JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, APRIL 1997

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Country of                      April           Jan. - Apr. 1997
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                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  4          9         47         62
China                       542        460      2,781      2,301
Taiwan                      133        197        513        653
Hong Kong                     -          -          9         18
Vietnam                   2,636      2,520      8,298      7,315
Thailand                  2,361      4,236      7,003     12,240
Singapore                     -          -          -          -
Malaysia                    200        328      1,086      1,617
Philippines                 474        714      2,015      2,887
Indonesia                 4,684      7,308     19,741     29,267
Myanmar                     263        372      1,313      1,756
India                     3,547      3,956     17,959     20,394
Pakistan                     39         79        228        411
Srilanka                    294        465        610        990
Bangladesh                  260        231      1,195      1,076
Macao                         -          -          9         16
Iran                          -          -        280        379
Kuwait                        -          -        128        234
Iceland                     416        383      1,836      1,460
Norway                       31        372        756        770
Denmark                     290        369        407        599
Russia                      160        299        450        665
Greenland                   726        817      3,381      3,514
Canada                      785        604      3,292      2,511
U.S.A.                        1          2         64        129
Mexico                       35         73        409        823
Colombia                     92        159        220        372
Guyana                        -          -          5          9
Surinam                     149        337        590      1,271
Ecuador                     438        673      1,557      2,279
Brazil                        -          -        147        271
Argentina                    96        139        312        418
Mozambique                   19         13        279        335
Madagascar                  232        361        484        612
Australia                   307        637        788      1,565
Papua New Guinea             34         34         76         80
New Zeland                   72        134        195        357
  Total                  19,676     26,367     78,865    100,214
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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