JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, AUGUST 1997

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Country of                     August           Jan. - Aug. 1997
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           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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