JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, FEBRUARY 1999

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Country of                    February          Jan. - Feb. 1999 
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                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value 
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Korea, South                  8         14          9         16 
China                     1,054        621      1,994      1,248 
Hong Kong                     -          -          9         15 
Vietnam                   1,520      1,080      3,463      2,652 
Thailand                  1,293      1,823      3,592      4,815 
Singapore                     -          -          -          - 
Malaysia                    295        343        522        609 
Philippines                 617        744      1,185      1,416 
Indonesia                 3,257      3,983      8,910     10,954 
Myanmar                     379        472        934      1,109 
India                     3,515      3,162     10,957     11,094 
Pakistan                      3          5         87        111 
Srilanka                    112        152        391        507 
Bangladesh                  321        196        697        495 
Macao                         -          -          9         15 
Iran                          0          0        193        210 
Kuwait                       32         68        191        351 
Iceland                     106        180        388        478 
Norway                       46         45        287        263 
Denmark                       7         15         29         42 
Russia                      551        335        775        621 
Greenland                   754        744      1,579      1,489 
Canada                      757        631      1,873      1,574 
U.S.A.                       21         23         42         54 
Mexico                       99        192        199        390 
Colombia                     33         51        121        183 
Surinam                     116        218        217        400 
Ecuador                     457        587        934      1,223 
Brazil                       54         74        153        217 
Argentina                   347        349        477        503 
Mozambique                  187        278        187        278 
Madagascar                  150        139        152        143 
Austrailia                  301        504        534        899 
Papua New Guinea             19         22         53         64 
New Zeland                   10         18        137        243 
  Total                  16,542     17,252     41,499     45,019 
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M.T. = Metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
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Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA                                    
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu