Table 1.--Sauces: U.S. imports for consumption and exports Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. December 1969 Table 3.--Thin soy sauce: U.S. imports for consumption, Japan- . Total---- ·: 7,682: 9,503 : 10,300 : 9,520 : 10,030: 12,699 Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. December 1969 Canada Spain- U.S. imports Table 4.--Sauces, other than thin soy sauce: Japan Mexico-- Hong Kong- United Kingdom- India--- All other-- Total-- Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. December 1969 Seaweeds and other marine plants prepared for use as human food or as an ingredient in such food----- 182.48 Seaweeds, crude, ground or pulverized-- Carrageenin- 192.05 192.07 Note.--For the statutory description, see the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (TSUSA-1969). U.S. trade position The U.S. seaweed processing industries consume virtually all of the raw seaweed harvested in the United States and also sizable quantities of imported crude seaweed. Imports supply virtually all of the U.S. consumption of seaweed prepared as food and supply a large share of the U.S. consumption of carrageenin. Exports of crude seaweed are probably nil. Description and uses The principal species of seaweed of commercial importance and the products derived from them are listed below. Those products not covered by this summary are identified by an asterisk following the TSUS number. 1/ If crude, ground or pulverized and not prepared for human food or as an ingredient in human food. December 1969 |