JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, OCTOBER 1998
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Country of                   October           Jan. - Oct. 1998  
origin                    ----------------     ----------------- 
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value 
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Korea, South                  4          8         87        129 
China                     1,402      1,131      9,697      7,930 
Hong Kong                     -          -         39         75 
Vietnam                   2,401      2,742     22,812     24,804 
Thailand                  1,662      3,080     13,773     27,382 
Singapore                     -          -         10         21 
Malaysia                    283        437      2,375      4,045 
Philippines                 813      1,246      6,031     10,343 
Indonesia                 4,953      7,544     44,390     74,679 
Myanmar                     590        864      3,900      5,698 
India                     5,058      7,143     41,647     61,349 
Pakistan                    295        377        764      1,242 
Srilanka                    281        514      3,550      7,097 
Bangladesh                  561        889      3,197      4,222 
Macao                        10         22         66        139 
Iran                         65         67        245        325 
Kuwait                        -          -        215        451 
Iceland                     248        305      3,009      3,269 
Norway                       86         59        958        910 
Denmark                      40         39        682        843 
Russia                      539        456      2,801      3,427 
Greenland                   847        693      7,951      6,770 
Canada                      890        748      8,883      7,939 
U.S.A.                        2          4        154        328 
Mexico                        -          -        609      1,356 
Colombia                     72        119        558      1,030 
Surinam                      86        138      1,124      2,379 
Ecuador                     378        560      3,618      5,572 
Brazil                      126        206      1,252      2,143 
Argentina                   147        200      1,497      1,908 
Mozambique                  163        209      1,471      1,763 
Madagascar                  249        288      2,080      2,605 
Australia                   862      1,647      4,147      7,700 
Papua New Guinea            117        106        738        996 
New Zealand                  17         27        504        881 
  Total                  23,155     32,058    196,598    284,955 
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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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