FOREIGN TRADE 



97 



IMPORTS 



FISHERY PRODUCTS IMPORTS, BY PRINCIPAL ITEMS, 1995 AND 1996 



Item 



1995 



1996 



Edible fishery products: 

 Fresh and frozen: 

 Whole or eviscerated: 



Freshwater 



Flatfish 



Groundfish 



Salmon 



Tuna (1) 



Other 



Fillets and steaks: 



Freshwater 



Flatfish 



Groundfish 



Other 



Blocks and slabs 



Surimi 



Shrimp 



Crabmeat 



Lobster: 



American 



Spiny 



Scallops (meats) 



Other fish and shellfish.. 



Total, fresh and frozen. 

 Canned: 



Anchovy 



Herring 



Mackerel 



Salmon 



Sardines 



Tuna 



Clams 



Crabmeat 



Lobsters 



Oysters 



Shrimp 



Balls, cakes, and puddings 

 Other fish and shellfish. 



Total, canned 



Cured: 



Dried 



Pickled or salted 



Smoked or kippered 



Total, cured 



Caviar and roe 



Prepared meals 



Other fish and shellfish. 

 Total adiblm fishery 



product* 



Nonedlble fishery products: 



Meal and scrap 



Fish oils 



Other 



Total aonmdible fishery 

 products 



Grand total 



Thousand 

 pounds 



58, 332 



31,817 



55,091 



126,123 



495,876 



240,242 



26,080 



47, 134 

 184,845 

 219, 424 

 210,275 



11, 023 

 590, 634 



12, 363 



37, 095 



28,785 



48, 331 



174,025 



2,597,495 



6, 371 



1, 656 

 20,086 



1,202 



42,280 



215, 365 



9,938 

 12, 441 



1,096 

 10, 602 



6, 570 



7,881 

 42, 935 



Metric 

 tons 



26, 459 

 14, 432 

 24, 989 

 57,209 

 224, 928 

 108, 973 



11,830 

 21, 380 

 83,845 

 99, 530 

 95, 380 



5, 00C 

 267, 910 



5, 608 



16,826 

 13,057 

 21, 923 

 78, 937 



1.178.216 



378. 422 



22, 906 

 38, 552 



9, 467 



70,924 



4,727 

 2, 923 



11, 967 



3, 066. 458 



139, 101 

 23,913 



2,890 



751 

 9,111 



545 

 19,178 

 97,689 



4, 508 



5, 643 

 497 



4,809 



2, 980 



3, 575 

 19,475 



Thousand 

 dollars 



61, 804 



58,081 



45, 310 



280, 781 



457, 493 



272,829 



68, 536 



112, 922 



323,836 



446, 318 



213, 566 



8, 361 



2, 564, 830 



64,294 



210, 442 

 281,227 

 174, 103 

 427, 668 



Thousand 

 pounds 



64, 923 



31, 371 



59, 760 



142,258 



528,703 



228,211 



26,133 



45,091 

 178,209 

 227,036 

 234,210 



29, 312 

 578, 908 



11,272 



37,948 



25,082 



58, 686 



219, 702 



6. 072.401 



2. 726.817 



1 71 . 651 



10, 390 



17, 487 

 4,294 



32 , 1 71 



2, 144 

 1, 326 

 5,428 



1.390,936 



63,096 

 10,847 



21,403 



2, 306 



9, 664 



5, 627 



48,923 



233, 505 



11, 570 



49,226 



10, 347 



30, 964 



16,061 



14,208 



49, 590 



7,050 

 1, 563 



20,274 

 2,266 



40,926 

 193,037 



11,054 



12,773 

 798 



10, 198 

 3,563 

 8,344 



42,602 



503,394 



64,043 

 46, 794 

 24, 948 



135, 785 



33,709 

 8, 384 



38,017 



6. 791.690 



24, 658 



13,795 

 5, 621, 480 



5. 659. 933 



12,451,623 



354.449 



Metri c 

 tons 



29,449 

 14,230 

 27,107 

 64,528 

 239, 818 

 103, 516 



11,854 



20, 453 



80,835 



102,983 



106,237 



13,296 



262,591 



5, 113 



17,213 

 11, 377 

 26, 620 

 99, 656 



1.236. 876 



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3,198 

 709 

 9, 196 

 1,028 

 564 

 561 

 014 

 794 

 362 

 626 

 616 

 785 



: .-■, ?? -; 



160, 777 



22,064 

 36, 971 



67,417 



5,088 

 2,661 



13,355 



3.169. 787 



135,561 

 35,622 



10,008 



16, 770 



3, 802 



30,580 



Thousand 



dol 1 ars 



68,072 

 56,929 



47,080 

 304, 612 

 509,783 

 274, 515 



74, 688 



96,092 

 310,417 

 448,706 

 213, 323 



15, 956 

 2, 448, 468 



50,043 



220, 988 

 224,872 



197, 855 

 481, 321 



6, 043, 720 



23, 197 



2, 458 

 10,758 



6,219 



46,532 



215,892 



12, 410 



48,719 



7,271 

 28,753 



9, 032 

 13, 948 

 48,517 



473, 706 



60,201 

 47,057 



131,720 



2,308 



1,207 

 6,058 



1, 437,806 



61,490 

 16,158 



35,305 

 8,252 



36, 911 



6. 729, 614 



33, 981 



18, 967 



6,277,793 



6.330. 741 



13, 060,355 



(1) Includes loins and discs. 



Note: — Data include imports into the United States and Puerto Rico and landings of tuna by 

 foreign vessels at American Samoa. Statistics on imports are the weight of individual products 

 as exported, i.e., fillets, steaks, whole, headed, etc. 



Imports and Exports of Fishery Products, Annual Summary, 1996, Current Fishery Statistics 

 No. 9602 provides additional information. 



Source: — U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 



