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Fresh and frozen shrimp accounted for 36 percent, $1.1 
billion, Of Japan's fish) imports, an 1974.5 Other: hagh=vaiue 
import items included fresh and frozen skipjack tunas and 
other fish, 35 percent, salted dried and smoked fish, 12 per- 
ecent,, prepared Fish, 6 percent,* andj dave fish, 6 percent. The 
Main sources of imports were as follows. 
percent ot total: Major species 
Country import value imported 
South Korea 19 Fresh, frozen and 
prepared fish 
Taiwan 9 Live fish, fresh, and 
frozen fish 
China 9 Shrimp and salted, 
dried and smoked fish 
Indonesia 8 Shrimp 
Spain 6 Fresh and frozen fish 
India 5 Shrimp 
In 1973, Japan, the world's leading exporter of fish 
products, accounted for 12.3 percent of world fish exports by 
value. The overall trend in 1974, though, was one of stag- 
nation. 
From 1969 to 1974 the value of fish products exported 
increased 62 percent, although imported fish products in- 
creased 244 percent. Following are Japan's major fish pro- 
ducErexpomess: 
Percent of total 
Major exported 1974 
product export value 
Canned mackerel Whos 
Canned tunas 14.4 
Canned salmon 6.4 
Frozen tunas, marlins, and 
skipjack 2EO 
Other frozen fish Dalig jk 
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