JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JULY 2001
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Country of                       JULY            JANUARY - JULY
origin                    ----------------      -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  7         11         40         76
Korea, North                  4          2         10          6
China                     1,497      1,003      6,846      5,406
Taiwan                       22         51        113        210
Hong Kong                    16         18         40         52
Vietnam                   5,057      5,050     18,914     19,135
Thailand                  2,181      2,695     11,216     15,651
Malaysia                    327        467      2,136      3,203
Philippines                 641        872      4,579      6,314
Indonesia                 5,518      7,200     31,669     43,430
Cambodia                     10         10         16         20
Myanmar                     397        489      2,076      2,660
India                     6,326      7,421     22,178     25,633
Pakistan                     47         79        228        417
Sri Lanka                   476        645      1,835      2,691
Bangladesh                  249        232      1,973      1,802
Macao                        15         26         57        110
Iran                         24         28        232        304
Kuwait                       23         53         85        192
Iceland                      46         70        751        722
Norway                      198        158      1,458      1,042
Denmark                      59         37        945        830
United Kingdom                -          -         29          9
Spain                         7         20         47        105
Italy                         -          -          5          5
Russia                      548        418      5,018      4,324
Greece                        -          -          4          6
Estonia                       -          -         52         17
Latvia                        -          -         24          8
Lithuania                     -          -         10          3
Greenland                   674        465      4,468      3,172
Canada                      922      1,026      4,745      3,693
U.S.A.                        -          -         98        192
Mexico                        -          -        152        344
Nicaragua                    16         35        144        278
Panama                        -          -          2          3
Colombia                     66        104        323        562
Venezuela                     -          -         17         28
Surinam                      84        206        571      1,236
Ecuador                     147        181      1,235      1,822
Chile                         -          -          4         12
Brazil                      131        222        598      1,010
Argentina                   452        487      1,735      2,135
Sudan                         -          -         13          8
Nigeria                      10         23         66        156
Tanzania                      -          -         10          9
Seychelles                    8         13         33         53
Mozambique                   51         46        885      1,112
Madagascar                  134        163        855        895
Australia                   666      1,106      1,811      3,092
Papua New Guinea            101        125        400        472
New Zealand                  42         78        300        565
New Caledonia                69        104        344        520
  Total                  27,279     31,479    131,405    155,792
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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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