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SHRIMP 



In 1930 shrinip were canned at 1 plant in North Carolina, 4 in 

 South Carolina, 6 in Georgia, 9 in Florida, 4 in Alabama, 15 in Miss- 

 issippi, 25 in Louisiana, and 5 in Texas, making a total of 69 plants, or 

 7 less than in 1929. The total pack amounted to 818,491 standard 

 cases of forty-eight No. 1 cans (5-ounce cans, dry pack, and 5%-ounce, 

 wet pack), valued at $4,960,542. This is a decrease of 10 per cent 

 both in quantity and value of the pack as compared with that of the 

 previous year. Louisiana was by far the most important State in the 

 production of canned shrimp, accounting for 49 per cent of the pack. 



Pack of canned shrimp, 1930 



STANDARD CASES 



ACTUAL CASES 



Sizes 



In tins, dry: 



No. 1, 4-ounce (48 cans) 



No. 1, 43^-ounce (48 cans) . . . 



No. 1, 5-ounce (48 cans) 



No. lyi, 8M-ounce (24 cans). 



Other sizes (standard cases) . 

 In tins, wet: 



No. 1, 5M-ounce (48 cans)... 



No. 1}4, 9M-ounce (24 cans). 



other sizes (standard cases) . 

 In glass, wet: 



5}i-ounce (24 cans) 



0j2-ounce (24 cans) 



Other sizes (standard cases) . 



Total. 



Cases 



7,122 



3,306 



251, 728 



26, 750 



410 



476, 020 

 3,679 

 5,834 



103, 122 

 4,837 

 1,125 



Value 



$31, 177 



19, 436 



1, 525, 113 



152. 986 



2,821 



2, 629. 836 

 20, 137 

 36, 464 



506, 739 

 24. 583 

 11, 250 



4, 960, 542 



1 The pack of shrimp in glass for South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana has been grouped to 

 avoid the disclosure of private enterprise. 



Note.— " Standard cases" represent the various sized cases converted to the equivalent of 48 No. 1, 

 5-ounce cans to the case in the dry pack and 48 No. 1, 5J^-ounce cans to the case in the wet pack. 



Pack of canned shrinip, 1921 to 1930 



Note.— Shown in standard cases of 48 No. 1 cans. 

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