Con tB o f Orcvr.t i ono — F.roc;cn Pp . nkn.^-ed Shrir.rp (OtliJ r ■^lOirmPr ec-^V ,• d ) 



T\ro ccnpnnier. furnished cost data on fro;^en hcad.l.cGs, and on 

 fj,-02en p.;.jled and dcveined, shrliup to tlie Fede.L-al Ti-ad.Q Coj.uiiission 

 accountants for the year 1954 (see table V - 57). One other coiapany 

 vnn able to jprovide cost infoniiation by type of packn^e for the liionth 

 of October 1954 (see table V - 58). 



TABLE V - 57. --AVERAGE COST PER POUI-JD OF END- 

 PRODUCT OF PRODUCBIG FROZEN HEADLEGS, AND KWZSN 

 PEELED AND DEVEINED SHRB'iP, 2 PRODUCERS, 1954 



(Cents per pound) 



1/ Includes depreciation insurance, repairs and maintenance, utilities, 

 supplies, payroll and property tfoxes. 



Costs per pound of finished product for one company which 

 furnished statistics on its total annual volume \7ere clo:-c to 59 cents 

 for frozen headless and some^7hat less tlian 72 cents for peeled and de- 

 veined shrimp. Labor, packasinc hi.tterials, and overhead costs, in this 

 instance, vere approximately 10 cents on frozen headless and 11 cents 

 on peeled and deveined shrimp. The other coiipaiiy for which comparable 

 data for the sariie year were available listed its total production costs 

 for frozen headless as 55 cents, for peeled and deveined shrimp as 77 

 cents. Costs other than raw material. In tliis instance, was slightly 

 hither than 5 cents for frozen headless, but nearly 17 cents for peeled 

 and deveined shrimp. Comparable cost data for 1953 which were available 

 for this company vere higher than in 1954; this may be interpreted as a 

 reflection of the price inflation in the raw shrimp market in the 

 earlier part of 19^3. 



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