
Indonesia                 2,956      5,301     57,342     89,568
Myanmar                     465        595      4,549      6,287
India                     6,234      8,122     59,112     73,138
Pakistan                     53        112      1,119      2,051
Srilanka                    405        820      2,077      3,598
Bangladesh                  550        542      5,495      6,098
Macao                         -          -        104        246
Iran                         87        136        455        605
Kuwait                      170        342        503        947
Iceland                     295        299      5,209      4,892
Norway                       74         62      1,794      1,945
Denmark                      69         86        887        997
Russia                      119        234      2,607      4,721
Greenland                   753        600      9,531      8,765
Canada                    1,023        765      9,114      8,695
U.S.A.                       33         67        251        484
Mexico                      103        227        838      1,736
Colombia                     83        160        766      1,399
Surinam                     131        323      1,691      3,717
Ecuador                     509        823      4,922      7,366
Brazil                       56         95      1,554      2,581
Argentina                     -          -      1,138      1,544
Mozambique                   73        137      2,151      2,441
Madagascar                  206        206      2,950      3,377
Australia                   138        296      6,712     13,750
Papua New Guinea              -          -        464        554
New Zeland                   28         50        722      1,336
  Total                  19,152     27,281    267,247    357,033
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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 (562) 980-4038

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