JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JULY 2003
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Country of                        July              Jan. - July  
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea             15          28        56        101
North Korea                   10           9        26         23
China                      1,827       1,246     9,153      6,722
Taiwan                        16          29       168        270
Vietnam                    5,476       5,422    23,245     21,573
Thailand                   1,734       1,814     8,930      9,798
Singapore                      -           -        11         14
Malaysia                     298         361     1,684      2,402
Philippines                  652         702     3,300      3,539
Indonesia                  6,339       6,858    29,987     32,846
Myanmar                      676         692     2,195      2,248
India                      4,209       4,044    13,785     11,318
Pakistan                       -           -       102        134
Sri Lanka                    198         241     1,711      2,010
Bangladesh                   256         185     1,372        880
Macao                          -           -        29         55
Iran                           -           -       154        144
Saudi Arabia                  54          48       449        451
Iceland                      325         223       792        627
Norway                        21          11       711        620
Denmark                       21           5       491        349
United Kingdom                 -           -         1          2
Ireland                        0           1         0          1
Spain                         11          25        27         67
Russia                       414         373     4,971      4,762
Estonia                        5           7        63         77
Latvia                         -           -         7          2
Greenland                  1,064         647     5,748      3,769
Canada                       951       1,277     5,498      4,132
USA                            -           -       133        222
Mexico                         -           -       194        337
Colombia                      30          34       149        212
Surinam                       82         160       566        990
Ecuador                       57          59       505        524
Chile                          -           -        11         12 
Brazil                       129         143       329        378
Argentina                    193         274       830      1,121
Nigeria                        -           -        12         29
Mozambique                   476         426       694        664
Madagascar                   263         245       950        856
Australia                    281         416       863      1,309
Papua New Guinea             169         194       340        364
New Zealand                    6           9       279        538
New Caledonia                  -           -        17         29
  Total                   26,258      26,207   120,542    116,562
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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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