JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MARCH 2003
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Country of                         March              Jan. - Mar.   
origin                       ----------------      ----------------
                              M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea                8         10          8         10
North Korea                      7          5          7          5
China                          895        742      3,688      2,876
Taiwan                          15         21         83        132
Hong Kong                        -          -          -          -
Vietnam                      1,879      1,604      5,936      4,856
Thailand                     1,103      1,257      3,096      3,495
Singapore                        -          -         10         14
Malaysia                       177        276        753      1,202
Brunei                           -          -          -          -
Philippines                    365        388      1,082      1,266
Indonesia                    3,723      3,928     10,075     11,326
Cambodia                         -          -          -          -
Myanmar                        189        175        716        725
India                        1,554      1,239      4,855      3,501
Pakistan                         -          -         42         64
Sri Lanka                      292        313        856      1,013
Bangladesh                      54         39        482        323
Macao                            4         10          4         10
Iran                             -          -        150        141
Saudi Arabia                    67         75        190        205
Kuwait                           -          -          -          -
Oman                             -          -          -          -
The United Arab Emirates         -          -          -          -
Iceland                         37         42        181        174
Norway                          89         82         91         83
Denmark                         50         39        176        109
U King                           1          2          1          2
Ireland                          -          -          -          -
France                           -          -          -          -
Spain                            -          -          2          8
Italy                            -          -          -          -
Russia                         838        709      2,239      2,024
Austria                          -          -          -          -
Estonia                         17         25         17         25
Latvia                           -          -          6          2
Lithuan                          -          -          -          -
Greenland                      748        523      1,905      1,368
Canada                         607        265      2,113      1,025
U.S.A.                           6         16         63        124
Mexico                          39         70        154        262
Guatemala                        -          -          -          -
Nicaragua                        -          -          -          -
Panama                           -          -          -          -
Colombia                        16         26         68        101
Surinam                         55         80        253        425
Ecuador                         11         12        195        206
Chile                            -          -          -          -
Brazil                          20         15         88        116
Uruguay                          -          -          -          -
Argentina                      169        200        416        540
Senegal                          -          -          -          -
Guinea                           -          -          -          -
Canary Islands                   -          -          -          -
Nigeria                          -          -          2          5
Tanzania                         -          -          -          -
Seychel                          -          -          -          -
Mozambique                     167        152        198        200
Madagascar                      58         42        301        265
South Africa                     -          -          -          -
Australia                       55        107        138        254
Papua New Guinea                20         20         70         65
New Zealand                      2          3        202        401
New Caledonia                    -          -         17         29
  Total                     13,356     12,526     40,952     38,999
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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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