Appendix Table 11. — Canned tuna (chtmk): Prices at four market levels, fish- 

 ermen's share at retail level, and markups at three market levels, 1950-71- 



States , wholesale and retail prices from Bureau of Labor Statistics. 



2/ Ex-vessel prices are converted to the equivalent value of canned prod- 

 uct weight from round weight. 



3/ Canned fish processors offer promotional allowances in certain short 

 periods of the year for selected dealers. The number of transactions involved 

 and quantitites transacted in each deal are now known. There is no quantita- 

 tive information to be based on to adjust the processing price. These allow- 

 ances were therefore not included in this analysis. 



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

 percentage of the processing price, representing processors' gross earnings 

 in percentage of their total sales value. 



5/ The margin between wholesale and processing prices is expressed as a 

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



6/ The margin between retail and wholesale prices is expressed as a per- 

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



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