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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 11 



World Gross Exports of Fisli Oil (Including Fish-Liver Oils)!/, Average 1955-59, Annual 1960-1965 1 



Continent and Country 



^1965 



1964 1963 



1962 



1961 



1960 



Average 

 1955-59 



>Jorth America: 



11 



000 Short To 



nsl ...-._ 











4.4 



.8 



61.2 



15.2 



3/ 

 71.8 



8.5 



.7 



64.1 



Canada, 



7.6 



• 3 



51.9 



15.8 

 .5 



75.7 



6.4 



.3 



131.2 



3.2 



.3 



61.5 





United States , 



Total 



59.8 



92.0 



137.9 



65.0 



66.4 



87.0 



73.3 



South America: 



.4 



9.9 



151.3 



.8 



15.1 



121.9 



.5 



12.7 



138.3 



.4 



12.0 



166.0 



.6 



5.1 



112.8 



1.0 



6.6 



38.6 



.5 



4/ .1 

 5.5 



Argentina 



Chile 



Peru 



Total 



161.6 



137.8 



151.5 



178.4 



118.5 



46.2 



6.0 



lurope: 



57.1 



2.1 



15.2 



97.6 



1.7 



59.4 



10.3 



3.3 



1.9 



2.8 



33.5 

 2.8 



22.2 



68.6 

 2.7 



22.3 

 7.5 

 4.0 

 2.2 

 2.8 



22.9 



4.0 



22.7 



71.2 



2.8 



21.2 



10.5 



3.4 



2.7 



2.6 



16.8 

 2.8 



22.9 



72.5 

 2.6 



18.6 

 6.7 

 2.0 

 2.6 

 2.9 



10.5 

 2.7 



25.3 



35.2 

 5.2 



24.0 

 7.4 

 3.4 

 3.2 

 2.8 



7.4 



2.4 



26.2 



54.5 



7.8 



18.4 



4.9 



2,5 



3.7 



2.0 



12.5 



1.1 



17.9 



21.1 



10.4 



21.3 



5.1 



2.5 



3.8 



1.7 









Iceland. - t f ^ • • * " 



Net!ierlands2/ 2/ 



Norway 





Others (incl. U.S.S.R.)Zy .... 



Total 



251.4 



168.6 



164.0 



150.4 



119.7 



129.8 



97.4 





Africa: 



5.2 



1.4 



38.9 



8.1 



5.8 



49.2 



3.4 



5.7 



35.3 



2.9 



4.9 



50.4 



3.3 



4.5 



50.3 



7.3 



5.7 



37.4 



8.1 



2,7 



15.2 





Soutli Africa Republic!./ 



Total 



45.5 



63.1 



44.4 



58.2 



58.1 



50.4 



26,0 





1.3 



.8 



2.3 

 .8 



2.0 

 .8 



3.2 

 .7 



2.7 

 .8 



3.8 

 1.0 



5.8 

 1.2 





Total 



2.1 



3.1 



2.8 



3.9 



3.5 



4.8 



7.0 





520.4 



464.6 



500.6 



455.9 



366.2 



318.2 



209.7 



l/Hardened fish oils have been included wherever separately classified in export statistics. 



3/Under 50 tons. 



4/1959 only. 



5/May include some whale oil prior to 1960. 



7/lncludes estimates for minor exporting covmtries. 



Note: Does not include whale and other marine-mammal oils. 



source materials, reports of U.S. Agricultural Attache's and Foreign Service Officers, results of 



classified in trade returns. 



s of foreign governments, other foreign 

 office research, and related information. 



Denmark; in aggregate, they accounted for 

 about 70 percent of total exports, compared 

 with less than 30 percent in 1955-59. 



Exports from the United States, the world's 

 leading supplier of fish oil prior to 1960, de- 

 clined for the second consecutive year be- 

 cause of a reduced catch. In quantity, the 

 1965 exports were one-fifth below annual ex- 

 ports in 1955-59, and only about two -fifths 

 the record 1963 exports. 



According to customs data, Peru, the 

 world's major producer and exporter of fish 

 oil, expanded 1965 exports by nearly one- 

 fourth--to 151,300 tons--the highest since 

 1962, when exports reached record 166,000 

 tons. The increase may have reduced stocks 

 from high level of January 1965. Output in 

 1965 declined sharply from the record 1964 



output estimated at 220,000 tons. ( World Ag - 

 riculture Production and Trade, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture.) 



Fish Meal 



WORLD PRODUCTION ROSE 11% 

 IN JANUARY- JULY 



The world's production of fish meal in the 

 first 7 months of 1966 increased about 11 per- 

 cent from the same period in 1965. Output in 

 1966 was up sharply in Peru, Chile, and Norway. 



Most of the principal producing countries 

 submit data monthly to the International As- 

 sociation of Fish Meal Manufacturers (lAFMM) 

 (see table). 



