taking about 96 percent of that pack. None of these shrimp have been 

 exported to the United States. Exports of iced and frozen shrimp from 

 Norway from 1953 to 1955 s.re shown below: 



Thousand pounds 



1953 3,333 

 195^4 3,h9h 

 1955 3,957 



Statistics on exports of canned shrimp are not shown separately 

 in Norwegian export statistics. United States imports of shrimp from 

 Norway, presumably all canned, have totaled as follows since 1951: 



Pounds Value 



$65,886 

 177,818 

 303,006 

 103,977 

 I53,27it 

 130,3lii 

 106,li57 



DENMARK 



Danish production of shrimp averages about 2 million pounds 

 annually. The bulk of the catch is of the species Pandalus bo real is . 

 The shrimp fishing season mins from April to September; June is the 

 best month. The greater part of the catch is canned. 



The pack of canned shriir?) totaled 613,000 pounds in 1953 and 

 326,000 poiinds in 195U. In 1956, the United States imported 29,675 

 poimds of shrimp valued at $33,311 and 20,229 pounds valued at $29,992 

 in 1957. 



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