APPENDIX IV APPENDIX IV 
As a consequence of its dependence on imports for about 
50 percent of the supplies to the domestic market West Ger- 
many's import policy has been very liberal. As the second 
largest importer of fishmeal in Europe West Germany normally 
grants licenses to feedstuffs importers on application. Fur- 
ther detail on import policies was not provided except that 
herring imported in butterfly fillet form is subject to 
lower import duties than full fillets. 
The value of fish exports in 1974 was $111,864,030. 
Ninety-two percent of these exports went to European coun- 
tries. Exports to the United States represented only about 
125 percent) of ‘total exports. 
West Germany - 1974 
Value of Leading Exports 
Percent 
Product Value of total 
(000 omitted) 
Canned and preserved 
fish $ 47,000 42 
Iced and frozen fish 
(excluding herring) 39) p25 35 
Iced and frozen herring 7,671 if 
Other WIL ABS 16 
Total S855 00 
West Germany's production of artificial smoked salmon 
cannot be exported to the United States because the dye does 
not meet Food and Drug Administration standards. West Ger- 
many producers do not export canned herring to the United 
States because the preferred preserving agent, soybean oil, 
is subject to heavy duty and using other preservatives re- 
sults in an inferior product which cannot compete on the U.S. 
market. 
ECONOMIC ROLE OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY 
Less than 1 percent of West Germany's economically 
active population is employed in the fishing and processing 
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