JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JANUARY 2003
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Country of                     January            Jan. - Dec. 2002
origin                    ------------------    -------------------
                             M.T.      Value        M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea                -          -         46         75
North Korea                      -          -         38         27
China                        1,896      1,495     19,598     16,912
Taiwan                          39         64        243        409
Hong Kong                        -          -         40         81
Vietnam                      2,399      1,971     41,516     41,094
Thailand                     1,144      1,274     18,986     23,327
Malaysia                       316        511      4,480      6,353
Brunei                           -          -          8         10
Philippines                    439        567      7,995     10,330
Indonesia                    2,816      3,481     53,607     65,630
Cambodia                         -          -         26         17
Myanmar                        336        389      5,568      6,390
India                        1,827      1,358     34,794     36,912
Pakistan                        42         64        811      1,075
Sri Lanka                      322        420      2,167      2,896
Bangladesh                     257        179      3,240      2,360
Macao                            -          -        124        218
Iran                           134        125        358        350
Saudi Arabia                    27         31         93         84
Kuwait                           -          -        111        211
Oman                             -          -          0          1
The United Arab Emirates         -          -          0          0
Iceland                         68         69      1,129      1,034
Norway                           1          0        849        544
Denmark                         84         42        723        425
U King                           -          -          6          7
Ireland                          -          -          7         14
France                           -          -          2          4
Spain                            2          8        135        177
Italy                            -          -          4          4
Russia                         749        753      8,961      8,457
Austria                          -          -         10         21
Estonia                          -          -        301        140
Latvia                           -          -          0          0
Lithuan                          -          -          0          0
Greenland                      595        421      8,488      5,715
Canada                         576        305      9,367      5,993
U.S.A.                          54        103        305        458
Mexico                          73        126        413        822
Guatemala                        -          -         27         55
Nicaragua                        -          -        158        275
Panama                           -          -          1          1
Colombia                        34         47        483        734
Surinam                         76        139      1,174      2,314
Ecuador                        145        155      1,732      2,014
Chile                            -          -         20         14
Brazil                          59         92        992      1,513
Uruguay                          -          -          0          0
Argentina                      123        196      8,833      7,298
Senegal                          -          -         10          1
Guinea                           -          -          3          7
Canary Islands                   -          -         32         78
Nigeria                          2          5         66        148
Tanzania                         -          -         28         28
Seychel                          -          -         56         74
Mozambique                      17         27      1,653      2,017
Madagascar                     114         87      2,183      2,527
South Africa                     -          -         10         14
Australia                       77        137      4,945      8,976
Papua New Guinea                31         27        712        819
New Zealand                     96        192        682      1,303
New Caledonia                   17         29        462        767
  Total                     15,005     14,903    248,842    269,580
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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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