JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MARCH 1997
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Country of March Jan. - Mar. 1997
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 1 2 43 53
China 560 460 2,239 1,841
Taiwan 95 164 380 456
Hong Kong 8 16 9 18
Vietnam 1,840 1,688 5,663 4,795
Thailand 1,369 2,477 4,642 8,003
Singapore - - - -
Malaysia 221 342 886 1,289
Philippines 508 753 1,541 2,173
Indonesia 4,401 6,462 15,057 21,958
Myanmar 378 505 1,051 1,384
India 3,853 4,354 14,412 16,438
Pakistan 18 33 188 333
Srilanka 154 251 316 524
Bangladesh 290 292 935 845
Macao - - 9 16
Iran - - 280 379
Kuwait 17 34 128 234
Iceland 397 330 1,420 1,077
Norway 45 45 425 398
Denmark 21 36 117 230
Russia 121 141 289 366
Greenland 509 514 2,654 2,698
Canada 669 482 2,507 1,908
U.S.A. 1 1 63 127
Mexico 99 204 373 749
Colombia 32 55 128 213
Guyana - - 5 9
Surinam 161 370 440 934
Ecuador 330 502 1,120 1,606
Brazil 23 52 147 271
Argentina 76 95 216 279
Mozambique 152 165 259 321
Madagascar 17 12 252 251
Australia 120 234 481 927
Papua New Guinea - - 42 46
New Zeland - - 123 223
Total 16,667 21,325 59,188 73,847
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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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