(1) Shrimp industry: about ninety percent of US shrim onsumption is imported from overseas. The domestic roducers made complaints that are standard when a US roducer faces foreign competition, and the US Departme f Commerce has approved protective tariffs against shri mports. As a result, American consumers now will not b ble to benefit from the lower cost of production from the w-cost shrimp producers from Asia or Latin America