JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MARCH 1999
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Country of                      March           Jan. - Mar. 1999
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  1          2         11         19
China                       559        439      2,553      1,687
Hong Kong                     -          -          9         15
Vietnam                   1,476      1,235      4,939      3,886
Thailand                  1,227      1,904      4,819      6,719
Singapore                     -          -          -          -
Malaysia                    223        257        746        867
Philippines                 575        756      1,760      2,172
Indonesia                 3,613      4,668     12,522     15,622
Myanmar                     247        273      1,181      1,382
India                     2,808      3,031     13,766     14,125
Pakistan                     39         63        127        175
Srilanka                    116        174        508        680
Bangladesh                  331        259      1,028        755
Macao                         -          -          9         15
Iran                         50         54        243        265
Kuwait                       18         41        210        392
Iceland                      85        154        473        632
Norway                      187        156        473        419
Denmark                     174        197        204        239
Russia                      391        427      1,166      1,048
Greenland                   868        795      2,448      2,284
Canada                      945        725      2,818      2,299
U.S.A.                       26         34         68         88
Mexico                       70        142        269        532
Colombia                     49         70        170        253
Surinam                      91        158        308        558
Ecuador                     458        621      1,393      1,844
Brazil                       76        101        229        317
Argentina                   133        169        610        673
Mozambique                    -          -        187        278
Madagascar                    4         10        155        153
Austrailia                   68        120        602      1,019
Papua New Guinea             36         43         89        108
New Zeland                   42         67        179        310
  Total                  15,127     17,354     56,626     62,372
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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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