JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JULY 1999

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Country of                      July            Jan. - July 1999
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  3          4         64         98
China                     1,570        824      6,787      4,145
Hong Kong                     -          -          9         15
Vietnam                   2,689      2,796     15,222     13,381
Thailand                  1,518      2,288      9,223     13,732
Singapore                    10          4         10          4
Malaysia                    207        220      1,656      1,968
Philippines                 542        688      4,056      5,137
Indonesia                 3,381      4,540     26,579     33,907
Myanmar                     352        411      2,376      2,844
India                     4,917      5,735     27,272     18,304
Pakistan                      6         10        244        361
Srilanka                    116        160        836      1,154
Bangladesh                  419        474      2,535      2,015
Macao                         -          -         18         33
Iran                          2          3        245        267
Kuwait                        -          -        225        426
Iceland                     272        368      1,523      1,850
Norway                      120        155        833        826
Denmark                      97         69        784        847
Russia                      318        274      3,188      3,256
Greenland                   975        776      6,367      5,486
Canada                      783      1,008      6,669      5,980
U.S.A.                      110         65        237        247
Mexico                        3          7        427        883
Colombia                     91        147        438        672
Surinam                     115        227        795      1,496
Ecuador                     538        801      3,523      4,889
Brazil                      182        313        761      1,168
Argentina                   274        284      1,054      1,137
Mozambique                  365        404        910      1,089
Madagascar                  394        478      1,210      1,378
Austrailia                  493        781      2,164      3,538
Papua New Guinea            112        136        433        525
New Zeland                   69        131        385        689
  Total                  21,206     24,804    130,136    145,383
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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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