WORLD FISHERIES 



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WORLD IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF SEVEN FISHERY COMMODITY GROUPS, 



BY LEADING COUNTRIES, 1988-92 



Country 



1988 (1) 



1989 (1) 



1990 (1) 



1991 (1) 



1992 



IMPORTS 



Japan 



United States. . . 



France 



Spain 



Italy 



Germany 



United Kingdom.. 



Hong Kong 



Denmark 



Netherlands 



Thailand 



Belgium 



Portugal 



Canada 



China 



Singapore 



South Korea 



Taiwan 



Sweden 



Other Countries. 



Total 



EXPORTS 



United States. . . 



Thailand 



Norway 



Denmark 



Canada 



China 



Netherlands 



South Korea 



Iceland 



Chile 



Taiwan 



Indonesia 



United Kingdom.. 



France 



Russia 



Japan 



Spain 



New Zealand 



Germany 



Other Countries. 



Total 



-Thousand U.S. dollars- 



10, 657,717 



5,389,345 



2,243,783 



1,725,879 



1,898, 823 



1, 428, 863 



1, 610, 006 



1,030,588 



852, 440 



577,895 



537,818 



582,893 



457, 133 



593,327 



333,251 



370,311 



314,967 



403,227 



418,409 



3, 844,801 



35,271,476 



2,441, 



1,630, 



1,608, 



1,852, 



2,206, 



969, 



948, 



1,782, 



1,059, 



804, 



1,751, 



664, 



734, 



730, 



176 

 891 

 071 

 665 

 439 

 058 

 156 

 918 

 371 

 746 

 539 

 483 

 093 

 885 



1,037,341 

 650,542 

 474,178 

 494,151 



9, 983, 115 



31, B 23, a 18 



10,127,471 



5,756,932 



2,193,878 



1,816,160 



1,984,470 



1,479,366 



1, 627, 924 



988, 063 



864,219 



671,949 



726,846 



603,053 



390,589 



659,238 



359,498 



366,126 



317,091 



452,004 



408,307 



4,053,015 



35,846,199 



2,532, 

 1,959, 

 1,563, 



1,745, 



2,051, 



1,039, 



1,061, 



1,539, 



1,026, 



899, 



1,591, 



767, 



794, 



772, 



468 

 428 

 496 

 056 

 173 

 516 

 338 

 558 

 990 

 949 

 648 

 422 

 293 

 724 



919,180 

 775,763 

 477,042 

 553,257 



10,014, 177 



10,668,292 



5,573,241 



2,809, 033 



2,360,653 



2,458,086 



1,899,729 



1, 911, 161 



1,111,938 



1, 116, 108 



843,510 



794,423 



753, 676 



606,040 



620,315 



207,083 



361,582 



364,738 



425,720 



449,101 



4,252, 659 



39,587,088 



32,084,478 



3,019, 861 



2,264,937 



2,059,784 



2,165,497 



2,269, 802 



1,301, 690 



1,332,900 



1,363,296 



1,240,299 



866,397 



1,517,335 



978, 650 



961,982 



931,193 



807,456 

 743,506 

 439,198 

 665,504 



10,825,714 



12,085,142 



5, 999,580 



2, 925, 994 



2,748,305 



2,689,639 



2,114,720 



1, 911, 905 



1,236,578 



1, 148,255 



976,278 



1,052,908 



775,966 



757,843 



675,242 



438,090 



460,545 



568,229 



458,880 



441,490 



4, 127,744 



43,593,333 



35,755,001 



3,281, 746 

 2,901,360 

 2,282,247 

 2,302,299 

 2, 168, 121 

 1,181,989 

 1,356,212 

 1,490,766 

 1,280,006 

 1,066, 922 

 1,524,735 

 1,186,062 

 1,121,885 

 925,560 



848,165 

 772,651 

 556,218 

 715,975 

 11, 946,306 



Mf 909, 225 



12,831,762 



6,024,064 



2, 933, 401 



2, 898,232 



2, 643,440 



2,190,892 



1,850, 497 



1,403, 913 



1, 197,370 



999, 484 



942,090 



837,343 



734, 928 



686, 876 



680,843 



543,769 



498,036 



489,176 



466,739 



4,457, 532 



45,310,387 



3,582, 545 



3,071,580 



2,436,832 



2,319,917 



2,085, 495 



1,559,960 



1,409,669 



1,359,050 



1,252, 709 



1,252,363 



1,246,577 



1,178,552 



990,631 



981,014 



826,469 



792,369 



712,729 



654,533 



648,015 



11,018,821 



39,379,830 



(1) Revised. 



Note: — D 



total va 

 charges 

 the expo 

 chilled 

 dried, s 



5. Crus 



6. Oils 

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 tacean 

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imports and exports cover the international trade of 176 countries or areas. The 

 exports is consistently less than the total value of imports, probably because 

 surance, freight, and similar expenses were included in the import value but not i 

 ue . The seven fishery commodity groups covered by this table are: 1. Fish, fresh, 

 zen; 2. Fish, dried, salted, or smoked; 3. Crustaceans and mollusks, fresh, 

 , etc.; 4. Fish products and preparations, whether or not in airtight containers 



and mollusk products and preparations, whether or not in airtight containers; 

 ats, crude or refined, of aquatic animal origin; and 7. Meals solubles, and simi 

 ffs of aquatic animal origin. 



Source: — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 

 Statistics, 1992, Vol. 75, Rome. 



Yearbook of Fishery 



