The table and pie charts give information about the total value and sources of fish imported to the US between 1988 and 2000.

The charts illustrate the data related to the importation of

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supplies in the United States in three different moments of the late XX century (1988, 1992 and 2000).

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the table shows the total value of the products in billions of dollars, the pie charts represent the proportion of the sources where the goods come from.

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, one can notice a gradual increase in the demand for

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in the US, passing from $6.57 billion expenditure in 1988, to $8.52 billion in 1992, and to $10.72 billion in 2000. The two most significant

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suppliers to the US in 1988 were Canada and China, which together accounted for 73%.

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,

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proportion had been mitigated by other countries. Anyhow, Canada and China still are the main

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to the US. As far as the suppliers are concerned, the most significant shift regards Canada, which passed from being the leader of

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market in 1988 with 60% of the

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import, to being third alongside China with 28% in 2000. Indeed, China’s

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which comprised

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13% in 1988 increased to 20% in 1992, and

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to 30% in 2000.

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, other countries started to be more present in the market, with a shift between 1988 and 1992 from 27% to 46% of the

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import.