JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, JULY 1997

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Country of                      July            Jan. - July 1997
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  7         16         90        148
China                     1,809        876      6,742      4,365
Taiwan                       54        109        755      1,025
Hong Kong                     -          -         10         23
Vietnam                   3,423      3,027     19,085     16,273
Thailand                  2,306      3,810     14,383     24,581
Singapore                    65        111         65        111
Malaysia                    261        409      1,893      2,869
Philippines                 374        548      3,388      4,943
Indonesia                 5,095      7,778     34,071     51,648
Myanmar                     422        590      2,426      3,301
India                     3,639      4,311     29,686     34,104
Pakistan                     45         69        375        634
Srilanka                     55         90      1,165      1,868
Bangladesh                  456        505      2,792      2,878
Macao                        19         45         55        121
Iran                         17         20        297        399
Kuwait                       15         34        143        268
Iceland                     518        523      3,717      3,241
Norway                      271        329      1,449      1,593
Denmark                      87         81        607        811
Russia                      277        435      1,178      2,162
Greenland                   834        665      5,905      5,662
Canada                      910      1,178      6,466      5,952
U.S.A.                       15         27        105        206
Mexico                       10         21        579      1,178
Colombia                     98        180        431        743
Guyana                        -          -          5          9
Surinam                     105        221        985      2,132
Ecuador                     501        732      2,864      4,201
Brazil                      305        500        738      1,215
Argentina                     -          -        541        711
Mozambique                   31         37      1,022      1,081
Madagascar                   47         88      1,554      1,751
Australia                   654      1,227      2,377      4,487
Papua New Guinea             56         63        185        201
New Zeland                   23         40        345        639
  Total                  22,907     28,811    149,170    188,437
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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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