JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, MAY 1997
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Country of May Jan. - May 1997
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 23 45 70 107
China 901 528 3,683 2,829
Taiwan 106 120 620 773
Hong Kong - - 9 18
Vietnam 3,168 2,656 11,466 9,971
Thailand 2,647 4,583 9,650 16,823
Singapore - - - -
Malaysia 267 433 1,353 2,050
Philippines 569 858 2,584 3,745
Indonesia 4,952 7,918 24,693 37,185
Myanmar 254 354 1,568 2,110
India 4,055 4,648 22,014 25,042
Pakistan 50 77 27 489
Srilanka 335 537 945 1,527
Bangladesh 369 339 1,564 1,415
Macao 6 14 15 30
Iran - - 280 379
Kuwait - - 128 234
Iceland 642 592 2,478 2,051
Norway 402 477 1,158 1,247
Denmark 48 61 455 660
Russia 256 638 705 1,302
Greenland 792 719 4,172 4,233
Canada 1,393 1,129 4,685 3,641
U.S.A. 17 34 81 163
Mexico 86 185 495 1,008
Colombia 83 135 303 507
Guyana - - 5 9
Surinam 153 337 743 1,609
Ecuador 349 559 1,906 2,838
Brazil 64 106 211 376
Argentina - - 312 418
Mozambique 183 218 462 552
Madagascar 473 461 957 1,072
Australia 326 626 1,115 2,190
Papua New Guinea 13 15 89 95
New Zeland 60 117 256 473
Total 23,113 29,560 101,977 129,774
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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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