JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, APRIL 2001
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Country of                      APRIL            JANUARY - APRIL
origin                    ----------------      -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  9         16         17         38
Korea, North                  -          -          2          2
China                       849        782      3,246      3,058
Taiwan                        7         17         52         89
Hong Kong                    17         18         17         18
Vietnam                   2,655      3,064      8,267      8,659
Thailand                  1,514      2,144      5,742      8,675
Malaysia                    279        398      1,246      1,906
Philippines                 775      1,046      2,526      3,667
Indonesia                 4,307      6,229     17,663     25,250
Cambodia                      -          -          6          9
Myanmar                     202        295      1,072      1,399
India                     2,795      3,318     10,690     12,700
Pakistan                     24         49        143        263
Sri Lanka                   115        174        840      1,257
Bangladesh                  269        259      1,013        925
Macao                        28         58         28         58
Iran                          -          -        199        268
Kuwait                        -          -         62        139
Iceland                      88         82        487        430
Norway                      341        266        730        442
Denmark                     240        250        474        453
United Kingdom                -          -         29          9
Spain                         -          -         24         54
Russia                      759        691      2,487      2,191
Estonia                       1          1         21         11
Lithuania                     -          -         10          3
Greenland                   622        508      2,203      1,759
Canada                      667        359      2,252      1,218
U.S.A.                       10         19         83        163
Mexico                       25         64        147        337
Nicaragua                    33         66        112        214
Colombia                     16         30        175        314
Venezuela                    13         22         13         22
Surinam                     146        310        360        766
Ecuador                     259        340        745      1,156
Brazil                       35         65         85        147
Argentina                   238        308      1,035      1,358
Sudan                         -          -         13          8
Nigeria                      11         26         50        119
Tanzania                      -          -         10          9
Seychelles                    -          -         17         28
Mozambique                   30         63        293        442
Madagascar                   29         72        233        255
Australia                   237        441        453        869
Papua New Guinea             64         72        153        175
New Zealand                  50         93        173        324

New Caledonia                52         80        145        220
  Total                  17,811     22,152     65,844     81,878
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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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