a market for the Japanese product » Favorable acceptance of CcLnned 

 white-meat tuna on the American market led to the establishment of 

 other canneries^ and the number increased to 16 in 1932,. Three types 

 of products were prepared; 1) white-meat tuna in oil, 2) tuna in 

 brine, and 3) white-meat tuna seasoned (sugar and soy sauce added to 

 albacore scraps), the latter two products primarily for local consump- 

 tion or for export to other oriental countries. Production of canned 

 tuna for the pre-World War II period is given in table 19. 



TABLE 19 o - JAPANi PRODUCTION OF CAMMED TUNA 1931-1940 



YEAR PRODUCTION 



CASES 



1931 o,,„..o.„.,..o„..o.oo.».o.oooo„ooo..o ««,,.._..,., 128,500 



1932 o « o . . . , „ o , . , , „ o . « o . . o o , o . o « o « , o o o . , o o . o „ o o . o , « o , o 364,799 



1933 o . « . . , o o . o o o o o o o . o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o . o o « o o o « o . o o o o o o 820,388 



1934 . o ,«, o o o o ., o .. o c , o ., o „ o o .. o =. o , o , ... o ». o , .... o o o . o 396,195 



1935 ........ o....,..........,.......,.....,o..o,,«oo.. 456,585 



1936 o..,.,,...,.c,........o,.,,..,,o,,....o,o,..,,.,o, 438,500 



1937 ..o».oo...ooo..=o...,.=..o,.„.,„..oooo..oo.oo.,.., 712,112 



1938 .,. o .«,,. o » o .... o ,.,»«,. o .,,. o o o „„ o ..... o ,.,.. o o . , 807,924 



1939 .................................................. 851,442 



1940 ..... o ......... o o ....... o ........ . o o .. o o o o o . o ... o 967 >056 



NOTE? Cases consist of 48 460-grara cans or 96 235-gram cansT 



Nearly 80 percent of the approximately 6,000,000 cases of canned 

 tuna prepared from 1931 to 1940 was exported, almost two-thirds to the 

 United States, with Canada, China, and Europe the next most important 

 outlets. The peak of this trade was reached in 1933 when 670,004 cases 

 (all white-meat tuna) were exported to the United States. The American 

 tuna industry expressed concern over the possibility of the foreign 

 product displacing American canned tuna, and the Presidential proclama- 

 tion, effective January 13, 1934, increased the import duty on canned 

 tuna from 30 percent to 45 percent ad valorem. 



The post World War II tuna canning industry produced 1,299 cases 

 of 48 8-ounce cans in 1946 and 7,169 cases in 1947. Thereafter, produc- 

 tion increased rapidly as new canneries were put into operation. In 1950, 

 61 canneries, employing 9,880 people, were engaged primarily in processing 

 fish; production of canned tuna by these plants was 2,603,891 cases, of 

 which 1,406,130 cases were packed in oil. At that time the United States 

 duty on canned tuna in oil was 22-1/2 percent ad valorem. Following the 

 reimposition, on January 1, 1951, of the 45 percent duty on canned tuna 

 in oil imported into the United States, production declined to 1,191,300 



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