The United States was Mexico's best customer for fishery- 

 products in 195Il. Our fishery exports to Mexico in 195ii were only 

 three-tenths of 1 percent of the value of her fishery exports to us. 

 Over the li-year period 1951-5U Mexico irported an annual average of 

 slightly over 10 million pesos (about $1.1 million) worth of edible 

 fishery products of which about 10 percent came from the United States, 



Exports 



In 195ii, shrimp represented 83 percent of the value of all of 

 Mexico's fishery exports. Almost all of the shrimp exports were shipped 

 to the United States. Total shrimp exports in 195U were valued at 

 II4I.9 million pesos ($12.9 million); of this amount IU0.6 million pesos 

 ($12.8 million) or 99.1 percent were frozen shrimp. 



During 195ii, lU9 metric tons (328,500 pounds) of fresh shriinp 

 valued at 1,2 million pesos ($109,200) were shipped to the United 

 States. 



Mexico's exports of dried and canned shrimp are relatively 

 unimportant . 



The value of Mexican shrimp exports has increased over 8OO 

 times since 193U. The greatest rise has occurred since 19li5. 



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