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insignificant, due to the preference shown for the fresh product. 

 The imports of canned fish for the period January 1 to June 30, 1921, 

 amounted to $1,395. It is not beheved that importations of canned, 

 dried, or salt-cured fish can be increased materially until the people 

 have acquired a taste for such products. 



NUEVO LAREDO. 



[By Edwin B. Adams, vice consul, September 12, 1921.] 



There are no fishery products in this consular district. The bulk 

 of the fish imported into this district is during the Lenten season, 

 when approximately 800 boxes (40 pounds each) of the 1-pound 

 fish brick and 300 boxes (40 pounds each) of salt fish are imported, 

 most of which are shipped to other points in Mexico. Due to the 

 Mexican import tariff, practically all of the demand for all kinds of 

 fish in this district is met by the clealers in Laredo, Tex. During the 

 month of August, 1921, 696 pounds of canned fish, valued at $312.31, 

 and 156 pounds of fresh fish, valued at $50.13, were purchased in 

 Laredo, Tex., by the residents of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. 



Following is a statistical report of fish exported through the La- 

 redo (Tex.) customs district for the year ending June 30, 1921. Ap- 

 proximately 85 per cent of these fish passed through the Nuevo 

 Laredo (Mexico) customhouse, and practically the entire volume 

 was consigned to Mexican points other than the Nuevo Laredo con- 

 sular district: 



MONTEREY. 



[By Thomas D. Bowman, consul, August 25, 1921.] 



There are no fisheries in the Monterey consular district. A limited 

 amount of canned and dried fish products is imported into the district, 

 but it is impossible to obtain any statistics regarding the amount. 

 The products imported are sardines, tuna, kippered herring, salmon, 

 fish flakes, and all the standard canned fish products. Dried cod- 

 fish is also found on the local market. Because of the high cost of 

 these products the market is limited to the wealthier classes. Fresh 

 fish is brought in, iced, from Tampico, Mexico, throughout the year. 

 There is no reexport of imported fish from this district. By far the 

 larger proportion of imported fish products come from the United 

 States. There is an occasional preference for Spanish sardines, 

 based upon particular taste of certain consumers, but the amount of 

 sardines imported from Europe is negligible. It is difficult to in- 

 crease the imports of fish products into this district because of their 

 high cost. 



