FISHERIES AND MARKET FOR FISHERY PRODUCTS IN MEXICO, ETC. 47 

 Amount and value of canned fish or shellfish imported into Chile, 1919 and 1920. 



1 DiSerencein value of imports by ports and by countries in 1920is due to an error in officialstatistics. 



Canned lobster finds only a very small market in Chile, and prac- 

 tically none in this district, owing to the abundance of a large crayfish 

 similar to a lobster. Under tariff No. 14 canned lobster pays a duty 

 of 1.20 gold pesos per kilo, or $19.86 per 100 pounds gross weight. 

 The statistics of imports for 1919 and 1920 follow: 



Amount and value of canned lobster imported into Chile, 1919 and 1920. 



Dried codfish has a good sale locally. The better grade comes from 

 the United States and is more in demand than the cheaper Japanese 



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