JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MARCH 1999
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Country of March Jan. - Mar. 1999
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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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