GENERAL REVIEW 



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FOREIGN FISHERY TRADE, 1975 



Total U.S. imports (for consumption) of edible and nonedible fishery products were $1,637.1 million. A 

 decrease of 4 percent compared with record imports of $1,710.9 million in 1974. Exports of domestic fishery 

 products were a record $304.7 million in 1975, an increase of 16 percent over 1974. 



Imports of edible products were 1,913.1 million pounds valued at $1,367.2, down 353.8 million pounds 

 (16 percent) and $128.2 million (9 percent) compared with 1974. Decreased receipts of fresh and frozen tuna 

 contributed to much of the loss in the 1974 imports. Imports of fresh and frozen tuna (including loins and 

 discs) were 478.6 million pounds, down 310.8 million pounds (39 percent) compared with the 1974 imports of 

 789.4 million pounds. There were also decreases in total imports of all types of shrimp (10 percent), canned 

 salmon (62 percent )jand canned sardines (55 percent). Imports of canned tuna dropped slightly (2 percent). 

 Imports of fresh and frozen fillets increased to 367.9 million pounds, up 17 percent compared with 1974, and 

 were the third largest on record. Imports of regular and minced blocks were 313.5 million pounds in 1975, up 

 18 percent over 1974, and also were the third largest on record. 



Exports of domestic edible fishery products were 218.2 million pounds valued at a record $267.4 

 million— up 23 percent in quantity and 37 percent in value compared with 1974. Most of this increase was due 

 to increased exports of salmon products. Exports of fresh and frozen salmon were 48.2 million pounds valued 

 at $66.9 million, an increase of 72 percent in quantity and 91 percent in value compared with 1974. Exports 

 of canned salmon were 22.5 million pounds valued at $34.6 million in 1975, up 170 percent in quantity and 161 

 percent in value. These increased exports reflected declines in the 1975 catch of salmon by other salmon 

 exporting countries. 



Exports of domestic nonedible products were $37.4 million, a decrease of 44 percent compared with 

 1974. A sharp drop in exports of fish oil was responsible for much of the decline in total exports. A primary 

 factor in this decline was the greater availability of fish oil from competing exporting countries. 



Exports of foreign fishery products increased in 1975. Edible products were $32.3 million compared 

 with $21.9 million in 1974, and nonedible products were $467,000 compared with $313,000. Increases occurred 

 in exports of fresh and frozen cod, salmon, and shrimp, and canned salmon and sardines. 



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Data on foreign fishery trade for 1974-75 have been published previously in Current Fishery Statistics 

 6905. 



