JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, DECEMBER 2001
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Country of                      DECEMBER         JANUARY - DECEMBER
origin                       ----------------      -----------------
                              M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                     -          -         45         87
Korea, North                     2          2         29         28
China                        1,870      1,913     14,925     13,274
Taiwan                          26         54        201        361
Hong Kong                        7         13        169        282
Vietnam                      2,867      2,663     35,664     34,834
Thailand                     2,173      2,604     20,574     27,236
Signapor                        10         46         10         46
Malaysia                       434        592      3,848      5,378
Philippines                    868        943      8,423     10,535
Indonesia                    5,799      6,026     55,617     70,304
Cambodia                         -          -         16         19
Myanmar                        389        404      4,148      4,846
India                        4,157      3,980     42,990     46,402
Pakistan                        83         90        633        981
Sri Lanka                      154        170      3,187      4,302
Bangladesh                     376        286      3,168      2,682
Macao                            -          -        160        282
Iran                             -          -        251        322
Kuwait                           -          -        116        252
United Arab Emirates             -          -          1          1
Iceland                        165        129      1,485      1,323
Norway                          82         53      1,872      1,260
Denmark                         99         57      1,333      1,013
United Kingdom                   -          -         28          8
Belgium                          -          -          3          3
Monaco                           -          -          9         18
Germany                          -          -          5          2
Spain                            4         11        116        267
Italy                            -          -          5          4
Russia                       1,128      1,207      9,112      8,093
Greece                           -          -          3          5
Estonia                          -          -        171         76
Latvia                           -          -         23          8
Lithuania                        -          -         40         13
Greenland                      757        530      7,824      5,359
Canada                         476        273      7,811      6,019
U.S.A.                          50         52        218        317
Mexico                         107        190        284        586
Nicaragua                       31         45        255        486
Panama                           -          -          1          3
Puerto Rico                      -          -         10         13
Colombia                        50         80        536        914
Venezuela                        -          -         16         27
Surinam                         61        124      1,038      2,263
Ecuador                        199        219      1,990      2,681
Chile                            -          -          3         11
Brazil                          74        133      1,002      1,762
Argentina                      920        800      4,742      5,056
Morocco                         12         22         12         22
Sudan                            -          -         12          7
Canary Islands                   5         12          9         25
Nigeria                          3          6         88        207
Tanzania                         -          -         18         18
Seychelles                       -          -         41         63
Mozambique                     232        298      1,997      2,319
Madagascar                     187        244      1,827      2,049
Namibia                          -          -         14         38
Australia                      726      1,360      4,964      8,759
Papua New Guinea                73         76        830      1,011
New Zealand                     95        179        667      1,259
New Caledonia                    -          -        431        650
  Total                     24,768     25,904    245,048    276,450
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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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