JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JUNE 1999

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Country of                      June            Jan. - June 1999
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                 14         17         62         93
China                     1,201        661      5,217      3,321
Hong Kong                     -          -          9         15
Vietnam                   2,739      2,425     12,533     10,585
Thailand                    831      1,396      7,706     11,444
Singapore                     -          -          -          -
Malaysia                    127        157      1,449      1,747
Philippines                 608        779      3,514      4,449
Indonesia                 3,030      3,972     23,198     29,367
Myanmar                     334        406      2,023      2,433
India                     2,803      2,959     22,355     22,568
Pakistan                     53         86        238        351
Srilanka                    104        157        721        995
Bangladesh                  401        304      2,116      1,541
Macao                         9         18         18         33
Iran                          -          -        243        265
Kuwait                        -          -        225        426
Iceland                     454        459      1,251      1,482
Norway                       14          9        713        671
Denmark                     111        123        687        778
Russia                      392        462      2,870      2,982
Greenland                   960        796      5,391      4,710
Canada                    1,226      1,266      5,885      4,973
U.S.A.                       29         53        127        182
Mexico                        -          -        424        875
Colombia                     49         86        347        525
Surinam                     121        246        680      1,269
Ecuador                     494        733      2,985      4,088
Brazil                      136        224        579        855
Argentina                   153        151        780        853
Mozambique                   65         89        545        685
Madagascar                  496        573        815        900
Austrailia                  397        643      1,671      2,758
Papua New Guinea            154        200        321        389
New Zeland                   18         27        316        558
  Total                  17,673     19,703    108,930    120,579
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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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