JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, FEBRUARY 2004
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Country of                      February         Jan. - Feb. 2004 
origin                      ----------------     ----------------
                             M.T.      Value      M.T.      Value
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Republic of Korea             15          29        15         29
North Korea                    4           4         5          6
China                      1,360         891     3,008      2,100 
Taiwan                        12          13        24         29
Vietnam                    2,294       1,803     6,803      5,581
Thailand                     922         836     2,017      1,864
Malaysia                     348         390       779        838
Philippines                  368         360       744        687
Indonesia                  4,554       4,155     7,816      7,251
Myanmar                      422         363     1,013        846
India                      1,895       1,357     5,451      4,115
Pakistan                      23          16        98         82
Sri Lanka                    295         309       541        560
Bangladesh                   277         167       451        256
Iran                          50          36        50         36
Saudi Arabia                  39          27        82         63
Iceland                      129         109       208        178
Norway                        95          44       110         53
Denmark                       60          33        78         50
Ireland                        2           3         2          3
Russia                       360         366     1,285      1,245
Estonia                       10          11        11         13
Latvia                         2           2         6          7
Greenland                    646         385     1,244        809
Canada                       549         239     1,562        646
USA                           67         108        88        140
Mexico                        52          87       149        220
El Salvador                    7           4         7          4
Colombia                       -           -        17         20
Surinam                       70          91       199        284
Ecuador                       73          57       172        133
Brazil                        54          71       152        199
Argentina                    110         210       233        421
Mozambique                     -           -        20          8
Madagascar                   134         174       146        194
Australia                    100         163       232        375
Papua New Guinea               6           4        22         17
New Zealand                   52         110        95        192
Tonga                          6           5         6          5
  Total                   15,463      13,030    34,941     29,558
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M.T. = metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one

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