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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES

The all-commodity index of wholesale prices, which stood at 102.8 percent of the 1926 average on November 13, 1943, has fluctuated within a very narrow range during the year ending on that date, according to information furnished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the month of November, the wholesale index dropped 0.1 percent, the sixth consecutive month during which there was no increase in prices. Retail costs of food were down 0.7 percent in mid-November as compared with one month earlier. The decrease in food prices in this period was chiefly due to lower prices of fresh fruits and vegetables.

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Due to a decline in fish-canning activities, the value of fishery products purchased by FDA dropped to $8,343,776 for November, a decline of approximately six million dollars from the previous month, according to information furnished by the Department of Agriculture. This brought the total value for the first 11 months of the year to $65,176,407 for purchases of fishery products.

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gaged in the business. Also still unavailable is complete information on the quantity of fish and shellfish exported during 1942. A preliminary figure covering fresh fish and shellfish sets exports at 191 gross metric tons valued at 285,000 gold pesos. This is the largest exportation registered in the past five years.

Figures covering the fish and shellfish catch of 1942 follow with English equivalents of the Spanish names given where known. (Reprinted from Foreign Commerce Weekly, January 26, 1944.)

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PURCHASES OF FISHERY PRODUCTS BY FDA IN OCTOBER $14,304,123

For the second consecutive month, purchases of fishery products by FDA in October, exceeded 14 million dollars in value, according to information furnished by the Department of Agriculture. In its program of purchasing for Lend-Lease, territorial emergency, Red Cross, and other uses, the agency has accelerated its purchases of canned fishery products in recent months with especially large purchases of canned salmon in September and October.

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CALIFORNIA SARDINE PACK CONTINUES DECLINE IN NOVEMBER

In the four-week period ending November 27, there were 423,641 standard cases of California sardines packed, according to information furnished by the California Sardine Products Institute and the California Division of Fish and Game. This was a decline of 26 percent from the total pack for the previous four weeks and 33 percent under the comparable period a year earlier. In the first four months of the season, which began August 1, landings and case pack both dropped 4 percent as compared with the same months in 1942. Meal tonnage also was down 3 percent but oil production was up 6 percent.

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CHILE PRODUCES 71,017,000 POUNDS OF FISH AND SHELLFISH IN 1942

Total production from Chile's fisheries in 1942 amounted to 32,213,000 kilograms, or 71,017,000 pounds, according to a recent United States consular report based on official Chilean statistics. Fish alone totaled 53,100,000 pounds and shellfish, 17,917,000 pounds, compared with 63,971,000 and 18,437,000 pounds, respectively, in 1941.

The leading port of landing was Talcahuano, with 14,859,000 pounds, and Valparaiso, with 10,368,000 pounds, was second.

A decline in fish catch from 32,913,000 pounds in 1941 to 20,983,000 pounds in 1942 in the Concepcion area was attributed chiefly to shortage of motor fuel for fishing boats. This shortage placed the area at a 'disadvantage in transporting its produce to Santiago, the capital and most important market. Other areas, closer to the capital, have recently received preference in modernization of the fishing industry.

FISH CATCH IN CHILEAN WATERS IN 1942 BELOW 1941

The fish catch in Chilean waters in 1942 was almost 17 percent below the 1941 figure and 11 percent less than the catch in 1940, according to the American Embassy at Santiago, Chile. The very much smaller number of sardines and sierra caught accounts particularly for the low catch, although other types also contributed to the diminution.

The amount of shellfish obtained from Chilean waters was 2.9 percent less in 1942 than the year previous. Had it not been for a decided increase in the number of cholgas (a clamlike mollusk) taken, the 1942 total would have been considerably below its actual figure inasmuch as both the oyster and mussel output fell off radically.

Tal cuhuano and Valparaiso maintained their positions as first and second ports as regards fish, with Puerto Montt as usual the chief port for shellfish. No figures have been made available by the Bureau of Statistics regarding the number of fishermen and craft en

1943 TUNA AND MACKEREL PACKS AT END OF OCTOBER LEAD 1942

The October pack of tuna by California canners was 21 percent below that of the same month a year earlier, according to information released by the California Division of Fish and Game. Despite this drop, the total pack for the first ten months of 1943 was 2,084,622 cases or 9 percent more than the 1,915,905 cases packed in the same period in 1942. The pack for October totaled only 191,194 standard cases, the principal items being striped and yellowfin tuna and tuna flakes.

The production of canned mackerel in October amounted to 160,095 standard cases or 43 percent above the pack for September and 14 percent more than was packed in October 1942. The pack for the ten months, January through October, was 35 percent greater than for the same period in 1942.

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Standard cases of tuna represent cases of 48 7-ounce cans, while those of mackerel represent cases of 48 1-pound cans.

1943 TUNA AND MACKEREL PACK ABOVE 1942 IN FIRST ELEVEN MONTHS

There were 163,300 standard cases of tuna packed by California canners in November, over five thousand cases more than were packed in November 1942, according to information furnished by the California Division of Fish and Game. The pack for the first 11 months of the year, totaling close to 2 million cases, was 8 percent greater than for the same period in 1942.

The production of canned mackerel during November also showed an important gain over November 1942, increasing over 113,000 cases. In the first 11 months of the year, the mackerel pack was 44 percent higher than for 1942.

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