JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, SEPTEMBER 2001
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Country of                   SEPTEMBER        JANUARY - SEPTEMBER
origin                    ----------------      -----------------
                          M.T.       Value      M.T.        Value
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Korea, South                 -           -        40           76
Korea, North                 6           5        21           19
China                    1,237       1,049     9,382        7,509
Taiwan                      10          11       130          240
Hong Kong                   28          52        90          142
Vietnam                  2,971       2,873    25,660       25,581
Thailand                 1,740       2,231    14,721       20,166
Malaysia                   268         344     2,751        3,949
Philippines                571         643     5,806        7,758
Indonesia                4,214       4,874    40,838       54,259
Cambodia                     -           -        16           20
Myanmar                    405         409     2,959        3,582
India                    3,585       3,485    32,420       36,318
Pakistan                   103         140       373          622
Sri Lanka                  371         430     2,659        3,712
Bangladesh                 195         118     2,316        2,042
Macao                       14          27       117          216
Iran                         -           -       232          304
Kuwait                       -           -       102          232
United Arab Emirates         -           -         1            1
Iceland                     86          93     1,010          937
Norway                      33          14     1,630        1,151
Denmark                     54          21     1,022          872
United Kingdom               -           -        29            9
Germany                      -           -         5            3
Spain                       19          42        90          207
Italy                        -           -         5            5
Russia                     440         366     6,189        5,302
Greece                       -           -         4            6
Estonia                     56          25       108           43
Latvia                       -           -        24            8
Lithuania                    -           -        10            3
Greenland                  455         303     5,436        3,842
Canada                     407         281     5,776        4,794
U.S.A.                      24          20       127          219
Mexico                       -           -       152          344
Nicaragua                   30          46       181          333
Panama                       -           -         2            3
Colombia                    17          31       387          676
Venezuela                    -           -        17           28
Surinam                     85         214       760        1,689
Ecuador                    155         183     1,503        2,141
Chile                        -           -         4           12
Brazil                      54         101       770        1,333
Argentina                  386         397     2,562        3,016
Sudan                        -           -        13            8
Nigeria                      -           -        66          156
Tanzania                     -           -        10            9
Seychelles                   -           -        42           64
Mozambique                 167         167     1,513        1,752
Madagascar                  18          34     1,133        1,241
Namibia                      -           -        14           39
Australia                  331         563     2,674        4,575
Papua New Guinea             -           -       577          710
New Zealand                 32          57       380          709
New Caledonia                -           -       431          650
  Total                 18,549      19,649   175,290      203,638
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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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