. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 14 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 19, No. 11 Cans--Shipments for Fishery Products, January-July 1957 Total shipments of metal cans during January-July 1957 amount- ed to 7 3,968 short tons of steel (based on the amount of steel con- sumed in the manufacture of cans) as compared with 65,105 tons in January-July note: statistics cover all commercial and captive plants known to be producing metal cans, re- ported IN BASE boxes of STEEL CONSUMED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CANS, THE DATA FOR FISHERY PRODUCTS ARE CONVERTED TO TONS OF STEEL BY
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 14 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 19, No. 11 Cans--Shipments for Fishery Products, January-July 1957 Total shipments of metal cans during January-July 1957 amount- ed to 7 3,968 short tons of steel (based on the amount of steel con- sumed in the manufacture of cans) as compared with 65,105 tons in January-July note: statistics cover all commercial and captive plants known to be producing metal cans, re- ported IN BASE boxes of STEEL CONSUMED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CANS, THE DATA FOR FISHERY PRODUCTS ARE CONVERTED TO TONS OF STEEL BY USING THE FACTOR: BASE BOXES OF STEEL EQUAL ONE SHORT TON OF STEEL. Federal Purchases of Fishery Products DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PURCHASES, JANUARY-AUGUST 1957: Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products: For the use of the Armed Forces under the Depart- Table 1 - Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products Purchased by Military Subsistence Market Centers, August 1957 with Comparisons QUANTITY VALUE 1 August Jan. -Aug. August Jan. -Aug. 1957 1 1956 1957 1 1956 1957 1 1956 1957 1 1956 (1,000 Lbs.) 1 2,860 1 17, 105 | 18,275 ($1,000) 1,198 1 1,403 1 | ment of Defense, million pounds (value $ million) of fresh and frozen fish- ery products were purchased in August by the Military Subsistence Market Cen- ters. This was lower than the purchases in Julyby percent and percent less than the purchases in the same month a year earlier. The value of the purchases this August was lower by percent as compared with the previous month and lower by percent from August a year earlier. For the first eight months of 1957 purchases totaled xnillion pounds, valued at $ million--a decrease of percent in quantity and percent in value as compared with the same period of 1956. Prices paid for fresh and frozen fishery products by the Department of Defense in August averaged cents a pound, cents more than the cents paid in July, and cents h
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