JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, AUGUST 1998           

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Country of                     August           Jan. - Aug. 1998 
origin                    ----------------     ----------------- 
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value 
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Korea, South                 28         33         79        112 
China                     1,192        905      6,988      5,810 
Hong Kong                    15         27         39         75 
Vietnam                   2,383      2,903     17,370     17,722 
Thailand                  1,302      2,732     10,445     21,053 
Singapore                     -          -         10         21 
Malaysia                    204        340      1,882      3,239 
Philippines                 620      1,095      4,526      7,945 
Indonesia                 5,241      9,171     35,374     60,231 
Myanmar                     677        989      2,912      4,245 
India                     6,234     10,551     31,156     46,509 
Pakistan                      -          -        273        553 
Srilanka                    414        859      2,786      5,652 
Bangladesh                  190        274      2,024      2,133 
Macao                        15         30         25         49 
Iran                          -          -        180        258 
Kuwait                        -          -        215        451 
Iceland                     363        378      2,532      2,683 
Norway                       45         42        851        837 
Denmark                      51         44        634        799 
Russia                      303        349      1,903      2,415 
Greenland                   515        472      6,801      5,787 
Canada                      564        747      7,163      6,434 
U.S.A.                        9         18        119        261 
Mexico                        -          -        609      1,356 
Colombia                     58        102        469        877 
Surinam                      85        188        926      2,001 
Ecuador                     358        575      2,937      4,551 
Brazil                      196        338        982      1,681 
Argentina                   329        434      1,092      1,381 
Mozambique                  255        286      1,284      1,513 
Madagascar                   16         37      1,585      2,028 
Austrailia                  611      1,174      2,697      4,982 
Papua New Guinea             78        118        547        769 
New Zeland                   83        146        406        712 
  Total                  22,581     35,642    151,373    219,905 
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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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