JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JANUARY 1999

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Country of                    January           Jan. - Dec. 1998 
origin                    ----------------     ----------------- 
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value 
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Korea, South                  2          3         94        144 
China                       939        628     12,141     10,218 
Hong Kong                     9         15         39         75 
Vietnam                   1,943      1,571     26,697     28,920 
Thailand                  2,299      2,992     17,779     33,410 
Singapore                     -          -         10         21 
Malaysia                    227        267      2,767      4,514 
Philippines                 568        672      7,384     12,138 
Indonesia                 5,653      6,971     53,693     86,764 
Myanmar                     556        637      4,473      6,364 
India                     7,442      7,932     50,411     71,524 
Pakistan                     84        106        951      1,469 
Srilanka                    279        355      3,930      7,604 
Bangladesh                  376        299      3,748      4,731 
Macao                         9         15         84        171 
Iran                        192        210        373        497 
Kuwait                      160        283        457        878 
Iceland                     282        298      3,593      4,045 
Norway                      241        218        996        947 
Denmark                      22         27        779        923 
Russia                      224        285      4,149      4,898 
Greenland                   826        745     10,015      8,625 
Canada                    1,116        943     10,278      9,192 
U.S.A.                       21         31        276        472 
Mexico                       99        197        774      1,681 
Colombia                     88        132        635      1,157 
Surinam                     101        182      1,336      2,777 
Ecuador                     477        636      4,554      6,880 
Brazil                       98        143      1,462      2,462 
Argentina                   130        154      1,830      2,297 
Mozambique                    -          -      1,675      2,057 
Madagascar                    2          3      2,353      2,848 
Austrailia                  233        395      5,641     10,247 
Papua New Guinea             34         42        843      1,141 
New Zeland                  127        225        682      1,196 
  Total                  24,956     27,766    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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