JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, DECEMBER 1999

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Country of                    December          Jan. - Dec. 1999
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                 33         26        210        255
China                     1,132        963     13,489      9,513
Hong Kong                                          36         72
Vietnam                   3,445      3,144     30,253     27,885
Thailand                  2,292      3,277     19,320     27,923
Singapore                     -          -         20          8
Malaysia                    259        324      3,100      3,694
Philippines                 783      1,001      7,855     10,041
Indonesia                 4,469      5,601     50,619     64,231
Myanmar                     534        529      4,372      4,976
India                     4,671      4,951     52,756     56,167
Pakistan                     77        121        873      1,217
Srilanka                    228        343      1,593      2,237
Bangladesh                  473        337      5,513      5,007
Macao                         7         15        121        264
Iran                        136        140        399        425
Kuwait                       84        141        339        604
Iceland                     216        250      2,487      3,024
Norway                       53         34      1,076        961
Denmark                      16         11      1,107      1,108
Russia                      571        741      5,784      6,061
Greenland                   605        603     10,423      9,146
Canada                      964        750     10,629      9,422
U.S.A.                       41         63        426        427
Mexico                      196        371        884      1,746
Colombia                     49         72        682      1,020
Surinam                      91        136      1,372      2,534
Ecuador                     374        514      5,517      7,559
Brazil                       26         41      1,307      2,056
Argentina                   111        151      2,046      2,245
Mozambique                  159        193      1,694      1,936
Madagascar                  198        172      2,111      2,239
Austrailia                  764      1,513      5,768     10,091
Papua New Guinea             17         19        689        803
New Zeland                   70        127        713      1,267
Total                    23,240     26,819    247,314    280,645
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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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