JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, NOVEMBER 1999

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Country of                    November          Jan. - Nov. 1999
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  6          6        177        230
China                     1,497      1,421     12,357      8,541
Hong Kong                    12         25         36         72
Vietnam                   4,048      4,214     26,808     24,740
Thailand                  2,424      3,397     17,028     24,646
Singapore                     -          -         20          8
Malaysia                    335        412      2,841      3,371
Philippines               1,083      1,393      7,072      9,040
Indonesia                 5,173      6,300     46,150     58,629
Myanmar                     341        383      3,838      4,447
India                     4,850      5,584     48,086     51,215
Pakistan                    134        194        796      1,096
Srilanka                    163        229      1,365      1,894
Bangladesh                  880        832      5,029      4,642
Macao                        16         29        114        249
Iran                         17         17        263        285
Kuwait                       15         21        255        463
Iceland                     205        245      2,272      2,773
Norway                       64         38      1,023        928
Denmark                      12         16      1,091      1,097
Russia                      616        697      5,212      5,321
Greenland                 1,215      1,013      9,819      8,538
Canada                      528        510      9,665      8,650
U.S.A.                       38         59        385        363
Mexico                      212        403        687      1,375
Colombia                     50         70        633        948
Surinam                     127        233      1,281      2,396
Ecuador                     384        500      5,142      7,044
Brazil                       63         95      1,281      2,016
Argentina                   149        194      1,934      2,094
Mozambique                   96        105      1,535      1,743
Madagascar                  143        123      1,913      2,067
Austrailia                1,006      1,993      5,005      8,577
Papua New Guinea             32         36        672        785
New Zeland                   88        161        635      1,126
  Total                  26,202     31,159    224,055    253,747
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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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