JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, APRIL 2004
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Country of                       APRIL              Jan. - Apr.  
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea             11          20        26         49
North Korea                    3           1        18         20
China                      1,358         894     5,629      3,825 
Taiwan                        26          32        93        129
Vietnam                    3,475       3,050    13,568     11,417
Thailand                   1,438       1,359     4,771      4,473
Malaysia                     272         273     1,303      1,408
Philippines                  663         679     1,914      1,889
Indonesia                  4,170       3,852    16,668     15,460
Myanmar                      534         490     2,132      1,861
India                      2,209       1,462     9,707      6,948
Pakistan                      27          25       141        120
Sri Lanka                    168         173       927        966
Bangladesh                   317         196     1,074        639
Iran                           -           -        56         41
Saudi Arabia                 122         104       243        196
Iceland                       94         120       366        382
Norway                        21          10       139         68
Denmark                      135          95       223        159
U King                         0           1         0          1
Ireland                        -           -         2          3
Malta                         12          13        12         13
Russia                       845         935     2,761      2,832
Estonia                        9          12        22         26
Latvia                         9          10        15         17
Greenland                    684         516     2,590      1,774
Canada                       591         266     2,701      1,198
USA                            2           3       122        192
Mexico                        38          57       227        329
El Salvador                   14           9        36         22
Colombia                      33          32        65         70
Surinam                       39          47       348        498
Ecuador                       95          80       358        285
Brazil                        32          31       234        292
Argentina                     75         188       412        787
Tanznia                        -           -         6          7
Mozambique                     3           7       138        126
Madagascar                    56          37       263        275
Australia                    111         180       425        700
Papua New Guinea              20          17        74         61
New Zealand                    -           -       140        291
Tonga                          -           -         6          5
  Total                   17,711      15,276    69,954     59,856
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M.T. = metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one

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