Japan big buyer of N.Z. fish

Press, 15 April 1978, Page 21

Japan big buyer of N.Z. fish

j Wellington reporter ' i I i Japan, which has recently: I been denied access to New t I Zealand’s 200-mile economic! (zone, was New Zealand’s j second-biggest buyer of fish! ; in 1977, both in volume and! lvalue. I The United States was thel ; biggest customer. buying; 128.1 per cent in volume! 1(7317 tonnes). worth I 1822.372 M, or 44 per cent of! I the value of all fish exports. ; Japan bought 6009 tonnes! I (23.1 per cent of the vol-! | time) worth 59.175 M, or 18.21 per cent Of hte total value. | I Australia was third with; 15673 tonnes (21.8 per cent) worth 58.925 M (17.7 peri cent). Singapore was the only) ! other buyer of more than) 1 1000 tonnes, taking 1513; i tonnes (5:8 per cent) worth! 51.969 M (3.9 per cent). Sales to a few markets' I fell, but there was a tre-l j mendous growth in sales toI I North America and the Ca-| j ribbean, both in volume andj value. The volume sold to; the United States increased! by 361.6 per cent on 1976,; and the value rose by 39.4 per cent, most of the incresej being in fish such as tuna.