JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MAY 1998
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Country of May Jan. - May 1998
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 13 19 33 48
China 668 515 3,109 3,058
Taiwan 47 130 223 460
Hong Kong - - 14 29
Vietnam 2,894 2,838 9,783 9,783
Thailand 924 1,841 6,726 13,376
Singapore - - 10 21
Malaysia 197 344 1,280 2,218
Philippines 607 1,037 3,058 5,386
Indonesia 4,796 8,116 19,481 32,874
Myanmar 188 257 1,456 2,043
India 2,154 3,167 18,309 25,237
Pakistan 17 38 188 387
Srilanka 353 733 1,883 3,789
Bangladesh 226 204 1,351 1,367
Macao - - - -
Iran - - 180 258
Kuwait - - 215 451
Iceland 276 273 1,148 1,221
Norway 285 290 760 754
Denmark 113 160 425 571
Russia 203 363 1,103 1,444
Greenland 698 594 4,113 3,462
Canada 1,102 787 4,190 3,019
U.S.A. 8 19 75 155
Mexico 128 311 565 1,255
Colombia 49 93 320 604
Surinam 160 310 647 1,395
Ecuador 372 574 1,782 2,714
Brazil 170 303 490 828
Argentina 54 78 171 250
Mozambique 189 233 336 483
Madagascar 357 455 761 1,010
Australia 381 603 808 1,491
Papua New Guinea 43 62 215 274
New Zeland 56 101 207 370
Total 18,007 25,347 86,184 123,445
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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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