JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, APRIL 1998
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Country of                      April           Jan. - Apr. 1998
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                 11         19         20         29
China                       621        535      2,440      2,543
Taiwan                       61        139        177        330
Hong Kong                     -          -         14         29
Vietnam                   2,501      2,481      6,889      6,945
Thailand                  1,548      3,157      5,802     11,535
Singapore                     -          -         10         21
Malaysia                    272        482      1,083      1,874
Philippines                 834      1,502      2,450      4,348
Indonesia                 4,250      7,115     14,685     24,757
Myanmar                     251        409      1,268      1,786
India                     2,868      4,333     16,156     22,071
Pakistan                     15         31        171        349
Srilanka                    517      1,042      1,530      3,056
Bangladesh                  122        166      1,125      1,163
Macao                         -          -          -          -
Iran                          -          -        180        258
Kuwait                        -          -        215        451
Iceland                     184        229        872        948
Norway                      137        151        476        464
Denmark                     148        210        313        412
Russia                      286        380        900      1,081
Greenland                   936        727      3,416      2,867
Canada                      973        716      3,089      2,232
U.S.A.                       14         31         67        135
Mexico                      114        257        437        944
Colombia                     83        152        271        511
Surinam                     135        287        487      1,085
Ecuador                     474        693      1,410      2,140
Brazil                      108        181        320        524
Argentina                    37         56        117        171
Mozambique                   11          6        147        250
Madagascar                  138        241        404        554
Australia                   176        353        427        888
Papua New Guinea             18         25        171        211
New Zeland                   62        110        150        269
  Total                  18,076     26,556     68,177     98,098
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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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