Foreisn Trade 



IMPORTS 



U.S. imports of edible fishety products in 2004 were 

 valued at a record $11.3 billion, $235.8 million more than 

 in 2003. The quantify- of edible imports was 4.95 billion 

 pounds, 44.3 million pounds more tlian the quantit)- 

 imported in 2003. 



Edible unports consisted of 4.1 billion pounds of fresh 

 and frozen products valued at $9.9 billion, 745.3 million 

 pounds of canned products valued at $1.1 billion, 79.8 

 milhon pounds of cured products valued at $172.3 

 million, 6. 1 million pounds of caviar and roe products 

 valued at $33.9 million, and 44.8 milhon pounds of other 

 products valued at $86.3 million. 



The quantir\- of shrimp imported in 2004 was 1.1 biUion 

 pounds, 28.9 milhon pounds more than the quantit}' 

 imported in 2003. Valued at $3.7 biUion, shnmp imports 

 accounted for 32 percent of the value of total edible 

 imports. Imports of fresh and frozen tuna were 407.4 

 million pounds, 54.3 niiUion pounds less than the 461.7 

 million pounds imported in 2003. Imports of canned 

 tuna were 443.3 milhon pounds, 15.7 miUion pounds less 

 than in 2003. Imports of fresh and frozen fillets and 

 steaks amounted to 1.1 bilhon pounds, an increase of 

 76.1 million pounds from 2003. Regular and minced 

 block imports were 1 35.4 million pounds, an increase of 

 6.1 miUion pounds from 2003. 



Imports of nonedible fisher)- products were valued at 

 $11.6 bilhon — an increase of $1.4 bilhon compared 



with 2003. The total value of edible and nonedible 

 products was $22.9 bilhon in 2004, $1.7 biUion more 

 than in 2003 when $21.3 bilhon of fishen,' products were 

 imported. 



EXPORTS 



U.S. exports of edible fishery products were 2.9 biUion 

 pounds valued at $3.7 bilhon, an increase of 492.5 milhon 

 pounds and $440.0 miUion when compared with 2003. 

 Fresh and frozen items were 2.5 bUhon pounds valued at 

 $2.9 bilhon, an increase of 439.0 iniUion pounds and an 

 increase of $402.5 miUion compared with 2003. In terms 

 of individual items, fresh and frozen exports consisted 

 principaUy of 238.6 miUion pounds of salmon valued at 

 $335.5 rmUion, 445.0 million pounds of surimi valued at 

 $319.2 miUion and 57.9 miUion pounds of lobsters 

 valued at $317.8 miUion. 



Canned items were 215.6 miUion pounds valued at 

 $268.7 miUion. Sahnon was the major canned item 

 exported, witli 118.4 mUhon pounds valued at $176.7 

 million- Cured items were 10.2 mUhon pounds valued at 

 $21.9 miUion. Caviar and roe exports were 124.9 milhon 

 pounds valued at $496.6 mUhon. 



Exports of nonedible products were valued at $9.9 

 biUion an increase of $1.2 biUion when compared with 

 2003. Exports of fish meal amounted to 310.8 milhon 

 pounds valued at $94.5 mUhon. The total value of edible 

 and nonedible exports was $13.6 biUion — an increase of 

 $1.6 bUHon compared with 2003. 



U.S. Trade in Edible Fishery Products, 2004 



Thousand Dollars 



-4,000,000 



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North America South America Europe 



Asia Africa/Oceania 



Imports n Exports H Trade Balance 



53 



