FOREIGN TRADE 



47 



IMPORTS 



FISHERY PRODUCTS IMPORTS, BY PRINCIPAL ITEMS, 1991 AND 1992 



Item 



1991 



1992 



Edible fishery products: 

 Fresh and frozen: 



Whole or eviscerated: 



Flatfish 



Groundfish 



Salmon 



Tuna: 



Albacore 



Other (1) 



Other 



Fillets and steaks: 



Flatfish 



Groundfish 



Other 



Blocks and slabs 



Surimi 



Shrimp 



Crabmeat 



Lobster: 



American 



Spiny 



Scallops (meats) 



Other fish and shellfish... 

 Canned: 



Anchovy 



Herring 



Mackerel 



Salmon 



Sardines : 



In oil 



Not in oil 



Tuna 



Clams 



Crabmeat 



Lobsters 



Oysters 



Shrimp 



Balls, cakes, and puddings. 

 Other fish and shellfish... 

 Cured: 



Dried 



Pickled or salted 



Smoked or kippered 



Caviar and roe 



Prepared meals 



Other fish and shellfish 



Thousand 

 pounds 



Total edible fishery products. 

 Nonedible fishery products: 



Meal and scrap 



Fish oils 



Other 



Total nonedible fishery 

 products 



Grand total 



29 



76 

 107 



142 

 353 

 232 



52 

 202 

 185 

 290 



530 

 9 



39 

 27 

 29 



111 



6 



3 



19 



16 



31 



351 



10 



11 



1 



12 



9 



8 



29 



15 

 44 

 8 

 2 

 5 

 6 



242 

 698 

 203 



045 

 501 

 428 



229 



409 

 380 

 485 



230 

 244 



121 

 152 

 528 

 858 



702 

 325 

 200 

 983 



570 

 945 

 744 

 421 

 385 

 340 

 432 

 361 

 470 

 415 



212 

 857 

 177 

 643 

 734 

 150 



3,014,819 



158,916 

 21,828 



Thousand 

 dollars 



45,911 



44,286 



242,979 



125,299 

 215, 903 

 244,298 



125,374 

 400, 624 

 332, 906 

 443, 922 



1,836,002 



41,724 



146, 463 

 273,515 

 110, 633 

 229, 129 



24,369 

 2, 809 

 8,039 

 2,582 



28,612 

 24, 882 

 358, 889 

 9,779 

 34,235 

 11,993 

 32,075 

 20,665 

 13,570 

 69,156 



44,599 

 56,369 

 24,615 

 14,873 

 10,832 

 19,976 



Thousand 



pounds 



29,447 



64,831 



103,197 



198,125 

 238, 467 

 245,630 



48,047 

 172,755 

 187,257 

 229,272 

 1,869 

 586, 157 



11,671 



34,065 



25,955 



38,682 



129,551 



6,010 



1, 903 



13,144 



974 



13,164 



23,347 

 323,413 



12,050 



9,577 



697 



12,705 

 9,273 

 8,208 



34,811 



16,272 

 41,920 

 8, 675 

 2,972 

 3,254 

 6, 656 



5, 671,887 



2, 894, 003 



31,729 



10,675 



3,720,769 



150, 911 

 23,772 



3, 763, 1 73 



9, 435, 060 



Thousand 

 dollars 



42 



42 



233 



205 

 148 

 259 



113 



322 



362 



304 



2 



1,999 



44 



156 

 275 

 159 

 273 



20 

 2 

 6 

 2 



24 

 20 

 308 

 13 

 28 

 6 

 36 

 17 

 14 

 77 



51 

 59 

 23 



18 



7 



20 



5, 70S 



35 



12 



4, 117 



961 

 406 

 890 



145 

 012 

 251 



777 

 782 

 074 

 121 

 190 

 520 

 126 



653 



553 

 631 

 868 



020 

 154 

 301 



143 



197 

 820 

 871 

 695 

 381 

 625 

 564 

 913 

 683 

 519 



221 

 525 

 675 

 313 

 238 

 072 



890 



079 

 327 

 972 



4, 165,378 



9,871,268 



(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. 



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



