JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, SEPTEMBER 1997
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Country of September Jan. - Sept. 1997
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 5 6 107 162
China 1,645 1,431 10,204 6,850
Taiwan 64 136 884 1,315
Hong Kong - - 13 29
Vietnam 2,634 2,503 24,342 21,089
Thailand 1,793 3,016 18,212 30,992
Singapore - - 65 111
Malaysia 184 257 2,287 3,440
Philippines 488 765 4,331 6,389
Indonesia 4,798 7,684 43,653 66,750
Myanmar 201 269 2,905 3,953
India 5,718 6,465 40,296 47,069
Pakistan 213 393 636 1,110
Srilanka 98 170 1,346 2,184
Bangladesh 491 600 3,548 3,796
Macao - - 72 165
Iran - - 297 399
Kuwait - - 165 316
Iceland 214 232 4,244 3,824
Norway 58 58 1,684 1,820
Denmark 58 30 777 904
Russia 485 697 1,769 3,069
Greenland 335 345 6,735 6,513
Canada 545 559 7,530 7,305
U.S.A. - - 105 206
Mexico 15 29 606 1,232
Colombia 48 93 539 950
Guyana - - 27 39
Surinam 170 363 1,239 2,685
Ecuador 439 663 3,716 5,492
Brazil 339 531 1,298 2,105
Argentina 74 94 852 1,116
Mozambique 278 293 1,626 1,668
Madagascar 272 328 2,174 2,519
Australia 541 1,061 3,667 6,975
Papua New Guinea 31 39 294 339
New Zeland 92 172 481 892
Total 22,558 29,581 193,798 247,168
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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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