JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, FEBRUARY 2003
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Country of                    February               Jan. - Feb.   
origin                    ----------------        -----------------
                           M.T.      Value         M.T.       Value
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Republic of Korea                -          -          -          -
North Korea                      -          -          -          -
China                          896        639      2,792      2,134
Taiwan                          28         47         68        111
Hong Kong                        -          -          -          -
Vietnam                      1,657      1,281      4,056      3,252
Thailand                       847        963      1,992      2,237
Singapore                       10         14         10         14
Malaysia                       259        415        575        926
Brunei                           -          -          -          -
Philippines                    276        311        716        878
Indonesia                    3,535      3,916      6,351      7,398
Cambodia                         -          -          -          -
Myanmar                        190        160        527        549
India                        1,473        903      3,300      2,261
Pakistan                         -          -         42         64
Sri Lanka                      240        280        563        700
Bangladesh                     170        104        428        284
Macao                            -          -          -          -
Iran                            16         16        150        141
Saudi Arabia                    95         98        122        130
Kuwait                           -          -          -          -
Oman                             -          -          -          -
The United Arab Emirates                    -          -          -
Iceland                         75         63        144        132
Norway                           -          -          1          0
Denmark                         41         27        125         70
U King                           -          -          -          -
Ireland                          -          -          -          -
France                           -          -          -          -
Spain                            -          -          2          8
Italy                            -          -          -          -
Russia                         650        562      1,400      1,315
Austria                          -          -          -          -
Estonia                          -          -          -          -
Latvia                           6          2          6          2
Lithuan                          -          -          -          -
Greenland                      560        424      1,156        845
Canada                         930        455      1,506        760
U.S.A.                           2          4         57        108
Mexico                          40         65        114        191
Guatemala                        -          -          -          -
Nicaragua                        -          -          -          -
Panama                           -          -          -          -
Colombia                        16         27         51         74
Surinam                        122        206        198        345
Ecuador                         38         38        184        193
Chile                            -          -          -          -
Brazil                           9          8         68        101
Uruguay                          -          -          -          -
Argentina                      123        142        247        339
Senegal                          -          -          -          -
Guinea                           -          -          -          -
Canary Islands                   -          -          -          -
Nigeria                          -          -          2          5
Tanzania                         -          -          -          -
Seychel                          -          -          -          -
Mozambique                      13         20         30         48
Madagascar                     128        135        242        223
South Africa                     -          -          -          -
Australia                        5         10         83        147
Papua New Guinea                19         17         50         44
New Zealand                    103        205        200        397
New Caledonia                    -          -         17         29
  Total                     12,590     11,569     27,596     26,472
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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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