JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, AUGUST 1999

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Country of                     August           Jan. - Aug. 1999
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                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                 30         49         94        147
China                     1,369        855      8,156      5,000
Hong Kong                    10         22         19         37
Vietnam                   2,608      2,495     17,830     15,877
Thailand                  1,743      2,509     10,967     16,241
Singapore                     -          -         10          4
Malaysia                    265        312      1,921      2,280
Philippines                 481        638      4,537      5,776
Indonesia                 5,267      6,900     31,846     40,807
Myanmar                     435        516      2,811      3,359
India                     6,018      6,917     33,291     35,221
Pakistan                     19         30        263        392
Srilanka                    129        180        965      1,334
Bangladesh                  598        838      3,132      2,853
Macao                        15         35         33         69
Iran                          -          -        244        267
Kuwait                        -          -        225        426
Iceland                     148        172      1,672      2,022
Norway                       54         31        888        857
Denmark                     173        167        957      1,014
Russia                      475        473      3,663      3,730
Greenland                   677        668      7,043      6,154
Canada                      800        792      7,469      6,773
U.S.A.                        8          3        245        250
Mexico                        -          -        427        883
Colombia                     16         25        454        697
Surinam                     135        255        929      1,750
Ecuador                     425        604      3,948      5,493
Brazil                      208        350        969      1,518
Argentina                   145        145      1,199      1,282
Mozambique                  307        311      1,217      1,400
Madagascar                   52         38      1,262      1,415
Austrailia                  449        716      2,613      4,254
Papua New Guinea             70         78        503        603
New Zeland                   67        114        452        802
  Total                  23,325     27,455    153,461    172,838
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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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