JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, SEPTEMBER 1997
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Country of                    September        Jan. - Sept. 1997
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  5          6        107        162
China                     1,645      1,431     10,204      6,850
Taiwan                       64        136        884      1,315
Hong Kong                     -          -         13         29
Vietnam                   2,634      2,503     24,342     21,089
Thailand                  1,793      3,016     18,212     30,992
Singapore                     -          -         65        111
Malaysia                    184        257      2,287      3,440
Philippines                 488        765      4,331      6,389
Indonesia                 4,798      7,684     43,653     66,750
Myanmar                     201        269      2,905      3,953
India                     5,718      6,465     40,296     47,069
Pakistan                    213        393        636      1,110
Srilanka                     98        170      1,346      2,184
Bangladesh                  491        600      3,548      3,796
Macao                         -          -         72        165
Iran                          -          -        297        399
Kuwait                        -          -        165        316
Iceland                     214        232      4,244      3,824
Norway                       58         58      1,684      1,820
Denmark                      58         30        777        904
Russia                      485        697      1,769      3,069
Greenland                   335        345      6,735      6,513
Canada                      545        559      7,530      7,305
U.S.A.                        -          -        105        206
Mexico                       15         29        606      1,232
Colombia                     48         93        539        950
Guyana                        -          -         27         39
Surinam                     170        363      1,239      2,685
Ecuador                     439        663      3,716      5,492
Brazil                      339        531      1,298      2,105
Argentina                    74         94        852      1,116
Mozambique                  278        293      1,626      1,668
Madagascar                  272        328      2,174      2,519
Australia                   541      1,061      3,667      6,975
Papua New Guinea             31         39        294        339
New Zeland                   92        172        481        892
  Total                  22,558     29,581    193,798    247,168
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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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