JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JUNE 1997

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Country of                      June            Jan. - June 1997
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                 13         25         83        132
China                     1,250        659      4,932      3,488
Taiwan                       81        143        701        916
Hong Kong                     2          5         10         23
Vietnam                   4,195      3,276     15,662     13,247
Thailand                  2,426      3,947     12,076     20,770
Singapore                     -          -          -          -
Malaysia                    279        410      1,632      2,460
Philippines                 430        649      3,014      4,394
Indonesia                 4,283      6,686     28,976     43,871
Myanmar                     436        601      2,004      2,711
India                     4,033      4,751     26,047     29,793
Pakistan                     52         76        329        565
Srilanka                    165        252      1,110      1,778
Bangladesh                  772        959      2,336      2,374
Macao                        21         47         36         77
Iran                          -          -        280        377
Kuwait                        -          -        128        234
Iceland                     721        666      3,198      2,718
Norway                       20         17      1,178      1,264
Denmark                      65         70        520        730
Russia                      196        425        901      1,727
Greenland                   899        764      5,071      4,998
Canada                      872      1,133      5,556      4,774
U.S.A.                        9         16         90        179
Mexico                       73        149        568      1,157
Colombia                     30         56        333        563
Guyana                        -          -          5          9
Surinam                     137        302        880      1,911
Ecuador                     457        631      2,363      3,469
Brazil                      221        339        433        716
Argentina                   229        293        541        711
Mozambique                  529        491        991      1,043
Madagascar                  550        590      1,507      1,662
Australia                   609      1,070      1,724      3,260
Papua New Guinea             40         43        129        138
New Zeland                   66        125        321        598
  Total                  24,286     29,852    126,264    159,626
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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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