JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JANUARY 2004
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Country of                      January          Jan. - Dec. 2003
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea              -           -        82        155
North Korea                    1           2        41         38
China                      1,648       1,210    20,494     15,746
Taiwan                        11          17       263        406
Hong Kong                      -           -        48         92
Vietnam                    4,509       3,778    47,626     44,545
Thailand                   1,095       1,028    16,803     17,462
Singapore                      -           -        11         14
Malaysia                     431         448     3,262      4,317
Philippines                  376         327     6,421      6,718
Indonesia                  3,263       3,096    52,367     56,148
Cambodia                       -           -        26         31
Myanmar                      590         483     5,377      5,282
India                      3,556       2,758    28,191     23,947
Pakistan                      76          66       544        605
Sri Lanka                    246         251     3,055      3,528
Bangladesh                   174          89     3,004      1,978
Macao                          -           -        29         55
Iran                           -           -       203        180
Saudi Arabia                  43          36       610        579
Iceland                       79          69     1,203      1,020
Norway                        14          10       876        719
Denmark                       18          17       852        603
United Kingdom                 -           -         7         10
Ireland                        -           -         1          3
France                         -           -         0          1
Spain                          -           -        36         83
Italy                          -           -         4          4
Russia                       925         880     8,641      8,685
Bulgaria                       -           -        10         10
Estonia                        2           2       294        196
Latvia                         4           5        20         20
Greenland                    598         424     9,180      6,189
Canada                     1,012         407     8,938      6,698
USA                           21          32       285        466
Mexico                        98         132       318        521
El Salvador                    -           -         2          1
Colombia                      17          20       259        335
Surinam                      129         193       906      1,519
Ecuador                       99          77     1,138      1,109
Chile                          -           -        20         38 
Brazil                        99         128     1,085      1,236
Argentina                    123         210     3,674      5,066
Nigeria                        -           -        21         47
Seychelles                     -           -        41         42
Mozambique                    20           8     1,260      1,144
Madagascar                    11          19     1,594      1,480
Australia                    132         212     2,971      4,659
Papua New Guinea              16          14       648        663
New Zealand                   43          81       489        978
Tonga                          -           -         7          9
New Caledonia                  -           -        17         29
  Total                   19,479      16,528   233,251    225,409
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M.T. = metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one

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