Shrimp dollar sales during the 2 months, expanded to a 

 national total, amoiinted to $24,2U0,000. Of this total consumers paid 

 $10.3 million for fish counter sales of fresh and bulk-frozen, and $6.7 

 million for packaged frozen headless shrimp bought in retail stores. 

 Expenditures for canned shrimp were $2,730*000, for specialty products 

 $910,000. Dollar sales of breaded products, with cooked and uncooked 

 products accounting for nearly equal amoxints daring the audit period, 

 were in the neighborhood of $3.6 million, (see figure VI - I4) 



The percentage distribution of total retail sales of shrimp 

 by type of product, both on a quantity and on a value basis, is shown 

 in figure VI - 5. 



The division of retail sales shows fish counter sales of fresh 

 and bulk-frozen shrimp accounted for 51 percent of total quantity sold, 

 but only for k3 percent of total value. Conversely, each one of the 

 processed products represented a larger relative share of dollar sales 

 than it did of pound sales, the difference between the two percentages 

 being most prono\inced for canned shrimp. 



Reteiil Inventories 



Inventories of shrimp and shrimp products at retail were ascer- 

 tained as of October 1, 1955 • Expsinded to a total for the nation, these 

 inventories were estimated to have been in the neighborhood of 8 million 

 pounds on that day. Slightly more than 3 million pounds or 38 percent 

 of this total were represented by fresh and bulk- frozen shrimp stocks. 

 Packaged frozen headless shrimp ranked next with 26 percent of total 

 shrimp stocks carried by retail stores followed by canned shrimp with 

 22 percent. Smaller quantities were stored of frozen breaded uncooked 

 eind cooked shrimp and shrimp speciaLLty products. 



TABLE VI - 6.- -INVENTORIES OF SHRIMP AND SHRIMP 

 PRODUCTS IN RETAIL FOOD STORES OCTOBER 1, 1955 



Fresh shrimp and bulk- frozen 



Frozen packaged shrimp 



Frozen uncooked breaded shrimp 



Frozen cooked breaded shrimp 



Canned shrimp 



Remaining products combined 



3,031,000 



2,066,119 



587,800 



299,094 



1,779,721 



212,027 



Total all shrimp and shrimp products 7,975,76l 



38.0 



25.9 



7A 



3.8 



22.3 



2.6 



100.0 



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