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Seafood Production, 1972—Fish, 15,098,060 pounds with dockside value of $1,722,635; crabs, 23,900,000 pounds with dockside value of $3,980,000; oysters, 3,100,000 bushels with dockside value of $15,- 500,000; clams, including soft-shell, hard-shell and surf, 9,390,000 pounds with dockside value of $2,330,000. Maryland leads the nation in oyster production and ranks second in blue crabs. Port of Baltimore, 1972—One of the leading ports in the United States handling in excess of 50,000,000 tons of cargo in 1972, 60 per cent of which was in foreign commerce and 40 per cent in coastal trade. Baltimore is the second ranked container cargo port on the East Coast of the United States with more than 1,700,000 tons moved dur- ing 1972. The port is also the largest port of entry for the impor- tation of automobiles in the world with 285,000 units arriving during the year. Chief imports are ore, chemicals, automobiles, petroleum products, gypsum rock, lumber, rolled and finished steel products, fertilizer and materials, unrefined copper, inedible molasses, sugar and general cargo. Chief exports 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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