Shrimp Task Force Posts State-by-State Shrimp Jobs Analysis
In order to bolster its case against antidumping petition on imported shrimp, the Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition (CITAC)/American Seafood Distributors Associations (ASDA) Shrimp Task Force today posted an interactive map of the United States on its website at www.citac.info/shrimp/map/index.htmlthat shows the number of shrimp-consuming jobs versus shrimp-producing jobs on a state-by-state basis.
On December 31, 2003, the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee, composed of a number of U.S. shrimp producers, filed an antidumping petition on frozen and canned warmwater shrimp from Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, Thailand and Vietnam.
The CITAC/ASDA Shrimp Task Force claims that an economic analysis peformed by The Trade Partnership found that there are 20 U.S. shrimp-consuming jobs involved in processing or distribution for every U.S. shrimp-producing job. The Task Force also claims that the higher prices for shrimp that would result from the imposition of antidumping duties will cause many of these shrimp processing and distributing jobs to be eliminated.
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