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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Dried cod: 



Argentina 



Canada 



United States.. 

 Great Britian. . 



Norway 



Sweden 



Newfoundland. 

 Uruguay 



Total . 



Unclassified canned and preserved fish: 



Germany 



Canada 



United States , 



France 



Breat Britian 



Spain 



Holland 



Italy 



Japan 



Norway 



Portugual 



Total 1,304,767 



Pounds. 



1,245,592 



1, 520, 536 



6,387 



161,480 



2,933,995 



284,324 

 12,250 

 73,990 



262, 766 



16,614 



101 



2,732 

 643, 164 



Value. 



$240,239 



310, 419 



1,244 



38,062 



589,964 



2,535 

 115,004 

 9,061 

 15,648 

 49,610 

 2,011 

 165 



962 

 230,067 



425,063 



1920 



Pounds. 



24,651 



1,614,677 



4,191,942 



136, 329 



2, 163, 896 



286, 079 



33,315 



8,450,889 



2,387 



277,097 



57, 387 



286,667 



444,864 



32, 960 



37, 431 



106 



319, 037 



1,034,090 



2,492,026 



Value. 

 $3,767 

 258,222 

 574,972 

 25,306 

 398,972 

 31,157 

 7,508 



1,300,769 



204 



97, 512 



34, 768 



50, 750 



101,398 



4,079 



11,029 



55 



63, 416 



189, 133 



552, 344 



Note.— The average value of the Brazilian paper milreis was ; 

 year 1919 and $0.2104 for the year 1920. 



1.2621, United States currency, for the 



The value in United States currency of the entire importation of 

 codfish during 1920 was therefore $1,300,769, of which 44.2 per cent, 

 or codfish to the value of $574,972, was imported from the United 

 States as compared with a total importation valued at $589,964 for 

 1919, of which the United States furnished 52.6 per cent, valued at 

 $310,419. The value of the entire importation of unclassified canned 

 and preserved fish (kippered, salt, and smoked herring, lobster, 

 salmon, sardines, and shrimp) during 1920 was $552,344, of which 

 the United States furnished 17.7 per cent, valued at $97,512, as 

 compared with a total of $425,063 for the year 1919, including im- 

 ports valued at $115,004, or 27 per cent of the whole, from the United 

 States. 



A heavy decrease in the total importation of both codfish and un- 

 classified fish products is recorded for the year 192 1 . The milreis value 

 of the dried codfish imported during 1921 is stated as 4,493:502$ 

 against 6,182:363$ for 1920. The decrease in dollar value is far 

 greater, since the milreis declined to an average value of about $0.13 

 for 1921 as compared with $0.2104 for 1920. The United States 

 suffered a heavier proportional loss in this trade than did certain 

 other countries, chiefly because of the high rate of exchange. 



Santos is the port of the State of Sao Paulo, and of certain parts of 

 the adjoining States of southeastern Brazil. The local consumption 

 of fish products probably does not exceed 5 per cent of the total 

 quantities imported, most of which enter Santos in transit to the 

 city of Sao Paulo. There is no reexportation of fish products to 

 other countires, however, and the entire quantity imported is con- 

 sumed in this section of Brazil. 



Portuguese fishery products are preferred locally because of the 

 fact that more than 30 per cent of the inhabitants of Santos are 

 Portuguese and about 50 per cent Brazilians with close affiliations 

 with the former mother country. The local trade is also in the 

 hands of the Portuguese and Brazihans, who naturally prefer to 



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