Appendix Table 8. — Fresh king salmon steak: Prices at four market levels, fish- 

 ermen's share in retail level, and markups at three market levels, 1967-71- 



Fisher- 

 Prices 1/ men's Markups 



share of 



Ex- o / Pro- Whole- retail Pro- ^/ Whole- ,/ Re- . 

 Year vessel~ cessing sale Retail price cessors— salers~ tailers— 



Cents/lb Percent 



1967 50.89 79.50 104.21 128.00 39.75 35.99 23.71 18.58 



1968 58.08 87.04 115.57 159.69 36.37 33.27 24.68 27.63 



1969 57.34 95.39 133.71 165.93 34.55 39.90 28.66 19.42 



1970 63.62 94.66 149.64 N.A. 32.79 36.74 



1971 58.47 95.75 136.47 172.03 33.99 38.93 29.84 20.67 



_1/ Ex-vessel prices from Seattle, processing prices from the table on Processing 

 Fishery Products in the Fishery Statistics of the United States , U.S. Department of 

 Commerce, wholesale prices from Bureau of Labor Statistics, and retail prices from 

 New York City. 



2_/ Ex-vessel prices are converted to the equivalent value of steak from dressed 

 weight. 



_3/ The margin between processing and ex-vessel prices is expressed as a percent- 

 age of the processing price, representing processors' gross earnings in percentage 

 of their total sales value. 



4/ The margin between wholesale and processing prices is expressed as a percent- 

 age of the wholesale price, representing wholesaler's gross earning rate. 



_5/ The margin between retail and wholesale prices is expressed as a percentage 

 of the retail price, representing retailer's gross earning rate. 



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