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Table 2: Production of processed fishery commodities in European Industrialized Countries in 1994.
Product Weight (tonnes)


Country Canned Fish Cured Fish Frozen Products
Clupeids Tunas Mackerel Other Total Smoked Salted/ Dried Total Fillets Whole
Austria 500 500
Belgium 434 12574 13008 3780 243 4023 4558 1229
Denmark 16945 28 20065 64177 101215 15098 14527 29625 55000 45249
Finland 14 14 7570 5200 12770 890 1175
France 14176 34977 19852 365 69370 11500 1000 12500 1089 163818
Germany 14577 153099 167676 21158 4739 25897 168887 56636
Greece 400 64 464 9788
Ireland 350 1048 1398 677 4949 5626 20120 158154
Italy 16500 86000 600 10000 113100 2500 11050 13550 2000 48030
Netherlands 1235 19500 20735 24150 7716 31866 35539 151995
Portugal 26926 20202 3254 269 50651 646 646 25034
Spain 36499 114626 11339 162464 47800 47800 16500 355300
Sweden 23200 20390 43590 20 20 1900
UK 480 1900 9700 12080 27900 27900 167000 91829
EU Total 150137 255833 58595 291200 755765 125790 86933 212723 473483 1108237
Faeroe Is 2287 2287 660 9653 10313 30125 5644
Iceland 1598 1598 69642 69642 118906 95723
Norway 10688 6200 40557 57445 3590 143600 147190 193760 574013
Switzerland 200 200 80 80 700
Note: Data from FAO Yearbook of Fishery Statistics: Commodities, 1994. Vol. 79, FAO. 1996