The table provides information about the amount of money spent on fish import to the US in years 1988, 1992 and 2000, while the following chart illustrates what countries did fish imported to the US originate from in the same years. Units in the table are measured in billions of dollars and in chart they are in per cent.
From 1992 to 2000 the increase in expenses on fish imported to the US was the same as in the years from 1988 to 1992. With respect to the pie charts, the role of Canada has decreased in the period of provided 12 years, while china and other countries became significantly more crucial fish importers for the US economy.
In year 2000 the total value of many spent on fish import reached its peak of 10.72 billions of dollars, what is almost two times more that in year 1988 with 6.57 billions of dollars.
In terms of sources of imported fish, in 1988 Canada possessed three fifth of the fish import markt, however over the next 12 years this number has considerably lowered to merely 28%. Moreover other countries started with importing 27% of fish and ended with being the biggest importer with 42%.