JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, AUGUST 1997
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Country of August Jan. - Aug. 1997
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 12 8 102 156
China 1,818 1,054 8,560 5,419
Taiwan 65 154 820 1,179
Hong Kong 2 7 13 29
Vietnam 2,623 2,313 21,707 18,586
Thailand 2,036 3,396 16,419 27,977
Singapore - - 65 111
Malaysia 210 314 2,103 3,183
Philippines 455 681 3,843 5,624
Indonesia 4,783 7,413 38,855 59,067
Myanmar 278 383 2,704 3,684
India 4,892 6,501 34,578 40,605
Pakistan 48 83 422 717
Srilanka 83 145 1,248 2,013
Bangladesh 264 317 3,056 3,195
Macao 17 44 72 165
Iran - - 297 399
Kuwait 22 48 165 316
Iceland 314 351 4,030 3,591
Norway 177 168 1,626 1,762
Denmark 112 63 719 874
Russia 106 210 1,284 2,371
Greenland 495 506 6,400 6,168
Canada 519 794 6,985 6,746
U.S.A. - - 105 206
Mexico 12 26 591 1,203
Colombia 60 114 491 857
Guyana 22 30 27 39
Surinam 84 190 1,069 2,323
Ecuador 412 629 3,277 4,829
Brazil 221 359 959 1,574
Argentina 237 311 778 1,022
Mozambique 325 295 1,348 1,375
Madagascar 348 441 1,902 2,192
Australia 749 1,427 3,126 5,914
Papua New Guinea 78 100 263 300
New Zeland 45 81 389 719
Total 22,070 29,150 171,240 217,587
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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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