FOREIGN TRADE 



49 



IMPORTS 



FISHERY PRODUCTS IMPORTS, BY PRINCIPAL ITEMS, 1992 AND 1993 



Item 



1992 



1993 



Edible fishery products: 

 Fresh and frozen: 



Whole or eviscerated: 



Flatfish 



Groundfish 



Salmon 



Tuna: 



Albacore 



Other (1) 



Ot he r 



Fillets and steaks: 



Flatfish 



Groundfish 



Other 



Blocks and slabs 



Surimi 



Shrimp 



Crabmeat 



Lobster: 



American 



Spiny 



Scallops (meats) 



Other fish and shellfish. 



Total, fresh and frozen,. 

 Canned: 



Anchovy 



Herring 



Mackerel 



Salmon 



Sardines : 



In oil 



Not in oil 



Tuna 



Clams 



Crabmeat 



Lobsters 



Oysters 



Shrimp 



Balls, cakes, and puddings. 

 Other fish and shellfish... 



Total, canned 



Cured: 



Dried 



Pickled or salted 



Smoked or kippered 



Totai, cured , 



Caviar and roe 



Prepared meals 



Other fish and shellfish 



Total edible fishery products. 

 Nonedible fishery products: 



Meal and scrap 



Fish oils 



Other. 



Total nonedible fishery 

 products 



Grand total 



Thousand 

 pounds 



29,447 

 64,831 



103, 195 



198, 125 

 238,467 

 245,540 



48,047 

 172,755 

 187,257 

 229,314 

 1,869 

 586,157 



11,671 



34,065 

 25,955 

 38,682 



129, 55C 



2,344,927 



6,010 



1,903 



13, 144 



974 



13,164 



23,347 

 323, 413 



12,050 



9,577 



697 



12,705 

 9,273 

 8,208 



34,811 



4^3,276 



16,272 



41,920 



8, 677 



66,869 



2, 972 

 3,254 

 6, 656 



2, 893, 954 



150, 911 

 23,772 



Thousand 

 dollars 



42,961 



42,406 



233,885 



205, 145 

 148,012 

 259,217 



113,777 



322, 782 



362,074 



304, 154 



2, 190 



1,999,520 



44,126 



156,653 

 275,553 

 159,631 



273, 867 



Thousand 

 pounds 



36,409 

 61,698 



114, 716 



189, 664 

 246,014 

 278,615 



49,070 

 186,516 

 204,768 

 211,569 

 73 

 592,808 



14,008 



35,767 

 23,364 

 51,973 



154,399 



4, 945, 953 



2, 451, 431 



20,020 

 2,154 

 6,301 

 2,143 



24,197 

 20,820 

 308, 871 

 13,695 

 28,381 

 6,625 

 36,564 

 17,913 

 14,683 

 77,519 



6,936 



1,638 



25,688 



428 



14,314 



24,797 

 224,419 



10,489 



9,817 



769 



12,835 

 8,170 

 7, 903 



33,455 



579, 886 



381, 658 



51,221 

 59,525 

 23, 675 



14,850 



46,226 



8, 089 



134,421 



69, 1 65 



18,306 

 7,238 



20,072 



4,268 

 2,912 

 7,726 



5,705,876 



2,917,160 



35,079 

 12,327 



4, 117, 980 



760, 664 

 26,028 



4,165,386 



9,871,262 



Thousand 

 do liars 



53,983 



42,329 



246,829 



219,545 

 161,069 

 292,236 



119, 972 

 332, 132 

 386, 927 

 219,071 



31 



,153,419 



51,749 



163,334 

 215,233 

 218,631 



301, 193 



5,177,683 



22,766 

 1, 986 



12,993 

 1,539 



25,872 



22,468 



225, 829 



12,175 

 30,874 

 7,114 

 36,291 

 16,162 

 15,498 

 62,550 



494,117 



45,360 

 54,308 

 22,819 



122,487 



24,703 



6,894 



22,855 



5, 848, 739 



106, 145 



14,650 



4, 652, 853 



4, 773, 648 



10,622,387 



(1) Includes loins and discs. 



Note: — Data include imports into the United States and Puerto Rico and landings of tuna 

 by foreign vessels at American Samoa. Statistics on imports are the weight of individual 

 products as exported, i.e., fillets, steaks, whole, headed, etc. 



Source :--U. S . Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 



