JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, NOVEMBER 2001
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Country of                    NOVEMBER         JANUARY - NOVEMBER
origin                    ----------------      -----------------
                            M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                   6         11         45         87
Korea, North                   2          2         27         25
China                      1,790      1,936     13,055     11,361
Taiwan                        25         35        175        307
Hong Kong                     52         91        162        268
Vietnam                    3,825      3,627     32,796     32,171
Thailand                   1,796      2,195     18,400     24,631
Malaysia                     397        520      3,413      4,786
Philippines                  826        840      7,554      9,591
Indonesia                  5,186      5,475     49,817     64,278
Cambodia                       -          -         16         19
Myanmar                      380        417      3,758      4,441
India                      3,124      3,836     38,832     42,422
Pakistan                      90        130        549        891
Sri Lanka                    158        165      3,032      4,131
Bangladesh                   239        168      2,792      2,395
Macao                         14         22        160        282
Iran                          11         12        251        322
Kuwait                        15         20        116        252
United Arab Emirates           -          -          0          1
Iceland                      163        121      1,319      1,193
Norway                       113         40      1,790      1,207
Denmark                      126         44      1,233        955
United Kingdom                 -          -         28          8
Belgium                        -          -          3          3
Monaco                         -          -          9         18
Germany                        -          -          5          2
Spain                          5         10        111        255
Italy                          -          -          5          4
Russia                     1,039        885      7,983      6,886
Greece                         -          -          3          5
Estonia                       34         23        171         76
Latvia                         -          -         23          8
Lithuania                      -          -         40         13
Greenland                    849        513      7,066      4,829
Canada                       726        405      7,335      5,746
U.S.A.                        31         36        167        264
Mexico                        25         50        177        395
Nicaragua                     28         36        224        391
Panama                         -          -          1          3
Puerto Rico                   10         13         10         13
Colombia                      50         85        486        833
Venezuela                      -          -         16         27
Surinam                      130        275        977      2,138
Ecuador                      150        174      1,790      2,462
Chile                          -          -          3         11
Brazil                        42         75        927      1,629
Argentina                    800        754      3,822      4,255
Sudan                          -          -         12          7
Canary Islands                 4         12          4         12
Nigeria                        8         20         85        201
Tanzania                       7          9         18         18
Seychelles                     -          -         41         63
Mozambique                     -          -      1,765      2,020
Madagascar                    94        126      1,639      1,805
Namibia                        -          -         14         38
Australia                    963      1,748      4,238      7,398
Papua New Guinea              52         59        756        934
New Zealand                  109        215        572      1,080
New Caledonia                  -          -        431        650
  Total                   23,511     24,251    220,279    250,546
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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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