JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, APRIL 1999

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Country of                      April           Jan. - Apr. 1999
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  8         11         18         30
China                       583        388      3,136      2,075
Hong Kong                     -          -          9         15
Vietnam                   2,246      1,950      7,185      5,836
Thailand                  1,301      2,082      6,120      8,800
Singapore                     -          -          -          -
Malaysia                    326        426      1,072      1,293
Philippines                 586        575      2,346      2,929
Indonesia                 4,152      5,351     16,674     20,973
Myanmar                     326        417      1,507      1,799
India                     3,460      3,158     17,226     17,283
Pakistan                     34         52        161        227
Srilanka                     67         98        575        778
Bangladesh                  375        273      1,403      1,028
Macao                         -          -          9         15
Iran                          -          -        243        265
Kuwait                       15         34        225        426
Iceland                     168        221        641        853
Norway                      210        222        684        641
Denmark                     201        220        405        459
Russia                      836        838      2,002      1,886
Greenland                   866        768      3,314      3,052
Canada                      903        690      3,721      2,989
U.S.A.                       26         33         94        121
Mexico                       62        133        331        665
Colombia                     64         95        233        348
Surinam                     151        280        459        838
Ecuador                     650        904      2,042      2,748
Brazil                       72        103        301        420
Argentina                     4         14        614        686
Mozambique                   42         21        229        300
Madagascar                  164        174        320        327
Austrailia                  380        619        982      1,638
Papua New Guinea             44         53        133        161
New Zeland                    9         19        188        328
  Total                  18,516     20,717     75,141     83,089
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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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