ICELAND 



The production of frozen shrimp in 1955 totaled ItltjOOO pounds. 

 The Icelandic Fisheries Association has estimated the annual production 

 of canned shrimp to range between 20,000 to liii,000 pounds, most of which 

 is consumed locally. Export data on shrinp are not available since 

 shrimp is combined with other items in the official foreign-trade 

 statistics. 



The Icelandic shrinp is smaller in size than the shrimp caught 

 off the American coast. The species is believed to be Pandalus borealis . 



Shrimp are exported to the United States, the United Kingdom, 

 and Denmark. United States imports of shrimp from Iceland have ranged 

 as follows: 



Pounds Value 



$15 



22,895 



(1) 

 26,980 



5l,Ul3 

 96,993 

 68,379 



1/ Data for 1953 omitted because of an obvious over- 

 statement in the Census figures. 



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