JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, OCTOBER 2001
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Country of                    OCTOBER         JANUARY - OCTOBER
origin                    ----------------      -----------------
                          M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                   -          -         39         75
Korea, North                   3          4         24         23
China                      1,883      1,915     11,264      9,425
Taiwan                        19         31        149        272
Hong Kong                     19         35        109        177
Vietnam                    3,311      2,963     28,971     28,548
Thailand                   1,882      2,269     16,604     22,436
Malaysia                     265        316      3,016      4,265
Philippines                  922        992      6,728      8,751
Indonesia                  3,793      4,543     44,630     58,802
Cambodia                       -          -         16         19
Myanmar                      419        441      3,378      4,023
India                      3,287      3,268     35,708     39,586
Pakistan                      86        138        459        760
Sri Lanka                    214        253      2,874      3,965
Bangladesh                   237        185      2,552      2,227
Macao                         29         44        146        260
Iran                           8          5        240        309
Kuwait                         -          -        101        232
United Arab Emirates           -          -          0          1
Iceland                      146        135      1,156      1,072
Norway                        46         15      1,676      1,166
Denmark                       86         39      1,107        911
United Kingdom                 -          -         28          8
Belgium                        3          3          3          3
Monaco                         9         18          9         18
Germany                        -          -          5          2
Spain                         15         38        106        245
Italy                          -          -          5          4
Russia                       755        699      6,944      6,000
Greece                         -          -          3          5
Estonia                       28          9        137         52
Latvia                         -          -         23          8
Lithuania                     30         10         40         13
Greenland                    781        474      6,217      4,315
Canada                       832        545      6,608      5,340
U.S.A.                         9          9        136        227
Mexico                         -          -        151        344
Nicaragua                     14         22        195        354
Panama                         -          -          1          3
Colombia                      48         72        435        748
Venezuela                      -          -         16         27
Surinam                       86        173        846      1,863
Ecuador                      137        146      1,640      2,287
Chile                          -          -          3         11
Brazil                       115        221        885      1,554
Argentina                    460        485      3,021      3,500
Sudan                          -          -         12          7
Nigeria                       11         24         77        181
Tanzania                       -          -         10          9
Seychelles                     -          -         41         63
Mozambique                   252        268      1,765      2,020
Madagascar                   412        437      1,545      1,678
Namibia                        -          -         14         38
Australia                    600      1,074      3,275      5,649
Papua New Guinea             127        165        704        875
New Zealand                   83        156        462        864
New Caledonia                  -          -        431        650
  Total                   21,478     22,656    196,768    226,294
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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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