Japsmese exports declined over 50 percent to 719^120 cases. Since 

 the duty on tuna in brine was only 12-1/2 percent ad valoremji the 

 Japanese prepared larger amounts of this product, principally for 

 export to the United States, Exports of tuna in brine were about 

 half the canned tuna exports = This change-over in the type of 

 product prepared for export illustrates the versatility of the Jap- 

 anese tuna operators. In 1952, exports increased to 1,084,080 cases, 

 over 70 percent being birine packed. The Japanese exports of canned 

 tuna for 1950, 1951, and 1952 are shoim in table 21: 



TkELE 21. -. JAPAN; EXPORTS OF CA^JNED TUNA 1950-1952 



1950 



1951 



1952 



TO THE TO OTHR TO THE 

 UNITED COUN" UNITED 

 STATES TRIES STATES 



TO OTHER TO THE 

 COUN- UNITED 

 TRIES STATES 



TO OTHER 

 COUN- 

 TRIES 



CASES CASES CASES 



CASES 



liVHITE-ilEAT TUNA 



IN OILoooo 00629,359 

 LIGHT-MEAT TUNA 



IN OIL, 0000 804,265 

 VffllTE-MEAT TUNA 



IN BRINE.ooo 7,693 

 LIGHT- MEAT TUNA 



IN BRINEooo. 5,084 

 WHITE-MEAT TUNA 



FUKES, SEASONED - 

 LIGffl^MEAT TUNA 



FUKES, SEASONED 



19,391 115,700 56,000 



51,776 109,950 57,490 



225,900 930 



142,050 5,900 



8,876 ~ 5,200 



932 - - 



CASES 



152,362 



363 



578,762 



194,726 



32,402 



1.535 



CASES 



82,893 



34,414 



2,872 



2,701 



700 



350 



TOTALo 



00 1,446,401 80,975 593,600 125,520 960,150 123,930 



NOTE; Cases are reported on a basis of 48 7 ounce canso 



The export of frozen tuna to the United States, first tried on a 

 modest basis during the late 1920 's reached sizable amounts during the 

 following decade. Table 22 shows the pre-World War II exports of alba- 

 core and skipjack for the years 1929-1939= 



After World VVar II, trade in frozen tuna was not resumed until oc- 

 cupation authorities permitted its export in 1948. In that year 

 2,451,960 pounds of frozen tuna was exported, and in 1949 the amount 

 was increased to 3,210,480 pounds. The necessary plant expansion re- 

 quired for producing larger amounts of frozen tuna was undertaken during 

 1950 and 1951, assisted by United States Counterpart Funds. In 1951 j 



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