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CHAPTER Vin - CONSUMPTION AND PRICES - Continued 



Prices • 115 



Ex-vessel prices 115 



Average value per pound ex-vessel — 115 



Minimum ex-vessel sharing prices 115 



Geograpiiic variations 117 



Variations between species 118 



Variations between size classes 118 



Average minimum ex-vessel sharing prices (26-30 covint 



for all varieties and locations considered) — 118 



Wholesale prices — — 12i| 



Production center-wholesale price data 12li 



Consumption center-wholesale price data — 12li 



Comparison with production center statistics — — — 12U 



Variations between individual consumption centers 125 



Comparison between wholesale prices of fresh and frozen 



shrimp in one market - New York — 125 



Variations between species and size classes 129 



Average wholesale prices (26-30 count for all varieties 



and consunqjtion centers considered) 129 



Retail prices — — _ 129 



Price spreads — 129 



Comparisons of wholesale price indexes 13U 



Selected References — lUl 



CHAPTER IX - CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS lU3 



What Accounts for the Ups and Downs in the Shrimp Market - 



a Brief Case Study lh3 



Summing Up and Specific Recommendations 153 



Production Problems 153 



Shrimp Processing 158 



General Economic Considerations 160 



SUBJECT INDEX l6U 



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