JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JANUARY 2001

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Country of                     January          Jan. - Dec. 2000
origin                    ----------------      -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  -          -         70         85
Korea, North                  0          0         85         66
China                     1,210      1,073     16,545     15,188
Taiwan                       24         30        238        460
Hong Kong                     -          -         54        120
Vietnam                   2,039      2,126     33,098     32,754
Thailand                  1,480      2,250     18,651     28,858
Malaysia                    343        537      3,057      4,489
Philippines                 512        759      8,335     10,832
Indonesia                 4,311      6,437     49,795     68,493
Cambodia                      6          9         62         60
Myanmar                     404        488      4,464      5,247
India                     3,360      4,217     50,005     58,551
Pakistan                     54         85        760      1,293
Sri Lanka                   372        552      3,315      5,466
Bangladesh                  265        249      4,147      3,445
Iran                        199        268        271        321
Saudi Arabia                  -          -          7          7
Kuwait                       47        102        262        455
Iceland                     147        120      1,957      2,192
Norway                      134         58      1,575      1,355
Denmark                      46         33      1,009        834
Russia                      568        501      8,008      9,192
Greenland                   475        417      9,845      7,131
Canada                      553        300      9,224      7,626
U.S.A.                       33         68        360        660
Mexico                       51        116        741      1,467
Nicaragua                    30         52        251        421
Colombia                     45         83        665      1,090
Surinam                      55        123      1,202      2,233
Ecuador                     131        192      2,609      4,141
Brazil                       33         55        815      1,408
Argentina                   139        202      3,503      3,825
Mozambique                   45         79      1,783      2,271
Madagascar                   39         36      2,014      2,091
Australia                   116        236      5,282     10,265
Papua New Guinea              6          7        801        873
New Zealand                  56        105        789      1,497
New Caledonia                24         36        387        499
  Total                  17,420     22,070    246,627    297,938
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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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