III.B. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Data
The USFWS data provide a different perspective on the magnitude of value of imports and exports of live, ornamental “fish”. The three categories of ornamental species are NONV, OLIN, and TROP (as previously defined). The following discussion does not include the values reported for NONV, which is ambiguous regarding the inclusion of only live specimens. However, OLIN and TROP include only live invertebrates and/or tropical fish. Most importantly, USFWS data (as reported on Form 3-177) do not exclude shipments with values less than $1,251, as does Customs, which can represent a significant share of the total number of shipments entering or leaving a given U.S. port. Although the exact reason has not been identified, the annual import and export values
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reported by USFWS are at least on order of magnitude higher than those reported via Customs.
Import value (OLIN and TROP combined) through all U.S. ports of entry during 1998 was reported at $660.3 million (Table 3). This value had decreased from a peak of $802.3 million during 1995. The 1995 import value represented an increase of over 50 percent from 1994. Export value (OLIN and TROP combined) exhibited a similar trend, increasing from $253.4 million in 1994 to a peak of $378.4 in 1995, then decreasing steadily to a five-year low of $182.2 million in 1998. The USFWS data indicates a more dramatic trade deficit with respect to live, ornamental species. The trade deficit, according to the USFWS data, increased from $266.1 million in 1994 to $478.1 million (80 percent) in 1998. The annual ratio of import value to export value averaged 2.57 during the 1994-98 period.
Table 3. Trends in Value of Total Live Ornamental “Fish
III.B. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Data
The USFWS data provide a different perspective on the magnitude of value of imports and exports of live, ornamental “fish”. The three categories of ornamental species are NONV, OLIN, and TROP (as previously defined). The following discussion does not include the values reported for NONV, which is ambiguous regarding the inclusion of only live specimens. However, OLIN and TROP include only live invertebrates and/or tropical fish. Most importantly, USFWS data (as reported on Form 3-177) do not exclude shipments with values less than $1,251, as does Customs, which can represent a significant share of the total number of shipments entering or leaving a given U.S. port. Although the exact reason has not been identified, the annual import and export values
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reported by USFWS are at least on order of magnitude higher than those reported via Customs.
Import value (OLIN and TROP combined) through all U.S. ports of entry during 1998 was reported at $660.3 million (Table 3). This value had decreased from a peak of $802.3 million during 1995. The 1995 import value represented an increase of over 50 percent from 1994. Export value (OLIN and TROP combined) exhibited a similar trend, increasing from $253.4 million in 1994 to a peak of $378.4 in 1995, then decreasing steadily to a five-year low of $182.2 million in 1998. The USFWS data indicates a more dramatic trade deficit with respect to live, ornamental species. The trade deficit, according to the USFWS data, increased from $266.1 million in 1994 to $478.1 million (80 percent) in 1998. The annual ratio of import value to export value averaged 2.57 during the 1994-98 period.
Table 3. Trends in Value of Total Live Ornamental “Fish
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