JAPANESE FROZEN SHRIMP IMPORTS, APRIL 1997
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Country of April Jan. - Apr. 1997
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M.T. Value M.T. Value
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Korea, South 4 9 47 62
China 542 460 2,781 2,301
Taiwan 133 197 513 653
Hong Kong - - 9 18
Vietnam 2,636 2,520 8,298 7,315
Thailand 2,361 4,236 7,003 12,240
Singapore - - - -
Malaysia 200 328 1,086 1,617
Philippines 474 714 2,015 2,887
Indonesia 4,684 7,308 19,741 29,267
Myanmar 263 372 1,313 1,756
India 3,547 3,956 17,959 20,394
Pakistan 39 79 228 411
Srilanka 294 465 610 990
Bangladesh 260 231 1,195 1,076
Macao - - 9 16
Iran - - 280 379
Kuwait - - 128 234
Iceland 416 383 1,836 1,460
Norway 31 372 756 770
Denmark 290 369 407 599
Russia 160 299 450 665
Greenland 726 817 3,381 3,514
Canada 785 604 3,292 2,511
U.S.A. 1 2 64 129
Mexico 35 73 409 823
Colombia 92 159 220 372
Guyana - - 5 9
Surinam 149 337 590 1,271
Ecuador 438 673 1,557 2,279
Brazil - - 147 271
Argentina 96 139 312 418
Mozambique 19 13 279 335
Madagascar 232 361 484 612
Australia 307 637 788 1,565
Papua New Guinea 34 34 76 80
New Zeland 72 134 195 357
Total 19,676 26,367 78,865 100,214
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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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