JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, FEBRUARY 1998

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Country of                    February          Jan. - Feb. 1998
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  6          5          6          6
China                       413        387      1,309      1,448
Taiwan                       31         72         52        122
Hong Kong                     -          -          -          -
Vietnam                   1,109      1,121      2,488      2,633
Thailand                  1,300      2,529      2,707      5,276
Singapore                    10         21         10         21
Malaysia                    283        471        551        961
Philippines                 468        784        931      1,623
Indonesia                 3,679      5,924      6,634     11,225
Myanmar                     228        294        693        888
India                     3,433      4,638      9,668     12,759
Pakistan                     65        127        118        238
Srilanka                    273        516        678      1,337
Bangladesh                  243        170        793        713
Macao                         -          -          -          -
Iran                         94        122        180        258
Kuwait                       24         61        195        403
Iceland                     219        215        515        514
Norway                        8          9         82         71
Denmark                      14         11         83         97
Russia                       88         87        207        321
Greenland                   723        687      1,476      1,287
Canada                      542        379      1,565      1,144
U.S.A.                        -          -         33         67
Mexico                      115        237        218        465
Colombia                     73        138        155        299
Surinam                     107         33        238        555
Ecuador                     203        302        711      1,126
Brazil                       55         85        111        181
Argentina                    43         58         43         58
Mozambique                    1          0         73        138
Madagascar                   33         52        239        258
Australia                    31         61        168        357
Papua New Guinea             97        120         97        120
New Zeland                   34         62         62        112
  Total                  14,141     20,154     33,293     47,436
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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 (562) 980-4038

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