JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, OCTOBER 2003
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Country of                       October            Jan. - Oct.  
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea              -           -        55        100
North Korea                    1           2        39         37
China                      2,303       1,981    16,170     12,058 
Taiwan                        11          14       240        371
Hong Kong                      3           7        30         60
Vietnam                    5,571       5,241    38,378     36,514
Thailand                   1,717       1,709    13,797     14,647
Singapore                      -           -        10         14
Malaysia                     318         375     2,533      3,453
Philippines                  679         717     4,865      5,254
Indonesia                  5,726       5,869    45,007     48,945
Cambodia                      10          11        25         30
Myanmar                      686         623     4,101      4,077
India                      2,914       2,609    22,742     19,286
Pakistan                     114         118       376        434
Sri Lanka                    256         280     2,525      2,960
Bangladesh                   168          84     2,137      1,401
Macao                          0           0        29         54
Iran                           0           0       153        144
Saudi Arabia                  29          24       571        548
Iceland                       33          32       985        806
Norway                        23          15       829        680
Denmark                       11           7       694        520
United Kingdom                 0           0         1          2
Ireland                        0           0         0          1
Spain                          0           0        35         82
Italy                          4           4         4          4
Russia                       995         945     6,699      6,541
Bulgaria                       5           5        10         10
Estonia                       69          22       262        178
Latvia                         0           0        19         20
Greenland                    757         575     7,759      5,183
Canada                       768         346     7,781      6,058
USA                            0           0       152        259
Mexico                        13          23       207        359
Colombia                       0           0       194        269
Surinam                      100         146       789      1,362
Ecuador                      158         147       922        922
Chile                          4          12        20         37 
Brazil                       175         199       881        974
Argentina                    962       1,255     2,698      3,675
Nigeria                        5          14        18         43
Seychelles                     8           6        32         35
Mozambique                     -           -       939        854
Madagascar                   206         191     1,420      1,279
Australia                    470         749     1,946      2,983
Papua New Guinea              57          50       556        581
New Zealand                    5           9       284        547
New Caledonia                  -           -        17         29
  Total                   25,350      24,432   189,960    184,703
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M.T. = metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one

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