exclusively o A large canning plant at Iquique is said to be the 

 only modern and complete fish freezing and canning establishiaent 

 in Chile 



Despite the increased landings, there appears to be little 

 effort made to increase tuna exports o Chilean exports of canned 

 tuna have been moderate, as shown in table 45 » 



TABLE 45 » - CHILE; 



EXPORTS OF CANNED TUNA AND TUNALIKE FISHES ^ 



1942-1950 



YEAR 



TO UNITED STATES 



POUNDS 



The export of frozen tuna was begun in 1950, when 68,355 

 pounds were shipped to the United States « Between January and 

 September of 1951, 99,225 pounds were exported, also to the United 

 States o This trade has been limited because adequate freezing 

 facilities are lacking. Only the plant at Iquique is equipped to 

 prepare frozen tuna for export o 



To improve the diet of the people and to obtain foreign ex- 

 change by insreasing exports, the Chilean Corporaci<^n de Foraento 

 de la Produccidn has shown an interest in better utilization of 

 Chile's fishery resources o Originally, the Corporacic^n planned 

 to increase exports of canned tuna to 500,000 cases (about 

 12,000,000 pounds) of white-meat tuna to the United States, Plans 

 for the rapid expansion of the fishiqg industry have not material- 

 ized because capital and experience are lacking. Canning plants 

 do not employ modern machinery, and cans are not standardized and 



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