JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, NOVEMBER 1997
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Country of                    November          Jan. - Nov. 1997
origin                    ----------------     -----------------
                           M.T.      Value       M.T.      Value
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Korea, South                  0          1        109        165
China                     1,816      2,139     14,168     11,430
Taiwan                       64        194      1,009      1,631
Hong Kong                     -          -         13         29
Vietnam                   2,030      2,500     29,422     27,135
Thailand                  1,906      3,671     22,194     38,479
Singapore                     -          -         65        111
Malaysia                    260        477      2,890      4,471
Philippines                 775      1,385      6,152      9,501
Indonesia                 4,039      6,926     53,594     83,156
Myanmar                     527        770      4,166      5,710
India                     6,087      8,426     54,068     65,690
Pakistan                    145        280        950      1,706
Srilanka                    242        471      1,709      2,892
Bangladesh                  719        906      4,940      5,565
Macao                        22         55         94        220
Iran                         56         78        400        533
Kuwait                      193        355        408        754
Iceland                     230        276      4,740      4,426
Norway                       18         13      1,710      1,849
Denmark                      52         47        894      1,002
Russia                      281        545      2,253      4,087
Greenland                   682        576      8,656      7,975
Canada                      287        313      8,500      8,178
U.S.A.                       61        121        167        329
Mexico                       77        160        683      1,392
Colombia                     49        100        667      1,202
Guyana                        -          -         27         39
Surinam                     143        329      1,568      3,417
Ecuador                     396        597      4,477      6,666
Brazil                      107        182      1,499      2,462
Argentina                   103        152      1,031      1,384
Mozambique                  355        477      1,990      2,161
Madagascar                  231        259      2,634      3,090
Australia                 1,113      2,462      5,946     11,937
Papua New Guinea             75         94        437        523
New Zeland                  108        197        645      1,193
  Total                  23,392     35,733    246,225    324,286
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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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