JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JUNE 1998

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Country of                      June            Jan. - June 1998
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                 13         22         46         70
China                     1,226        871      4,334      3,929
Taiwan                       29         15        252        475
Hong Kong                     -          -         14         29
Vietnam                   2,759     12,542     12,542     12,298
Thailand                  1,240      2,467      7,965     15,844
Singapore                     -          -         10         21
Malaysia                    161        301      1,441      2,519
Philippines                 453        786      3,511      6,172
Indonesia                 4,967      8,440     24,448     41,313
Myanmar                     392        597      1,848      2,640
India                     2,940      4,711     21,250     29,949
Pakistan                     17         36        206        423
Srilanka                    175        372      2,059      4,162
Bangladesh                  341        353      1,692      1,721
Macao                         -          -          -          -
Iran                          -          -        180        258
Kuwait                        -          -        215        451
Iceland                     467        500      1,616      1,722
Norway                       17         30        777        784
Denmark                     111        125        537        697
Russia                      265        344      1,369      1,789
Greenland                   945        880      5,059      4,342
Canada                    1,447      1,505      5,638      4,524
U.S.A.                       23         62         98        216
Mexico                       35         81        600      1,336
Colombia                     75        133        394        738
Surinam                      91        215        738      1,610
Ecuador                     390        616      2,172      3,329
Brazil                       60        112        550        939
Argentina                   234        282        404        532
Mozambique                  297        334        633        816
Madagascar                  421        516      1,182      1,526
Australia                   435        831      1,243      2,322
Papua New Guinea            194        299        409        572
New Zeland                   70        121        276        490
  Total                  20,529     28,879    106,713    152,325
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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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