JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, FEBRUARY 1997

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Country of                    February          Jan. - Feb. 1997
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                 34         37         42         51
China                       456        391      1,680      1,381
Taiwan                      110        143        285        293
Hong Kong                     0          1          0          1
Vietnam                   1,660      1,448      3,823      3,106
Thailand                  1,249      2,172      3,273      5,527
Singapore                     -          -          -          -
Malaysia                    312        489        665        946
Philippines                 412        577      1,033      1,419
Indonesia                 5,317      7,848     10,656     15,497
Myanmar                     201        251        673        879
India                     4,296      4,977     10,559     12,084
Pakistan                     57         99        170        299
Srilanka                     82        136        162        273
Bangladesh                  283        254        645        553
Macao                         9         16          9         16
Iran                         68         94        280        379
Kuwait                       45         78        111        201
Iceland                     352        275      1,024        747
Norway                      104        106        380        352
Denmark                      23         56         96        193
Russia                       19         34        168        225
Greenland                   783        918      2,145      2,184
Canada                      762        600      1,838      1,425
U.S.A.                       33         67         62        126
Mexico                      159        329        274        545
Colombia                     33         59         95        159
Guyana                        -          -          5          9
Surinam                     108        235        279        564
Ecuador                     403        580        789      1,105
Brazil                       48         79        124        219
Argentina                    19         25        140        184
Mozambique                    -          -        107        156
Madagascar                   29         51        235        238
Australia                    95        185        361        694
Papua New Guinea             22         25         42         46
New Zeland                   56        106        123        223
  Total                  17,702     22,850     42,522     52,522
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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 (310) 980-4038

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