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Seafood Production, 1966—fish, 15,796,000 pounds, value $1,828,000; crabs, 26,515,000 pounds, value $2,766,000; oysters, 15,123,000 pounds, value $9,287,000; clams, 6,387,000 pounds, value $2,552,000. Port of Baltimore, 1970—One of the leading foreign commerce ports in the United States with 31,400,000 tons handled during 1970. Balti- more is the second ranked container cargo port on the East Coast of the United States with more than 1,100,000 tons moved during the same period. The port is also the largest port of entry for the importation of automobiles in the world with 275,000 units arrived. Chief imports are ore, chemicals, automobiles, petroleum products, gypsum rock, lumber, rolled and finished steel products, fertilizer materials, unrefined copper, inedible molasses, sugar and general cargo. Chief imports are grains, machinery, coal and coke, iron and steel scrap, iron and steel semi-finished products, earth moving equipment, fertilizers and general cargo. incorporated Cities Over 10,000, 1970—Baltimore, 905,759; Rockville, 41,564; Hagerstown, 35,862; Bowie, 35,028; Cumberland, 29,724; Annapolis, 29,592; College Park, 26,156; Frederick, 23,641; Takoma Park, 18,433; Greenbelt, 18,199; Salisbury, 15,252; Hyattsville, 14,998; New Carrollton, 13,395; Aberdeen, 12,375; Cambridge 11,595; Laurel, 10,525. |
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