JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, SEPTEMBER 1999
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Country of                    September        Jan. - Sept. 1999
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  7         15        101        162
China                     1,358      1,049      9,515      6,048
Hong Kong                     4         10         24         47
Vietnam                   2,057      1,915     19,887     17,791
Thailand                  1,375      1,991     12,342     18,232
Singapore                     -          -         10          4
Malaysia                    286        319      2,206      2,599
Philippines                 595        775      5,132      6,550
Indonesia                 4,375      5,448     36,221     46,255
Myanmar                     246        267      3,057      3,626
India                     5,386      5,612     38,676     40,833
Pakistan                    263        327        526        718
Srilanka                     74        109      1,040      1,443
Bangladesh                  335        323      3,468      3,176
Macao                        55        128         88        196
Iran                          1          1        246        268
Kuwait                       15         16        240        442
Iceland                     170        206      1,842      2,229
Norway                       11          3        899        860
Denmark                      33         31        991      1,045
Russia                      549        468      4,212      4,197
Greenland                   611        549      7,654      6,703
Canada                    1,055        892      8,525      7,664
U.S.A.                       82         40        328        290
Mexico                        -          -        427        883
Colombia                     79         16        533        812
Surinam                     146        262      1,075      2,012
Ecuador                     458        608      4,406      6,101
Brazil                      168        270      1,137      1,788
Argentina                   428        423      1,627      1,705
Mozambique                    9         11      1,226      1,411
Madagascar                  339        382      1,601      1,797
Austrailia                  485        752      3,098      5,006
Papua New Guinea             58         61        561        664
New Zeland                   71        120        522        922
  Total                  21,335     23,661    174,796    196,499
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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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