JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, SEPTEMBER 1998
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Country of                   September           Jan. - Sep. 1998
origin                    ----------------     ----------------- 
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value 
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Korea, South                  4          9         82        121 
China                     1,306        989      8,295      6,799 
Hong Kong                     -          -         39         75 
Vietnam                   3,041      4,340     20,418     22,062 
Thailand                  1,666      3,248     12,111     24,302 
Singapore                     -          -         10         21 
Malaysia                    211        368      2,092      3,608 
Philippines                 692      1,152      5,218      9,097 
Indonesia                 4,063      6,905     39,437     67,136 
Myanmar                     398        589      3,310      4,834 
India                     5,432      7,697     36,589     54,206 
Pakistan                    196        311        469        864 
Srilanka                    482        930      3,269      6,583 
Bangladesh                  612      1,200      2,636      3,333 
Macao                        31         68         56        117 
Iran                          -          -        180        258 
Kuwait                        -          -        215        451 
Iceland                     229        281      2,761      2,964 
Norway                       21         14        872        851 
Denmark                       9          5        643        804 
Russia                      532        556      2,442      2,971 
Greenland                   303        290      7,104      6,077 
Canada                      830        757      7,993      7,191 
U.S.A.                       32         63        152        324 
Mexico                        -          -        609      1,356 
Colombia                     16         34        486        912 
Surinam                     112        240      1,038      2,241 
Ecuador                     303        460      3,240      5,012 
Brazil                      144        256      1,126      1,937 
Argentina                   258        326      1,350      1,708 
Mozambique                   24         42      1,308      1,554 
Madagascar                  246        289      1,831      2,317 
Australia                   588      1,071      3,285      6,053 
Papua New Guinea             74        122        621        890 
New Zealand                  81        142        487        854 
  Total                  22,070     32,992    173,443    252,897 
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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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