JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, DECEMBER 2003
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Country of                      December            Jan. - Dec.  
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea             13          17        82        155
North Korea                    0           0        41         38
China                      2,248       1,974    20,494     15,746 
Taiwan                         9          20       263        406
Hong Kong                      -           -        48         92
Vietnam                    5,371       4,830    47,626     44,545
Thailand                   1,586       1,501    16,803     17,462
Singapore                      -           -        11         14
Malaysia                     338         424     3,262      4,317
Philippines                  774         692     6,421      6,718
Indonesia                  3,770       3,587    52,367     56,148
Cambodia                       -           -        26         31
Myanmar                      654         598     5,377      5,282
India                      2,702       2,204    28,191     23,947
Pakistan                      69          69       544        605
Sri Lanka                    275         289     3,055      3,528
Bangladesh                   457         282     3,004      1,978
Macao                          -           -        29         55
Iran                          33          24       203        180
Saudi Arabia                  13          10       610        579
Iceland                      136         130     1,203      1,020
Norway                        26          17       876        719
Denmark                       48          30       852        603
United Kingdom                 -           -         7         10
Ireland                        0           1         1          3
France                         -           -         0          1
Spain                          -           -        36         83
Italy                          -           -         4          4
Russia                     1,120       1,276     8,641      8,685
Bulgaria                       -           -        10         10
Estonia                        2           3       294        196
Latvia                         -           -        20         20
Greenland                    582         455     9,180      6,189
Canada                       741         367     8,938      6,698
USA                          120         190       285        466
Mexico                        98         144       318        521
El Salvador                    2           1         2          1
Colombia                      33          34       259        335
Surinam                       69          81       906      1,519
Ecuador                       80          73     1,138      1,109
Chile                          -           -        20         38 
Brazil                       102         130     1,085      1,236
Argentina                    366         549     3,674      5,066
Nigeria                        3           3        21         47
Seychelles                     -           -        41         42
Mozambique                   305         264     1,260      1,144
Madagascar                    98         105     1,594      1,480
Australia                    462         762     2,971      4,659
Papua New Guinea              38          30       648        663
New Zealand                   64         130       489        978
Tonga                          7           9         7          9
New Caledonia                  -           -        17         29
  Total                   22,816      21,306   233,251    225,409
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M.T. = metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one

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