TABLE 31." MEXICAN EXPORT TAX IN CENTS PER POMD 



Origin of 

 product 



Fresh 

 shrimp 



Dried 

 shrimp 



Frozen 

 shrimp 



Gulf of Mexico 



Pacific coast other 

 than Salina Cruz 

 and Santa Rosalia 



Salina Cruz, Santa 

 Rosalia and Baja 

 California 



11.525 



12.801 



12.801 



7.65U 



7.65U 



7.651; 



1.697 



1.886 



1.697 



Export costs 



Export costs, including severjince taxes of 22 centavos per 

 kilo of frozen headless shrimp at Carmen averaged about 9 cents a pound 

 in 1953, 7 cents in 195U and 6.5 cents during the first quarter of 1955. 

 The costs of export from Guaymas are prol'ably slightly under those for 

 Carmen, and those from Mazatlrn and Salina Cruz are probably somewhat 

 higher. 



Transportation and export taxes comprise the bulk of the 

 exportation costs. From Carmen, ocean freight (generally to Brownsville, 

 Texas) averaged between 3 and 3.5 cents a pound. Export taxes in 1955 

 were about 2 cents a pound. From Guayiaas to Los Angeles, California, or 

 San Diego, California, transportation by refrigerated truck in 1955 costs 

 2.5 cents a pound, net weight of shrimp. Export taxes were about 2 cents 

 per pound. 



Custom charges and services, both Mexican and United States, 

 ran about .k cent a pound at Carmen in 1955. Mexican transfer and 

 loading charges amounted to about .2 cent, U2/ and insurance about .3 

 cent a pound. Miscellaneous charges such as association dues, telephone 

 and telegraph, etc., averaged betvjeen .3 and .5 cent a pound. Ocean 

 freight charges include on-the-dock delivery at Brownsville, Texas. 



U2/ Three separate unions handle the loading of frozen shrimp at Carmen, 

 One carries the product to the land side of the dock, another the length 

 of the dock to the ship rail, and the third from the rail to stowage in 

 the hold. 



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