JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, APRIL 2003
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Country of April Jan. - Apr.
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Republic of Korea 17 34 26 45
North Korea 3 3 11 8
China 1,093 848 4,781 3,724
Taiwan 42 70 125 203
Hong Kong - - - -
Vietnam 3,119 3,001 9,056 7,858
Thailand 1,372 1,487 4,468 4,983
Singapore - - 10 14
Malaysia 290 352 1,044 1,554
Brunei - - - -
Philippines 619 626 1,701 1,893
Indonesia 4,195 4,643 14,271 15,970
Cambodia - - - -
Myanmar 239 244 956 969
India 1,488 1,107 6,343 4,608
Pakistan 41 48 83 112
Sri Lanka 354 415 1,211 1,429
Bangladesh 142 87 624 411
Macao - - 4 10
Iran - - 150 141
Saudi Arabia 13 13 203 219
Kuwait - - - -
Oman - - - -
The United Arab Emirates - - - -
Iceland 50 54 232 229
Norway 187 180 279 264
Denmark 100 70 276 180
U King - - 1 2
Ireland - - - -
France - - - -
Spain 8 21 10 30
Italy - - - -
Russia 1,090 995 3,330 3,019
Austria - - - -
Estonia 14 16 32 42
Latvia - - 6 2
Lithuan - - - -
Greenland 783 555 2,688 1,923
Canada 673 355 2,787 1,381
U.S.A. 21 14 84 138
Mexico 24 48 178 310
Guatemala - - - -
Nicaragua - - - -
Panama - - - -
Colombia 16 26 85 128
Surinam 88 177 342 603
Ecuador 78 81 274 287
Chile - - - -
Brazil 15 13 104 129
Uruguay - - - -
Argentina 32 55 449 596
Senegal - - - -
Guinea - - - -
Canary Islands - - - -
Nigeria 4 10 7 16
Tanzania - - - -
Seychel - - - -
Mozambique 7 14 206 214
Madagascar 12 30 313 295
South Africa - - - -
Australia 111 177 250 432
Papua New Guinea 44 44 115 109
New Zealand 43 70 246 472
New Caledonia - - 17 29
Total 16,447 16,002 57,339 55,001
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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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