Imports 



Panama imports more than it exports . Most of the imports are 

 manvifactured goods and foodstuffs. In 1953 Panama imported about ji71»6 

 million worth of goods of vrhich almost C'U8.7 million were manufactured 

 products and .„.11.7 million were foodstuffs. About 65 percent of the total 

 imports (:,;U6.2 million) were from tlie United States. 



Host of the dried and all of the canned shrijip consumed in Panama 

 are inported. Panama does not i'rport fresh or frozen shrimp. Since 1950 

 the annual amounts of dried slirimp imported have fluctuated from about 17 

 to ho metric tons v;ith a value ranging bet;;een :;h5,000 and ;-,;65,000. Imports 

 of canned shrimp have ranged from 2.5 to 5*5 metric tons annually mth values 

 betvjeen $U,000 and (vlO,000. Host of the dried and canned sliriir^.) come from 

 the United States. 



TABLE 3l|— SHRIMP IMPORTS INTO PANAMA BY PRODUCT 

 AND BY COUIITRY OF ORIGIN 



Year and country 

 of origin 



Dried or salted 



Canned 



1950: 



United States 

 Hong Kong 

 Others 



Total 



1951: 



United States 

 Hong Kong 

 Others 

 Total 



1952: 



United States 

 Hong Kong 

 Others 

 Total 



1953: 



United States 



Hong Kong 



Others 



Total 



1951;: 



United States 

 Hong Kong 

 Others 



Tctnl 



Pounds Dollars 



Pounds 



Dollars 



1/ Loss than 100 pounds or $100. 



Souroe; Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, 



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