JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MARCH 1997
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Country of                      March           Jan. - Mar. 1997
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           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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