JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, SEPTEMBER 1998
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Country of September Jan. - Sep. 1998
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 4 9 82 121
China 1,306 989 8,295 6,799
Hong Kong - - 39 75
Vietnam 3,041 4,340 20,418 22,062
Thailand 1,666 3,248 12,111 24,302
Singapore - - 10 21
Malaysia 211 368 2,092 3,608
Philippines 692 1,152 5,218 9,097
Indonesia 4,063 6,905 39,437 67,136
Myanmar 398 589 3,310 4,834
India 5,432 7,697 36,589 54,206
Pakistan 196 311 469 864
Srilanka 482 930 3,269 6,583
Bangladesh 612 1,200 2,636 3,333
Macao 31 68 56 117
Iran - - 180 258
Kuwait - - 215 451
Iceland 229 281 2,761 2,964
Norway 21 14 872 851
Denmark 9 5 643 804
Russia 532 556 2,442 2,971
Greenland 303 290 7,104 6,077
Canada 830 757 7,993 7,191
U.S.A. 32 63 152 324
Mexico - - 609 1,356
Colombia 16 34 486 912
Surinam 112 240 1,038 2,241
Ecuador 303 460 3,240 5,012
Brazil 144 256 1,126 1,937
Argentina 258 326 1,350 1,708
Mozambique 24 42 1,308 1,554
Madagascar 246 289 1,831 2,317
Australia 588 1,071 3,285 6,053
Papua New Guinea 74 122 621 890
New Zealand 81 142 487 854
Total 22,070 32,992 173,443 252,897
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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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