JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, AUGUST 2003
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Country of                       August            Jan. - August 
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea              -           -        55        100
North Korea                    6           3        32         27
China                      2,291       1,557    11,444      8,279
Taiwan                        11          14       179        284
Hong Kong                      7          16         7         16
Vietnam                    4,429       4,515    27,675     26,087
Thailand                   1,603       1,626    10,533     11,424
Singapore                      -           -        10         14
Malaysia                     285         376     1,969      2,778
Philippines                  435         494     3,735      4,034
Indonesia                  4,576       5,024    34,563     37,870
Cambodia                      15          19        15         19
Myanmar                      649         669     2,844      2,917
India                      3,199       3,066    16,984     14,383
Pakistan                     111         134       212        268
Sri Lanka                    247         302     1,958      2,311
Bangladesh                   402         321     1,774      1,201
Macao                          -           -        29         54
Iran                           -           -       153        144
Saudi Arabia                  39          30       487        481
Iceland                       49          49       840        675
Norway                        39          19       750        639
Denmark                       86          89       577        438
United Kingdom                 -           -         1          2
Ireland                        -           -         0          1
Spain                          8          15        35         82
Russia                       272         292     5,244      5,054
Bulgaria                       4           4         4          4
Estonia                       20          27        84        104
Latvia                         9          12        16         14
Greenland                    961         565     6,710      4,333
Canada                       619         993     6,117      5,125
USA                           19          37       152        259
Mexico                         -           -       193        336
Colombia                      15          21       164        233
Surinam                       61         109       627      1,099
Ecuador                      126         119       631        643
Chile                          -           -        11         12 
Brazil                       253         243       582        620
Argentina                    196         289     1,026      1,450
Nigeria                        0           0        12         29
Seychelles                     8          10         8         10
Mozambique                   160         119       854        783
Madagascar                   181         150     1,130      1,007
Australia                    295         439     1,158      1,748
Papua New Guinea              96         107       437        471
New Zealand                    -           -       279        537
New Caledonia                  -           -        17         29
  Total                   21,797      21,892   142,340    138,454
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M.T. = metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one

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