COMMERCE

The leading imports into the United States were :-

413

1911-12

Sugar .... Hides and Skins Clieiiiieals, drugs and dj es Coffee .... Silk, unmanufactured Cotton, manufactures of India - rubber, guttapercha

and substitutes, crude Fibres, vegetable, and textile

grasses, manufactures of Silk, manufactures of Diamonds and other precious

stones, and imitations of Leather, and manufactures

of

Spirits, malt liquors, and

wines .... Copper, manufactures of Furs, and manufactures of

Tea

Earthen, stone and china

ware .... Cotton, unmanufactured

Fish

Oils

Dollars

115,515,079

102,496,327 92,029,(525

117,826,543 69,541,672 65,152,785

102,941,901

59,659,843 27,204,304

41,297,759

16,166,706

19,334,605 35,843,537 25,872,227 18,207,141

9,997,698 20,217,581 14,553,347 31,348,602

1911-12

Toys

Fibres, vegetable, and textile

grasses, unmanufactured Wood, and manufactures of Iron and steel, manufactures

of Wool, hair of the camel, goat

&c., unmanufactured . Fruits, including nuts . Tin, in bars, blocks, or pigs Wool, hair of the cauiel, goat

&c., manufactures of . Tobacco, and manufactures of Cocoa, or cacao, crude . Glass and glassware Coal, bituminous . Paper, aud manufacture.* Meat and dairy products Vegetables Breadstutls Copi)er ore Metal, and

N.E.S. . Seeds Fertilizers

manufactures of

Dollars

7,893,582

34,462,866 52,502,131

26,676,056

33,078,342 45,377,269 46,214,19S

14,912,619

37,389,376

15,931,556

6,210,625

3,711,479

17,300,349

13,774,560

18,544,873

18,529,764

6,631,378

5,968,067 25,641,172 10,046,728

The customs duties collected on merchandise imported for consumption amounted in 1910-11 to 309,965,692 dollars; and in 1911-12 to 304,899,366 dollars.

Imports and exports by countries : —

Countries

Imports of Merchandise from

Domestic and foreign Exports to

1910-11

1911-12

1910-11

1911-12

United Kingdom Germany . France . Belgium . Netherlands . Italy . . Spain

Dollars

261,289,106

163,242,560

115,414,784

37,084,743

32,926,492

47,334,809

19,784,998

25,652,299

8,532,422

8,009,490

16,958,099

11,004,164

7,015,858

7,540.440

3,133,049

3,244,947

Dollars

272,940,700

171,380,380

124,548,458

41,677,418

35,568,436

48,028,529

21,931.434

23,958,697

9,521,755

8,251,718

16,713,794

20,666,923

6,200,190

9,852,709

3,823,366

4,520,819

Dollars

576,613,974

287,495,814

135,271,648

45,016,622

96,103,769

60,580,766

25,061,916

704,808

7,973,820

7,356,405

19,514,787

23,524,267

2,669,910

2,536,141

627,320

17,220,811

Dollars

564,372.186

306,959,021

135,388,851

51,387,618

103,702,859

65,261,268

25,057,490

855,355

9,451,011

8,331,723

22,388,930

21,515,660

2,765,654

2,597,239

966,641

20,731,283

Sweden .

Norway .

Austria-Hungary

Russia

Portugal .

Turkey . .

Greece

All other Europe

Total Europe

)

j 768,167,760

819,585,326

1,308,275,778

1,. 841,732,789