JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MAY 2001
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Country of                       MAY              JANUARY - MAY
origin                    ----------------      -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  7         11         23         49
Korea, North                  4          2          6          4
China                       920        604      4,166      3,662
Taiwan                       33         53         85        142
Hong Kong                     -          -         17         18
Vietnam                   2,720      2,744     10,987     11,403
Thailand                  1,588      2,101      7,330     10,777
Malaysia                    328        539      1,573      2,445
Philippines                 778        974      3,304      4,641
Indonesia                 4,315      5,673     21,978     30,923
Cambodia                      -          -          6          9
Myanmar                     311        413      1,383      1,811
India                     2,217      2,318     12,908     15,018
Pakistan                     16         32        160        295
Sri Lanka                   201        309      1,040      1,566
Bangladesh                  423        416      1,436      1,342
Macao                         -          -         28         58
Iran                         10          9        208        277
Kuwait                        -          -         62        139
Iceland                     109        105        595        535
Norway                      247        210        977        652
Denmark                     111        114        585        568
United Kingdom                -          -         29          9
Spain                         1          2         25         56
Italy                         5          5          5          5
Russia                      981        909      3,468      3,099
Greece                        4          6          4          6
Estonia                       -          -         21         11
Lithuania                     -          -         10          3
Greenland                   754        395      2,958      2,154
Canada                      396        237      2,647      1,454
U.S.A.                        9         20         92        183
Mexico                        -          -        147        337
Nicaragua                     -          -        112        214
Panama                        2          3          2          3
Colombia                     65        114        240        428
Venezuela                     4          6         17         28
Surinam                      90        191        450        957
Ecuador                     247        341        992      1,497
Brazil                      197        329        282        477
Argentina                    75         97      1,110      1,454
Sudan                         -          -         13          8
Nigeria                       -          -         50        119
Tanzania                      -          -         10          9
Seychelles                    -          -         17         28
Mozambique                    -          -        293        442
Madagascar                  213        227        446        483
Australia                   275        446        728      1,315
Papua New Guinea             25         29        178        203
New Zealand                  50         96        224        421
New Caledonia               113        171        258        391
  Total                  17,841     20,253     83,685    102,131
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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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