JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, AUGUST 1999
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Country of August Jan. - Aug. 1999
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 30 49 94 147
China 1,369 855 8,156 5,000
Hong Kong 10 22 19 37
Vietnam 2,608 2,495 17,830 15,877
Thailand 1,743 2,509 10,967 16,241
Singapore - - 10 4
Malaysia 265 312 1,921 2,280
Philippines 481 638 4,537 5,776
Indonesia 5,267 6,900 31,846 40,807
Myanmar 435 516 2,811 3,359
India 6,018 6,917 33,291 35,221
Pakistan 19 30 263 392
Srilanka 129 180 965 1,334
Bangladesh 598 838 3,132 2,853
Macao 15 35 33 69
Iran - - 244 267
Kuwait - - 225 426
Iceland 148 172 1,672 2,022
Norway 54 31 888 857
Denmark 173 167 957 1,014
Russia 475 473 3,663 3,730
Greenland 677 668 7,043 6,154
Canada 800 792 7,469 6,773
U.S.A. 8 3 245 250
Mexico - - 427 883
Colombia 16 25 454 697
Surinam 135 255 929 1,750
Ecuador 425 604 3,948 5,493
Brazil 208 350 969 1,518
Argentina 145 145 1,199 1,282
Mozambique 307 311 1,217 1,400
Madagascar 52 38 1,262 1,415
Austrailia 449 716 2,613 4,254
Papua New Guinea 70 78 503 603
New Zeland 67 114 452 802
Total 23,325 27,455 153,461 172,838
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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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