JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, OCTOBER 1999
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Country of                     October          Jan. - Oct. 1999
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                 70         62        171        224
China                     1,345      1,071     10,860      7,120
Hong Kong                     -          -         24         47
Vietnam                   2,874      2,735     22,760     20,526
Thailand                  2,262      3,017     14,604     21,249
Singapore                     9          4         20          8
Malaysia                    299        360      2,506      2,959
Philippines                 857      1,097      5,989      7,648
Indonesia                 4,756      6,074     40,977     52,329
Myanmar                     440        438      3,497      4,064
India                     4,559      4,798     43,235     45,632
Pakistan                    137        183        663        902
Srilanka                    162        222      1,202      1,665
Bangladesh                  681        633      4,149      3,810
Macao                        10         24         98        220
Iran                          -          -        246        268
Kuwait                        -          -        240        442
Iceland                     225        300      2,067      2,528
Norway                       61         29        959        889
Denmark                      88         36      1,079      1,081
Russia                      384        426      4,597      4,623
Greenland                   950        821      8,604      7,525
Canada                      612        476      9,137      8,140
U.S.A.                       19         14        347        304
Mexico                       49         90        476        973
Colombia                     50         65        583        878
Surinam                      79        151      1,154      2,163
Ecuador                     352        443      4,758      6,545
Brazil                       81        133      1,218      1,921
Argentina                   159        195      1,786      1,900
Mozambique                  213        226      1,439      1,637
Madagascar                  169        147      1,770      1,944
Austrailia                  900      1,578      3,998      6,584
Papua New Guinea             79         85        641        749
New Zeland                   24         43        547        965
  Total                  23,056     26,090    197,852    222,589
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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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