JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, FEBRUARY 2001
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Country of                    February          Jan. - Feb. 2000
origin                    ----------------      -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                   
Korea, North                  1          1          2          2
China                       419        426      1,629      1,499
Taiwan                                             24         30
Hong Kong                      
Vietnam                   1,318      1,401      3,358      3,529
Thailand                  1,519      2,358      2,998      4,608
Malaysia                    299        440        641        977
Philippines                 691      1,076      1,203      1,836
Indonesia                 5,119      7,127      9,430     13,564
Cambodia                                            6          9
Myanmar                     236        294        640        782
India                     1,947      2,168      5,306      6,386
Pakistan                     38         67         91        152
Sri Lanka                   209        308        581        860
Bangladesh                  162        137        427        386
Iran                                              199        268
Kuwait                                             47        102
Iceland                     165        130        313        250
Norway                      122         59        256        117
Denmark                      69         61        115         94
Spain                        15         35         18         41
Russia                      456        410      1,024        911
Estonia                       7          6          7          6
Lithuania                     1          1          1          1
Greenland                   418        329        893        746
Canada                      449        265      1,002        565
U.S.A.                       30         63         63        132
Mexico                       34         72         85        188
Nicaragua                    33         65         62        117
Colombia                     51         93         95        177
Surinam                      61        139        115        262
Ecuador                     102        164        233        356
Brazil                       16         28         50         83
Argentina                   471        590        610        792
Nigeria                      21         47         29         67
Mozambique                   64        104        109        183
Madagascar                   47         62         87         98
Australia                    33         73        149        308
Papua New Guinea             47         55         53         62
New Zealand                  44         81         99        187
New Caledonia                17         25         41         61
  Total                  14,732     18,760     32,152     40,830
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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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