JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, NOVEMBER 1998
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Country of November Jan. - Nov. 1998
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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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