JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, OCTOBER 1997
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Country of October Jan. - Oct. 1997
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 1 2 109 164
China 2,147 2,441 12,352 9,291
Taiwan 61 122 945 1,437
Hong Kong - - 13 29
Vietnam 3,051 3,547 27,392 24,636
Thailand 2,076 3,816 20,288 34,808
Singapore - - 65 111
Malaysia 343 554 2,630 3,994
Philippines 1,045 1,727 5,377 8,115
Indonesia 5,903 9,479 49,555 76,229
Myanmar 733 986 3,638 4,939
India 7,685 10,194 47,981 57,264
Pakistan 169 317 804 1,426
Srilanka 121 236 1,467 2,420
Bangladesh 673 863 4,221 4,659
Macao - - 72 165
Iran 47 55 344 454
Kuwait 50 83 215 398
Iceland 265 326 4,509 4,149
Norway 7 16 1,691 1,836
Denmark 65 50 842 954
Russia 203 473 1,972 3,542
Greenland 1,240 886 7,974 7,399
Canada 683 561 8,213 7,865
U.S.A. 1 2 106 208
Mexico - - 606 1,232
Colombia 79 152 618 1,101
Guyana - - 27 39
Surinam 186 403 1,425 3,089
Ecuador 365 577 4,081 6,069
Brazil 95 175 1,393 2,280
Argentina 76 116 928 1,231
Mozambique 10 16 1,635 1,683
Madagascar 229 311 2,403 2,830
Australia 1,166 2,500 4,833 9,475
Papua New Guinea 68 89 363 428
New Zeland 55 104 536 996
Total 29,035 41,385 222,833 288,553
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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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