X. FOREIGN TRADE IN SALMON. 



As we do not consume all of the salmon produced by our fisheries, 

 it is necessary to find a foreign market for the surplus each season, 

 but as canned salmon has become one of the staples of the world, there 

 is not much difficulty in this respect, especially since our only compet- 

 itors are Canada and Japan. The latter has not yet become much 

 of a factor in the canned-salmon market, though she will as her fish- 

 ing operations are extended. There is more competition in the pickled, 

 fresh, and frozen markets, several European and Asiatic countries 

 being large producers of these goods, as is Canada also, for a consider- 

 able proportion of winch she is compelled to find an outside market. 



EXPORTS OF CANNED SALMON. 



From the beginning of the industry a considerable proportion of the 

 salmon canned has been exported, especially of the higher grades. 

 In Europe the chief customer is Great Britain, taking about nine- 

 tenths of all sent to European ports. Great Britain does not, how- 

 ever, consume this quantity, for a considerable part of her importa- 

 tions are reexported. On the North American Continent and adja- 

 cent islands the best customers are Mexico, Panama, and the British 

 West Indies, in the order named. In South America, Peru, Argen- 

 tina, and British Guiana were the leading markets in 1910. In 1908 

 Chile imported 4,196,060 pounds; in 1909 the importations dropped 

 to 97,993 pounds, but increased in 191.0 to 1,556,629 pounds. In 

 Asia, Hongkong and China import canned salmon, although neither 

 buys great quantities. The islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans 

 are large consumers. British Australasia took 5,474,818 pounds, 

 valued at $551,312, in 1910, and other good customers were the Brit- 

 ish East Indies and British, French, and German Oceania. In Africa 

 the British and Portuguese possessions are the largest importers. 



The movements of these products are naturally often influenced 

 favorably or adversely as the tariffs of the various countries in which 

 they are marketed are raised or lowered. 

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