JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, OCTOBER 1997
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Country of                     October          Jan. - Oct. 1997
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  1          2        109        164
China                     2,147      2,441     12,352      9,291
Taiwan                       61        122        945      1,437
Hong Kong                     -          -         13         29
Vietnam                   3,051      3,547     27,392     24,636
Thailand                  2,076      3,816     20,288     34,808
Singapore                     -          -         65        111
Malaysia                    343        554      2,630      3,994
Philippines               1,045      1,727      5,377      8,115
Indonesia                 5,903      9,479     49,555     76,229
Myanmar                     733        986      3,638      4,939
India                     7,685     10,194     47,981     57,264
Pakistan                    169        317        804      1,426
Srilanka                    121        236      1,467      2,420
Bangladesh                  673        863      4,221      4,659
Macao                         -          -         72        165
Iran                         47         55        344        454
Kuwait                       50         83        215        398
Iceland                     265        326      4,509      4,149
Norway                        7         16      1,691      1,836
Denmark                      65         50        842        954
Russia                      203        473      1,972      3,542
Greenland                 1,240        886      7,974      7,399
Canada                      683        561      8,213      7,865
U.S.A.                        1          2        106        208
Mexico                        -          -        606      1,232
Colombia                     79        152        618      1,101
Guyana                        -          -         27         39
Surinam                     186        403      1,425      3,089
Ecuador                     365        577      4,081      6,069
Brazil                       95        175      1,393      2,280
Argentina                    76        116        928      1,231
Mozambique                   10         16      1,635      1,683
Madagascar                  229        311      2,403      2,830
Australia                 1,166      2,500      4,833      9,475
Papua New Guinea             68         89        363        428
New Zeland                   55        104        536        996
  Total                  29,035     41,385    222,833    288,553
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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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