JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, NOVEMBER 1998
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Country of                     November         Jan. - Nov. 1998 
origin                    ----------------     ----------------- 
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value 
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Korea, South                  2          3         89        132 
China                     1,344      1,332     11,041      9,262 
Hong Kong                     -          -         39         75 
Vietnam                   1,872      1,865     24,684     26,669 
Thailand                  1,595      2,644     15,368     30,025 
Singapore                     -          -         10         21 
Malaysia                    144        166      2,519      4,211 
Philippines                 695        947      6,726     11,290 
Indonesia                 4,509      5,874     48,900     80,554 
Myanmar                     279        333      4,179      6,031 
India                     4,665      5,355     46,312     66,704 
Pakistan                    148        172        912      1,414 
Srilanka                    174        242      3,724      7,339 
Bangladesh                  287        289      3,483      4,512 
Macao                        19         32         84        171 
Iran                         38         45        283        370 
Kuwait                      190        327        406        778 
Iceland                     303        405      3,312      3,674 
Norway                       38         37        996        947 
Denmark                      74         52        756        896 
Russia                      539        605      3,341      4,031 
Greenland                 1,090        951      9,041      7,721 
Canada                      421        446      9,305      8,385 
U.S.A.                       52         59        206        387 
Mexico                       36         69        645      1,424 
Colombia                     44         67        602      1,097 
Surinam                     133        238      1,257      2,617 
Ecuador                     386        537      4,004      6,108 
Brazil                      108        164      1,359      2,307 
Argentina                   232        274      1,729      2,182 
Mozambique                  126        185      1,597      1,948 
Madagascar                  160        152      2,240      2,758 
Austrailia                  900      1,552      5,047      9,252 
Papua New Guinea             64         88        802      1,084 
New Zeland                   57         97        561        978 
  Total                  20,853     25,803    217,451    310,758 
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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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