REVIEW 



FOREIGN TRADE IN FISHERY PRODUCTS 



IMPORTS U.S. imports of edible fishery products in 

 1993 were valued at $5.8 billion, $142.9 million 

 more than in 1992. The quantity of edible imports 

 was 2.9 billion pounds, 23.2 million pounds more 

 than the quantity imported in 1992. 



Edible imports consisted of 2.5 billion 

 pounds of fresh and frozen products valued at 

 $5.2 billion, 381.7 million pounds of canned 

 products valued at $494,1 million, 69.2 million 

 pounds of cured products valued at $122.5 

 million, 4.3 million pounds of caviar and roe 

 products valued at $24.7 million, and 10.6 million 

 pounds of other products valued at $29.7 million. 



The quantity of shrimp imported in 1993 

 was 601 .0 million pounds, 5.5 million pounds more 

 than the quantity imported in 1992. Valued at 

 $2.2 billion, $152.1 million more than the 1992 

 value , shrimp imports accounted for 37 percent of 

 the value of total edible imports. Imports of fresh 

 and frozen tuna were 435.7 million pounds, 

 914,000 pounds less than the 436.6 million pounds 

 imported in 1992. Imports of canned tuna were 

 224.4 million pounds, 99.0 million pounds less than 

 the 323.4 million pounds imported in 1992. Imports 

 of fresh and frozen fillets and steaks amounted to 

 440.4 million pounds, an increase of 32.3 million 

 pounds from 1992. Regular and minced block 

 imports were 21 1 .6 million pounds, a decrease of 

 17.7 million pounds from 1992. 



Imports of nonedible fishery products were 

 valued at $4.8 billion--an increase of $608.3 million 

 compared with 1992. The total value of edible 



and nonedible products was $10.6 billion in 1993, 

 $791.1 million more than in 1992 when $9.9 billion 

 of fishery products were imported. 



EXPORTS . U.S. exports of edible fishery products of 

 domestic origin were 2.0 billion pounds valued at 

 $3.1 billion, compared with exports of 2.1 billion 

 pounds valued at $3.5 billion in 1992. 



Fresh and frozen items were 1.8 billion 

 pounds valued at $2.4 billion, a decrease of 40.8 

 million pounds and $296.0 million compared with 

 1992. In terms of individual species, fresh and 

 frozen exports consisted principally of 333.0 million 

 pounds of salmon valued at $586.9 million, 330.8 

 million pounds of surimi valued at $302.2 million 

 and 134.6 million pounds of crabs valued at 

 $408.7 million. Canned items were 127.5 million 

 pounds valued at $236. 1 million. Salmon was the 

 major canned item exported, with 84.6 million 

 pounds valued at $160.6 million. Cured items 

 were 8.4 million pounds valued at $23.0 million. 

 Caviar and roe exports were 82.7 million pounds 

 valued at $405.8 million. 



Exports of nonedible products were valued 

 at a record $3.8 billion compared with $3.7 billion 

 in 1992. Exports of fishmeal amounted to 213.0 

 million pounds valued at $52.4 million. The total 

 value of edible and nonedible exports was $6.9 

 billion--a decrease of $194.4 million compared 

 with 1992. 



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