STATISTICS ON APPARENT CONSUMPTION 



Apparent consumption or 'disappearance' of food products over 

 a period of time is calculated by adjusting production statistics by the 

 net chfiuiges in foreign trade and inventories. 



Shrimp consiiraption can be expressed either in round or edible 

 weight terms. In the tables and graphs, edible weight statistics have 

 been used to facilitate comparison with other food products. The con- 

 version of the data to an edible-weight, raw-peeled basis in the case of 

 shrimp is an easy one, since raw-peeled shrimp products weigh approxi- 

 mately half as much as their heads-on catch equivalents. 



Trend in Apparent Consvmiption (Edible Weight) 



The gain in popularity of shrimp in the Anerican diet is por- 

 trayed by the statistics on apparent consumption in table VIII - 25. 



Consumption of shrimp on an edible-weight basis was 51 '2 million 

 pounds in 1930 and over three times that amount, i.e., 169.5 million pounds 

 in 1955. Expressed on a per capita basis, this represents em increase 

 from four- tenths of a pound to about one pound (see table VIII -26). 



Ccanparison of Per Capita Consumption With Other Protein Foods 



Table VIII - 27 compares the trend in shrimp consumption to 

 trends in consumption of shellfish; fish and shellfish; meat, fish and 

 poTxltry; eggs and all food. In 1930 shrimp represented less than h 

 percent of the per capita consumption of fish and shellfish, whereas in 

 recent years it has represented about 9 percent. 



1975 Consianption Requirements 



A brief discussion of some of the factors of demand and supply 

 may provide an approximate emswer to the amount of shrimp needed in the 

 domestic market of 1975. 



An estimate of demsmd can be obtained by making projections of 

 the United States population and per capita consumption rates. 



The population forecasts of the United States Bureau of the 

 Census for the year 1975 range frcxn 207 to 228.5 million (including armed 

 forces overseas--see table VIII - 28). If growth continued at current 

 rates, the population of this country would be approximately 221.5 million 

 In 1975. 



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