TABLE 27.— V ALUS OF MEXICAN SHRIMP EXPORTS, 

 193k-195h 

 (In thousands) 



Note: The value of peso averaged 27.7 cents between 193U-37, 22,1 cents 

 daring 1938, 19.3 cents during 1939, 18.5 cents during I9I4O, 20.6 cents 

 between 19ia-ii7, 18.9 cents during I9U8, 12.6 cents during 19ii9, 11.6 

 cents between 1950-52, 11.7 cents during 1953, and 9.1 cents during 195U. 



The increase in value has been to some extent the result of 

 several devaluations of the peso, but for the most part it reflects the 

 increase in volume and unit value of exports. 



A more accurate picture of the growth of Mexican shrimp exports 

 can be obtained from the data on physical volume in table 28. Before 1951, 

 Mexican fresh and frozen shrimp exports were reported in gross kilograms; 

 since then they have been reported in net kilograms. Although it appears 

 from table 28 that 19ii9 was Mexico's best year with respect to exports of 

 fresh and frozen shrimp, the best year was actually 1950, when the United 

 States imported 39.7 million pounds of fresh and frozen shrimp. This was 

 over 10 million pounds more than the United States imported from Mexico 

 in 19i;9. 



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