JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MARCH 2001
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Country of                     March            January - March
origin                    ----------------     ------------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  7         22          7         22
Korea, North                  1          1          2          2
China                       769        778      2,398      2,277
Taiwan                       22         42         46         72
Vietnam                   2,255      2,068      5,613      5,596
Thailand                  1,230      1,924      4,228      6,532
Malaysia                    325        531        967      1,507
Philippines                 547        786      1,751      2,621
Indonesia                 3,926      5,457     13,356     19,021
Cambodia                      -          -          6          9
Myanmar                     231        322        871      1,104
India                     2,589      2,996      7,895      9,382
Pakistan                     28         62        119        214
Sri Lanka                   144        222        725      1,083
Bangladesh                  316        280        743        666
Iran                          -          -        199        268
Kuwait                       15         37         62        139
Iceland                      86         99        399        349
Norway                      133         59        389        176
Denmark                     120        109        235        203
Spain                         6         13         24         54
Russia                      704        589      1,727      1,500
Estonia                      13          5         19         10
Lithuania                     9          3         10          3
Greenland                   688        505      1,582      1,251
Canada                      582        293      1,584        858
U.S.A.                       10         13         73        145
Mexico                       37         85        122        273
Nicaragua                    16         31         79        148
Colombia                     63        107        158        284
Surinam                      99        195        214        457
Ecuador                     253        340        486        756
Brazil                        -          -         50         83
Argentina                   187        256        797      1,048
Sudan                         -          -         13          8
Nigeria                      11         26         39         93
Tanzania                      -          -         10          9
Seychelles                    8         15         17         28
Mozambique                  154        196        263        379
Madagascar                  118         85        204        183
Australia                    67        120        217        429
Papua New Guinea             35         40         89        103
New Zealand                  24         44        123        231
New Caledonia                52         79         93        140
  Total                  15,880     18,895     48,033     59,725
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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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