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COFI:FT/VII/2000/2 Corr.





Item 4 of the Provisional Agenda

COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES

SUB-COMMITTEE ON FISH TRADE

Seventh Session

Bremen, Germany, 22-25 March 2000

STATUS AND IMPORTANT RECENT EVENTS CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN FISHERY PRODUCTS

CORRIGENDUM

Table 1. World Fish Production and Trade (1998 data are preliminary)

  1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
World fish production
Growth over previous year 		million t
% 		104.4
3.7 		112.2
7.5 		116.0
3.4 		119.9
3.4 		122.3
2.0 		116.6
- 4.7
Export of fishery products
Growth over previous year 		`000 million US$
% 		41.4
3.0 		47.5
14.6 		51.8
9.2 		52.9
2.0 		53.3
0.9 		51.0
- 4.4
Developed countries
Growth over previous year 		`000 million US$
% 		21.3
- 2.4 		23.7
11.1 		25.6
7.9 		26.8
4.7 		26.1
- 2.5 		26.0
- 0.3
Developing countries
Growth over previous year 		`000 million US$
% 		20.0
9.1 		23.8
18.6 		26.2
10.4 		26.1
- 0.6 		27.2
4.4 		24.9
- 8.4
Import of fishery products
Growth over previous year 		`000 million US$
% 		44.6
- 1.5 		51.3
15.1 		56.2
9.6 		57.2
1.8 		56.7
- 0.8 		54.8
- 3.4
Developed countries
Growth over previous year 		`000 million US$
% 		37.9
- 1.7 		43.3
14.2 		47.4
9.6 		47.6
0.4 		46.8
- 1.7 		46.8
0.0
Developing countries
Growth over previous year 		`000 million US$
% 		6.7
- 0.3 		8.0
20.3 		8.8
9.4 		9.6
9.1 		9.9
3.6 		8.0
- 19.2
Developing countries' surplus exports over imports
Growth over previous year 		`000 million US$

% 		13.4

14.5 		15.7

17.7 		17.5

10.9 		16.5

- 5.5 		17.3

4.8 		16.9

- 2.2
Developed countries' net imports
Growth over previous year 		`000 million US$

% 		16.6

- 0.7 		19.6

18.1 		21.9

11.6 		20.8

- 4.7 		20.7

- 0.7 		20.8

0.5