JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, DECEMBER 1997

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Country of                    December          Jan. - Dec. 1997
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                 11         17        120        183
China                       977      1,138     15,143     12,565
Taiwan                       95        287      1,104      1,918
Hong Kong                     -          -         13         29
Vietnam                   1,667      1,942     31,119     29,094
Thailand                  1,881      3,820     24,075     42,311
Singapore                     -          -         65        111
Malaysia                    321        592      3,211      5,063
Philippines                 774      1,483      6,926     10,984
Indonesia                 3,745      6,402     57,342     89,568
Myanmar                     384        577      4,549      6,287
India                     5,044      7,449     59,112     73,138
Pakistan                    169        345      1,119      2,051
Srilanka                    368        707      2,077      3,598
Bangladesh                  555        533      5,495      6,098
Macao                         9         26        104        246
Iran                         55         73        455        605
Kuwait                       95        193        503        947
Iceland                     422        439      5,209      4,892
Norway                       84         96      1,794      1,945
Denmark                       2          4        887        997
Russia                      354        608      2,607      4,721
Greenland                   821        727      9,531      8,765
Canada                      614        503      9,114      8,695
U.S.A.                       84        156        251        484
Mexico                      155        344        838      1,736
Colombia                     99        198        766      1,399
Guyana                        0          1         27         40
Surinam                     123        300      1,691      3,717
Ecuador                     445        700      4,922      7,366
Brazil                       54        120      1,554      2,581
Argentina                   107        160      1,138      1,544
Mozambique                  161        280      2,151      2,441
Madagascar                  316        287      2,950      3,377
Australia                   766      1,813      6,712     13,750
Papua New Guinea             27         32        464        554
New Zeland                   77        143        722      1,336
  Total                  20,930     32,603    267,247    357,033
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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 (562) 980-4038

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