JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JANUARY 1998
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Country of January Jan. - Dec. 1997
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 0 1 120 183
China 896 1,060 15,143 12,565
Taiwan 22 50 1,104 1,918
Hong Kong - - 13 29
Vietnam 1,379 1,512 31,119 29,094
Thailand 1,407 2,748 24,075 42,311
Singapore - - 65 111
Malaysia 268 491 3,211 5,063
Philippines 463 839 6,926 10,984
Indonesia 2,956 5,301 57,342 89,568
Myanmar 465 595 4,549 6,287
India 6,234 8,122 59,112 73,138
Pakistan 53 112 1,119 2,051
Srilanka 405 820 2,077 3,598
Bangladesh 550 542 5,495 6,098
Macao - - 104 246
Iran 87 136 455 605
Kuwait 170 342 503 947
Iceland 295 299 5,209 4,892
Norway 74 62 1,794 1,945
Denmark 69 86 887 997
Russia 119 234 2,607 4,721
Greenland 753 600 9,531 8,765
Canada 1,023 765 9,114 8,695
U.S.A. 33 67 251 484
Mexico 103 227 838 1,736
Colombia 83 160 766 1,399
Surinam 131 323 1,691 3,717
Ecuador 509 823 4,922 7,366
Brazil 56 95 1,554 2,581
Argentina - - 1,138 1,544
Mozambique 73 137 2,151 2,441
Madagascar 206 206 2,950 3,377
Australia 138 296 6,712 13,750
Papua New Guinea - - 464 554
New Zeland 28 50 722 1,336
Total 19,152 27,281 267,247 357,033
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M.T. = Metric tons; Value = million yen; - = no imports; 0 = less
than one
Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu (562) 980-4038
