JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JUNE 2001
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Country of                       JUNE            JANUARY - JUNE
origin                    ----------------      -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  9         16         32         65
Korea, North                  -          -          6          4
China                     1,182        740      5,349      4,402
Taiwan                        6         17         90        159
Hong Kong                     7         16         24         34
Vietnam                   2,870      2,682     13,857     14,085
Thailand                  1,705      2,180      9,035     12,956
Malaysia                    235        290      1,809      2,735
Philippines                 634        801      3,937      5,442
Indonesia                 4,173      5,306     26,151     36,230
Cambodia                      -          -          6          9
Myanmar                     295        360      1,678      2,171
India                     2,944      3,194     15,852     18,213
Pakistan                     21         43        180        338
Sri Lanka                   319        479      1,359      2,046
Bangladesh                  289        228      1,724      1,569
Macao                        14         25         43         83
Iran                          -          -        208        277
Kuwait                        -          -         62        139
Iceland                     109        117        705        652
Norway                      283        232      1,260        884
Denmark                     301        226        886        793
United Kingdom                -          -         29          9
Spain                        16         29         40         85
Italy                         -          -          5          5
Russia                    1,002        806      4,469      3,906
Greece                        -          -          4          6
Estonia                      31          6         52         17
Latvia                       24          8         24          8
Lithuania                     -          -         10          3
Greenland                   839        552      3,797      2,707
Canada                    1,176      1,213      3,823      2,667
U.S.A.                        6          9         98        192
Mexico                        4          8        152        344
Nicaragua                    16         30        128        243
Panama                        -          -          2          3
Colombia                     17         30         26        458
Venezuela                     -          -         17         28
Surinam                      37         73        487      1,030
Ecuador                      96        144      1,088      1,641
Chile                         4         12          4         12
Brazil                      185        310        467        787
Argentina                   172        193      1,283      1,648
Sudan                         -          -         13          8
Nigeria                       6         14         56        134
Tanzania                      -          -         10          9
Seychelles                    8         12         25         40
Mozambique                  541        624        834      1,066
Madagascar                  274        249        721        732
Australia                   416        671      1,145      1,986
Papua New Guinea            120        144        298        347
New Zealand                  34         67        258        488
New Caledonia                17         25        275        416
  Total                  20,441     22,181    104,127    124,312
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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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