time, while 28 percent of the large 

 plants bought from 30 to U9 pounds, and 

 10 percent bought 50 or more pounds. 



Tuna bought in cases of six U-pound 

 cans ranged in price from Ul cents a 

 pound to 68 cents, averaging 57 cents. 

 Tuna in cases of 2k 13- to lU-ounce cans 

 was reported from a low of U5 cents a 

 pound to 71 cents averaging 62 cents. 



Peeled shrimp 



Fresh or frozen peeled shrimp 

 amounted to h9,000 pounds or 6 percent 

 of the total fish and shellfish volume 

 used during the survey period. Regionally, 

 the use of shrimp varied only from 27 to 

 33 percent. 



Shrimp had the highest average use 

 (eight pounds) for any single species of 



fresh or frozen shellfish. Together the 

 use of peeled and in-shell shrimp was 

 twice as much, on an average basis, as 

 that of any other kind of shellfish. 

 While the average consumption in user 

 plants was 35 pounds, a fifth of the 

 plants used less than 10 pounds each. On 

 the other hand, one-fourth of the total 

 use was in h percent of the plants where 

 each used 200 or more pounds. 



Purchases of this product tended to 

 be somewhat smaller than those of the 

 other kinds analyzed. Better than half 

 (58 percent) of the small firms, and 33 

 and 37 percent, respectively, of the 

 medium-sized and large plants usually 

 bought less than 10 pounds. A relatively 

 large proportion of the plants with 

 500-999 workers bought in quantities of 

 70 pounds or more. 



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