JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MAY 1997
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Country of                       May             Jan. - May 1997
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                 23         45         70        107
China                       901        528      3,683      2,829
Taiwan                      106        120        620        773
Hong Kong                     -          -          9         18
Vietnam                   3,168      2,656     11,466      9,971
Thailand                  2,647      4,583      9,650     16,823
Singapore                     -          -          -          -
Malaysia                    267        433      1,353      2,050
Philippines                 569        858      2,584      3,745
Indonesia                 4,952      7,918     24,693     37,185
Myanmar                     254        354      1,568      2,110
India                     4,055      4,648     22,014     25,042
Pakistan                     50         77         27        489
Srilanka                    335        537        945      1,527
Bangladesh                  369        339      1,564      1,415
Macao                         6         14         15         30
Iran                          -          -        280        379
Kuwait                        -          -        128        234
Iceland                     642        592      2,478      2,051
Norway                      402        477      1,158      1,247
Denmark                      48         61        455        660
Russia                      256        638        705      1,302
Greenland                   792        719      4,172      4,233
Canada                    1,393      1,129      4,685      3,641
U.S.A.                       17         34         81        163
Mexico                       86        185        495      1,008
Colombia                     83        135        303        507
Guyana                        -          -          5          9
Surinam                     153        337        743      1,609
Ecuador                     349        559      1,906      2,838
Brazil                       64        106        211        376
Argentina                     -          -        312        418
Mozambique                  183        218        462        552
Madagascar                  473        461        957      1,072
Australia                   326        626      1,115      2,190
Papua New Guinea             13         15         89         95
New Zeland                   60        117        256        473
  Total                  23,113     29,560    101,977    129,774
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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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