JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, DECEMBER 1998

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Country of                     December         Jan. - Dec. 1998 
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                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value 
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Korea, South                  5         12         94        144 
China                     1,101        956     12,141     10,218 
Hong Kong                     -          -         39         75 
Vietnam                   2,014      2,251     26,697     28,920 
Thailand                  2,409      3,379     17,779     33,410 
Singapore                     -          -         10         21 
Malaysia                    248        303      2,767      4,514 
Philippines                 658        843      7,384     12,138 
Indonesia                 4,793      6,197     53,693     86,764 
Myanmar                     294        333      4,473      6,364 
India                     4,099      4,820     50,411     71,524 
Pakistan                     39         53        951      1,469 
Srilanka                    206        265      3,930      7,604 
Bangladesh                  265        219      3,748      4,731 
Macao                         -          -         84        171 
Iran                         90        126        373        497 
Kuwait                       51        100        457        878 
Iceland                     281        371      3,593      4,045 
Norway                        -          -        996        947 
Denmark                      23         27        779        923 
Russia                      808        850      4,149      4,898 
Greenland                   975        891     10,015      8,625 
Canada                      974        805     10,278      9,192 
U.S.A.                       70         86        276        472 
Mexico                      129        256        774      1,681 
Colombia                     33         59        635      1,157 
Surinam                      79        161      1,336      2,777 
Ecuador                     551        772      4,554      6,880 
Brazil                      103        154      1,462      2,462 
Argentina                   101        115      1,830      2,297 
Mozambique                   78        109      1,675      2,057 
Madagascar                  113         90      2,353      2,848 
Austrailia                  594        995      5,641     10,247 
Papua New Guinea             41         57        843      1,141 
New Zeland                  121        217        682      1,196 
  Total                  21,455     26,097    238,906    336,912 
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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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