JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JUNE 2003
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Country of                        June              Jan. - June  
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea             15          28        41         73
North Korea                    2           1        16         14
China                      1,445         963     7,326      5,476
Taiwan                         9           7       152        241
Vietnam                    4,933       4,877    17,769     16,151
Thailand                   1,428       1,559     7,196      7,984
Singapore                      -           -        11         14
Malaysia                      86          87     1,386      2,041
Philippines                  401         393     2,649      2,837
Indonesia                  4,802       5,042    23,648     25,988
Myanmar                      375         393     1,520      1,557
India                      1,546       1,339     9,576      7,273
Pakistan                      18          21       102        134
Sri Lanka                    136         148     1,514      1,769
Bangladesh                   170          91     1,116        695
Macao                         24          44        29         55
Iran                           3           3       154        144
Saudi Arabia                  82          79       394        403
Iceland                      125          89       467        404
Norway                       100          83       691        610
Denmark                      107          89       470        344
United Kingdom                 -           -         1          2
Spain                          6          12        17         42
Russia                       610         675     4,557      4,389
Estonia                        9           6        58         70
Latvia                         -           -         7          2
Greenland                  1,053         639     4,685      3,121
Canada                     1,387       1,253     4,548      2,855
U.S.A.                        48          83       133        222
Mexico                         -           -       194        337
Colombia                      17          23       119        178
Surinam                       70         103       483        831
Ecuador                      111         118       447        465
Chile                          -           -        11         12 
Brazil                        95         105       200        235
Argentina                     93         137       637        887
Nigeria                        -           -        12         29
Mozambique                     6          10       218        238
Madagascar                   241         209       687        611
Australia                    194         273       583        893
Papua New Guinea              22          25       172        170
New Zealand                   18          35       273        529
New Caledonia                  -           -        17         29
  Total                   19,786      19,042    94,285     90,355
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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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