JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MAY 1999
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Country of May Jan. - May 1999
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 30 47 48 77
China 879 584 4,025 2,660
Hong Kong - - 9 15
Vietnam 2,608 2,324 9,793 8,160
Thailand 755 1,248 6,875 10,048
Singapore - - - -
Malaysia 250 298 1,322 1,591
Philippines 559 741 2,905 3,670
Indonesia 3,493 4,422 20,168 25,395
Myanmar 182 228 1,689 2,026
India 2,326 2,326 19,552 19,610
Pakistan 24 39 185 266
Srilanka 42 60 617 838
Bangladesh 312 209 1,715 1,237
Macao - - 9 15
Iran - - 243 265
Kuwait - - 225 426
Iceland 156 170 797 1,023
Norway 15 21 699 662
Denmark 171 196 575 654
Russia 476 634 2,478 2,520
Greenland 1,118 862 4,431 3,914
Canada 939 718 4,660 3,707
U.S.A. 5 8 99 129
Mexico 93 210 424 875
Colombia 65 91 298 439
Surinam 100 186 559 1,023
Ecuador 448 607 2,491 3,355
Brazil 142 211 443 631
Argentina 12 16 627 702
Mozambique 252 296 480 596
Madagascar - - 320 327
Austrailia 292 477 1,274 2,114
Papua New Guinea 34 29 167 190
New Zeland 110 203 298 531
Total 16,116 17,787 91,258 100,876
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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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