JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, APRIL 2003
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Country of                        April             Jan. - Apr.  
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             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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