JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MAY 1999
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Country of                       May             Jan. - May 1999
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           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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