JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, NOVEMBER 2003
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Country of                      November            Jan. - Nov.  
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea             13          37        69        138
North Korea                    2           1        41         38
China                      2,075       1,713    18,245     13,772 
Taiwan                        14          14       254        386
Hong Kong                     17          32        48         92
Vietnam                    3,876       3,201    42,254     39,716
Thailand                   1,420       1,313    15,218     15,961
Singapore                      -           -        11         14
Malaysia                     391         440     2,924      3,893
Philippines                  780         772     5,646      6,026
Indonesia                  3,589       3,615    48,596     52,560
Cambodia                       -           -        26         31
Myanmar                      622         606     4,723      4,684
India                      2,747       2,457    25,489     21,743
Pakistan                      99         101       475        536
Sri Lanka                    255         279     2,780      3,240
Bangladesh                   410         295     2,548      1,696
Macao                          -           -        29         54
Iran                          17          11       170        155
Saudi Arabia                  26          21       598        569
Iceland                       82          84     1,067        890
Norway                        21          21       850        702
Denmark                      109          53       804        573
United Kingdom                 6           8         7         10
Ireland                        -           -         0          1
France                         0           1         0          1
Spain                          -           -        36         83
Italy                          -           -         4          4
Russia                       821         868     7,521      7,409
Bulgaria                       -           -        10         10
Estonia                       29          14       291        193
Latvia                         -           -        20         20
Greenland                    838         550     8,598      5,734
Canada                       416         272     8,197      6,331
USA                           12          17       165        276
Mexico                        12          17       219        377
Colombia                      31          32       226        301
Surinam                       48          76       837      1,438
Ecuador                      131         113     1,054      1,036
Chile                          -           -        20         38 
Brazil                       102         132       983      1,107
Argentina                    610         842     3,308      4,517
Nigeria                        -           -        18         44
Seychelles                     8           6        41         42
Mozambique                    15          25       954        880
Madagascar                    75          95     1,496      1,375
Australia                    563         914     2,509      3,897
Papua New Guinea              53          51       610        632
New Zealand                  140         300       424        848
New Caledonia                  -           -        17         29
  Total                   20,474      19,399   210,434    204,103
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M.T. = metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one

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