JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, AUGUST 2001
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Country of                       AUGUST          JANUARY - AUGUST
origin                    ----------------      -----------------
                            M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                   -          -         40         76
Korea, North                   5          7         15         14
China                      1,298      1,055      8,144      6,461
Taiwan                         7         20        121        230
Hong Kong                     22         38         62         90
Vietnam                    3,776      3,573     22,689     22,707
Thailand                   1,765      2,284     12,981     17,935
Malaysia                     348        402      2,483      3,605
Philippines                  657        801      5,235      7,115
Indonesia                  4,955      5,955     36,624     49,385
Cambodia                       -          -         16         20
Myanmar                      478        513      2,554      3,173
India                      6,677      7,200     28,855     32,833
Pakistan                      42         65        270        482
Sri Lanka                    453        591      2,288      3,282
Bangladesh                   148        122      2,121      1,924
Macao                         45         80        102        190
Iran                           -          -        232        304
Kuwait                        17         40        102        232
Iceland                      173        122        924        844
Norway                       139         95      1,597      1,138
Denmark                       22         20        968        850
United Kingdom                 -          -         29          9
Spain                         24         61         71        165
Italy                          -          -          5          5
Russia                       732        612      5,746      4,935
Greece                         -          -          4          6
Estonia                        0          0         52         17
Latvia                         -          -         24          8
Lithuania                      -          -         10          3
Greenland                    513        367      4,981      3,539
Canada                       624        820      5,370      4,513
U.S.A.                         4          7        103        199
Mexico                         -          -        152        344
Nicaragua                      7          8        150        287
Panama                         -          -          2          3
Colombia                      48         83        370        645
Venezuela                      -          -         17         28
Surinam                      103        239        674      1,475
Ecuador                      113        136      1,348      1,958
Chile                          -          -          4         12
Brazil                       118        222        716      1,232
Argentina                    441        484      2,176      2,619
Sudan                          -          -         13          8
Nigeria                        -          -         66        156
Tanzania                       -          -         10          9
Seychelles                     8         11         42         64
Mozambique                   461        474      1,346      1,585
Madagascar                   260        312      1,115      1,207
Australia                    532        919      2,343      4,012
Papua New Guinea             178        238        577        710
New Zealand                   48         86        348        651
New Caledonia                 87        130        431        650
  Total                   25,335     28,197    156,741    183,989
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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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