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UNITED STATES


Group Year  Establishments  Average
Wage
Earners
Cost of
Materials—
Amount
Value of
Products
Value
Added by
Manufacture







Metals and metal products, other than iron and steel   1899  5,041    161,463    $472,515,000    $690,974,000   $218,459,000
 1904 5,880    198,531     633,132,000     895,975,000    262,843,000
 1909 8,783    249,607     892,065,000   1,240,410,000    348,345,000
 1914 10,023    262,154   1,023,354,000   1,417,042,000    393,688,000
Tobacco manufactures  1899 14,959    132,526      92,867,000     263,713,000    170,846,000
 1904 16,827    159,406     126,086,000     331,111,000    205,025,000
 1909 15,822    166,810     177,186,000     416,695,000    239,509,000
 1914 13,951    178,872     207,134,000     490,165,000    283,031,000
Vehicles for land transportation  1899 7,338    133,663     153,254,000     277,485,000    124,231,000
 1904 6,058    136,625     177,641,000     320,624,000    142,983,000
 1909 6,562    202,719     306,537,000     561,763,000    255,226,000
 1914 9,909    263,076     586,670,000   1,034,497,000    447,827,000
Railroad repair shops  1899 1,400    180,620     113,809,000     227,485,000    113,676,000
 1904 1,226    247,922     156,568,000     323,212,000    166,644,000
 1909 1,686    304,592     214,581,000     437,563,000    222,982,000
 1914 2,011    365,902     261,439,000     552,618,000    291,179,000
Miscellaneous industries  1899 12,402    332,825     342,210,000     687,256,000    345,046,000
 1904 13,259    415,669     459,735,000     958,333,000    498,598,000
 1909 16,589    489,480     679,250,000   1,360,413,000    681,163,000
 1914 19,193    594,465     835,139,000   1,749,418,000    914,279,000
All industries  1899 207,514  4,712,763   6,575,851,000  11,406,927,000  4,831,076,000
 1904 216,180  5,468,383   8,500,208,000  14,793,903,000  6,293,695,000
 1909 268,491  6,615,046  12,142,791,000  20,672,052,000  8,529,261,000
 1914 275,791  7,036,337   14,368,089,000   24,246,435,000   9,878,346,000 

Commerce.—The subjoined table is a summary of the foreign trade of the United States in the year ending June 30, 1920:



Groups Twelve Months
 Ending June 30, 1920 

Dollars Per
Cent.



MERCHANDISE
Imports
Free of duty:
 Crude materials for use in manufacturing  1,912,403,056    56.16
 Foodstuffs in crude condition, and food animals 547,376,705    16.07
 Foodstuffs partly or wholly manufactured 65,895,555     1.94
 Manufactures for further use in manufacturing 518,921,062    15.24
 Manufactures ready for consumption 331,090,664     9.72
 Miscellaneous 29,762,752      .87


  Total free of duty 3,405,449,794   100.00




Dutiable:
 Crude materials for use in manufacturing 229,241,565    12.50
 Foodstuffs in crude condition, and food animals 75,063,040     4.09
 Foodstuffs partly or wholly manufactured 825,440,909    45.04
 Manufactures for further use in manufacturing 281,792,221    15.37
 Manufactures ready for consumption 414,035,025    22.59
 Miscellaneous 7,599,114      .41


  Total dutiable 1,833,171,874   100.00
Free and dutiable:

 Crude materials for use in manufacturing 2,141,644,621    40.89
 Foodstuffs in crude condition, and food animals 622,439,745    11.88
 Foodstuffs partly or wholly manufactured 891,336,464    17.02
 Manufactures for further use in manufacturing 800,713,283    15.28
 Manufactures ready for consumption 745,125,689    14.22
 Miscellaneous 37,361,866      .71


  Total Imports of merchandise 5,238,621,668   100.00




  Per cent. free . . . . . . . .    65.01




Duties collected from customs 322,902,649  . . . . .
Average ad valorem rate of duty, based on import for consumption  . . . . . . . .     6.31




Remaining in warehouse at the end of the month . . . . . . . .  . . . . .




Exports
Domestic:
 Crude materials for use in manufacturing 1,968,118,442    24.75
 Foodstuffs in crude condition, and food animals 626,577,003     7.88
 Foodstuffs partly or wholly manufactured 1,514,616,127    19.05
 Manufactures for further use in manufacturing 991,920,623    12.48
 Manufactures ready for consumption 2,835,999,005    35.67
 Miscellaneous 13,197,980      .17


  Total domestic  7,950,429,180   100.00




Foreign 160,610,553  . . . . .




  Total exports  8,111,039,733 . . . . .




  Excess of exports  2,872,418,065 . . . . .