JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MARCH 1998
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Country of                     March            Jan. - Mar. 1998
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  2          4          8         10
China                       511        560      1,820      2,008
Taiwan                       63         69        115        191
Hong Kong                    14         29         14         29
Vietnam                   1,901      1,830      4,388      4,463
Thailand                  1,547      3,101      4,254      8,378
Singapore                     -          -         10         21
Malaysia                    259        431        810      1,392
Philippines                 686      1,223      1,617      2,847
Indonesia                 3,801      6,417     10,435     17,642
Myanmar                     324        488      1,017      1,377
India                     3,626      4,978     13,293     17,737
Pakistan                     38         80        157        318
Srilanka                    335        677      1,013      2,014
Bangladesh                  210        284      1,003        997
Macao                         -          -          -          -
Iran                          -          -        180        258
Kuwait                       21         48        215        451
Iceland                     174        205        688        719
Norway                      257        242        338        313
Denmark                      81        105        164        201
Russia                      407        379        614        700
Greenland                 1,004        853      2,480      2,141
Canada                      551        372      2,116      1,516
U.S.A.                       19         37         52        104
Mexico                      106        222        324        687
Colombia                     33         60        188        359
Surinam                     115        242        353        797
Ecuador                     225        322        937      1,447
Brazil                      102        162        213        343
Argentina                    37         57         80        115
Mozambique                   63        106        137        243
Madagascar                   26         55        265        313
Australia                    83        178        251        535
Papua New Guinea             56         66        153        186
New Zeland                   26         47         89        159
  Total                  16,808     24,107     50,101     71,543
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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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