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Catfish Processors: Sales Volume, Average Price, and Ending

Inventory, United States, January 1998-99

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 : Sales : Average : Ending 

 : Volume : Price : Inventory 

 Item :-------------------------------------------------------

 : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 : 1998 : 1999 

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 : 1,000 Pounds Dollars Per Pound 1,000 Pounds

Fresh :

 Whole Fish : 

 Round & Gutted : 

 Only : 1,023 1,039 .99 1.04 1/ 1/

 Whole Dressed : 2,677 2,611 1. 5 ., 5 .,o 1.04 8auauSssed : 2

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 Catfish Processors: Fresh and Frozen Annual Sales Volume

by Month, United States, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 : Whole Fish : Other : : 
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Catfish Processors: Fresh and Frozen End-of-Month Inventory

by Month, United States, 1998

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 : Whole Fish : Other : : 

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 Month : Rnd & : : : : : : :Fillets: 

 :Gutted : Whole : Total :Steaks :Nuggets: Other : Total : 2/ : Total

 : Only :Dressed: : : : 1/ : : : 

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 : 1,000 Pounds 

Fresh : 

 Jan : 3/ 3/ 218 10 84 5 99 418 735

 Feb : 3/ 3/ 235 13 89 3 105 410 750

 Mar : 3/ 3/ 230 8 134 3 145 391 766

 Apr : 3/ 3/ 195 3/ 157 3/ 177 340 712

 May : 3/ 3/ 130 3/ 63 3/ 69 270 469

 Jun : 3/ 3/ 167 6 59 2 67 330 564

 Jul : 3/ 3/ 196 3/ 80 3/ 90 393 679

 Aug : 3/ 3/ 232 3/ 82 3/ 91 484 807

 Sep : 3/ 3/ 229 3/ 87 3/ 95 395 719

 Oct : 3/ 3/ 215 3/ 70 3/ 127 380 722

 Nov : 3/ 3/ 163 3/ 41 3/ 46 348 557

 Dec : 3/ 3/ 143 3/ 45 3/ 57 313 513

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Frozen : 

 Jan : 1,057 1,057 133 1,353 869 2,355 6,893 10,305

 Feb : 953 953 138 1,040 725 1,903 5,074 7,930

 Mar : 1,088 1,088 141 1,246 781 2,168 5,134 8,390

 Apr : 1,006 1,006 141 1,687 1,154 2,982 5,307 9,295

 May : 1,051 1,051 150 2,014 1,166 3,330 4,714 9,095

 Jun : 898 898 146 1,990 898 3,034 4,767 8,699
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The next “Catfish Processing ” report will be released at 3:00 p.m. ET on March 23, 1999.

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