JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MARCH 2004
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Country of                       March              Jan. - Mar.  
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea              0           0        16         29
North Korea                   10          13        16         19
China                      1,263         831     4,271      2,931 
Taiwan                        43          68        67         98
Vietnam                    3,290       2,786    10,093      8,367
Thailand                   1,316       1,251     3,333      3,114
Malaysia                     251         297     1,030      1,135
Philippines                  507         523     1,250      1,211
Indonesia                  4,682       4,357    12,498     11,608
Myanmar                      586         525     1,598      1,370
India                      2,047       1,370     7,497      5,485
Pakistan                      16          12       115         94
Sri Lanka                    218         233       759        793
Bangladesh                   306         188       756        444
Iran                           5           5        56         41
Saudi Arabia                  39          30       121         93
Iceland                       64          84       272        262
Norway                         9           5       118         59
Denmark                       10          14        88         64
Ireland                        -           -         2          3
Russia                       630         652     1,915      1,897
Estonia                        1           1        12         14
Latvia                         -           -         6          7
Greenland                    662         449     1,906      1,258
Canada                       549         286     2,110        931
USA                           32          49       120        190
Mexico                        39          53       189        273
El Salvador                   14           8        21         12
Colombia                      16          19        32         38
Surinam                      110         167       309        451
Ecuador                       91          72       263        205
Brazil                        50          62       202        261
Argentina                    105         177       337        598
Tanznia                        6           7         6          7
Mozambique                   116         111       135        119
Madagascar                    62          45       207        238
Australia                     82         145       314        520
Papua New Guinea              32          27        54         45
New Zealand                   45          99       140        291
Tonga                          -           -         6          5
  Total                   17,302      15,022    52,243     44,580
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M.T. = metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one

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