JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MAY 2003
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Country of                         May              Jan. - May  
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea              -           -        26         45
North Korea                    3           4        14         13
China                      1,100         788     5,881      4,513
Taiwan                        17          30       143        234
Vietnam                    3,780       3,415    12,836     11,274
Thailand                   1,299       1,441     5,768      6,425
Singapore                      -           -        11         14
Malaysia                     256         400     1,301      1,955
Philippines                  546         551     2,247      2,444
Indonesia                  4,575       4,976    18,847     20,947
Myanmar                      189         194     1,145      1,164
India                      1,687       1,325     8,030      5,934
Pakistan                       -           -        84        113
Sri Lanka                    167         192     1,378      1,622
Bangladesh                   321         193       946        604
Macao                          -           -         5         11
Iran                           -           -       151        142
Saudi Arabia                 109         104       312        323
Iceland                      109          85       342        315
Norway                       311         262       591        526
Denmark                       87          75       363        255
United Kingdom                 -           -         1          2
Spain                          -           -        11         30
Russia                       616         694     3,947      3,714
Estonia                       17          22        49         64
Latvia                         -           -         7          2
Greenland                    943         559     3,632      2,483
Canada                       374         221     3,161      1,602
U.S.A.                         0           1        85        139
Mexico                        15          26       194        337
Colombia                      17          26       102        154
Surinam                       71         125       413        728
Ecuador                       62          60       337        348
Chile                         11          12        11         12
Brazil                         -           -       104        130
Argentina                     95         153       544        749
Nigeria                        5          13        12         29
Mozambique                     6          13       212        227
Madagascar                   131         106       445        402
Australia                    138         189       388        621
Papua New Guinea              34          36       150        145
New Zealand                    9          21       256        494
New Caledonia                  -           -        17         29
  Total                   17,100      16,311    74,499     71,313
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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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