JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, SEPTEMBER 2003
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Country of                       September          Jan. - Sept. 
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea              -           -        55        100
North Korea                    5           7        37         34
China                      2,422       1,797    13,867     10,077 
Taiwan                        48          73       228        357
Hong Kong                     19          36        27         52
Vietnam                    5,132       5,185    32,807     31,273
Thailand                   1,547       1,513    12,080     12,938
Singapore                      -           -        10         14
Malaysia                     245         299     2,215      3,077
Philippines                  450         503     4,186      4,537
Indonesia                  4,716       5,205    39,280     43,075
Cambodia                       -           -        15         19
Myanmar                      570         537     3,414      3,454
India                      2,843       2,292    19,828     16,676
Pakistan                      48          47       261        316
Sri Lanka                    309         368     2,268      2,680
Bangladesh                   195         114     1,969      1,316
Macao                          -           -        29         54
Iran                           -           -       153        144
Saudi Arabia                  54          41       542        523
Iceland                      111          98       952        774
Norway                        55          24       806        664
Denmark                      105          74       683        513
United Kingdom                 -           -         1          2
Ireland                        -           -         0          1
Spain                          -           -        35         82
Russia                       460         541     5,704      5,595
Bulgaria                       -           -         4          4
Estonia                      108          50       193        155
Latvia                         3           5        19         20
Greenland                    292         274     7,002      4,608
Canada                       895         587     7,012      5,712
USA                            -           -       152        259
Mexico                         -           -       193        336
Colombia                      30          35       194        269
Surinam                       61         116       688      1,215
Ecuador                      133         131       764        775
Chile                          4          12        15         24 
Brazil                       122         154       705        775
Argentina                    709         969     1,735      2,419
Nigeria                        -           -        12         29
Seychelles                    16          19        24         29
Mozambique                    85          71       939        854
Madagascar                    83          80     1,214      1,087
Australia                    317         485     1,475      2,234
Papua New Guinea              61          58       498        530
New Zealand                    -           -       279        537
New Caledonia                  -           -        17         29
  Total                   22,269      21,816   164,609    160,271
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M.T. = metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one

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