JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MARCH 2000
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Country of March Jan. - Mar. 2000
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 18 14 40 34
Korea, North 9 7 13 10
China 524 458 2,236 1,513
Taiwan 41 75 55 111
Vietnam 2,290 1,904 7,056 5,664
Thailand 1,034 1,679 3,662 5,549
Malaysia 305 420 834 1,124
Philippines 509 647 1,676 2,050
Indonesia 4,242 5,724 12,759 16,334
Cambodia 5 3 29 13
Myanmar 308 344 1,251 1,224
India 3,593 3,581 12,822 12,863
P1kistan 30 55 116 193
Sri Lanka 189 323 646 1,046
Bangladesh 101 95 928 633
Iran - - 94 82
Saudi Arabia -- -- 7 7
Iceland 183 196 497 556
Norway 70 51 317 237
Russia 883 764 1,524 1,265
Greenland 598 522 2,388 2,094
Canada 874 500 2,638 1,835
U.S.A. 20 28 69 108
Mexico 64 130 292 555
Nicaragua 14 23 58 87
Colombia 50 79 147 232
Surinam 127 246 368 640
Ecuador 190 292 571 840
Brazil - - 123 171
Argentina 67 91 251 378
Australia 35 57 361 684
Papua New Guinea 23 24 98 92
New Zealand 62 112 172 313
New Caledonia 56 74 103 135
Total 16,754 18,746 55,063 59,536
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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
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