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Norway furnished 3,443,747 kilos (7,576,243 pounds). In 1915 

 Norway furnished 1,755,941 (3,863,070 pounds) out of a total of 

 2,035,448 (4,477,986 pounds) kilos. In 1917 Norway fui-nished 

 1,051,121 (2,312,466 pounds), the United States 447,079 (983,574 

 pounds), and the United Kingdom 355,331 (781,728 pounds) kilos 

 out of a total of 1,872,347 kilograms (4,119,163 pounds). In 1918 

 and 1919, 615,627 (1,354,379 pounds) and 1,507,439 kilograms 

 (3,316,366 pounds) of whole codfish were imported, respectively. 



Canned fish.— During the five-year period, 1910 to 1914, 7,220,617 

 kilograms (15,885,357 pounds) of canned fish were imported into 

 this country, with a tariff valuation of $2,527,214. Of these imports 

 Italy furnished 2,007,335 kilos (4,416,137 pounds), Spain 1,866,392 

 kilos (4,106,062 pounds), the United States 1,096,230 kilos (2,411,706 

 pounds), the United Kingdom 919,676 kilos (2,023,287 pounds), 

 France 766,470 kilos (1,686,234 pounds), and Canada 259,292 kilos 

 (570,442 pounds), 15 other countries furnishing the small remainder. 



The following were the imports of canned fish by countries during 

 the three years, 1915 to 1917: 



In 1918 and 1919, respectively, there were imported 674,258 and 

 658,879 kilos (1,483,368 and 1,449,534 pounds) of canned fish from all 

 countries. 



Pickled or 'pressed fish. — During the five-year period, 1910 to 1914, 

 there were imported into this country 6,640,812 kilograms (14,609,786 

 pounds) of pickled or pressed fish, with a customs valuation of 

 $996,122. Of this quantity Spain furnished 3,894,313 kilos (8,567,489 

 pounds), Holland 979,341 kilos (2,154,550 pounds), Italy 932,514 

 kilos (2,051,531 pounds), France 106,173 kilos (233,581 pounds), 

 United Kingdom 75,454 kilos (165,999 pounds), Portugal 67,837 

 kilos (149,241 pounds) , and United States 8,472 kilos (18,638 pounds) . 



During the next three years the imports were as follows: 



During the years 1918 and 1919, respectively, there were imported 

 into this country 833,4 11 and 1,188,494 kilos (1,833,504 and 2,614,687 

 pounds) of pickled or pressed fish. 



Sardines. — During the period 1910 to 1914 there were imported 

 into this country 20,064,581 kilos (44,142,078 pounds) of sardines, 

 with a tariff valuation of $5,018,143. Of these imports Spain fur- 

 nished 14,189,046 kilos (31,215,901 pounds), Norway 2,683,783 kilos 



