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COMMERCE—EXPORTS—IMPORTS.
Classification of Imports.
| Wine, | 25 to 30,000 barrels | $1,000,000 |
| Paper, | 125,000 reams, | 375,000 |
| Cinnamon, | 100,000 lbs. | 400,000 |
| Brandy, | 32,000 barrels, | 1,000,000 |
| Saffron, | 17,000 lbs. | 350,000 |
| Iron, | 50,000 quintals, | 600,000 |
| Steel, | 6,000" | 110,000 |
| Wax, | 26,000 arrobas, | 500,000 |
| Cacao, | 20,000 fanegas, | 1,100,000 |
| Clothing, hardware | and other manufactures, | 14,000,000 |
| —————— | ||
| $19,335,000 | ||
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From a statement published by the Consulado of Vera Cruz it appears that the Importation from Spain in 1802 was as follows:—
| In national vessels, | $11,539,219 | 19,600,000 | |
| In foreign" | 8,060,781 | ||
| Exportation in the same year, | 33,866,219 | ||
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| Difference in favor of exports, | $14,266,219 | ||
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| Commerce of the metropolis, | $53,466,219 | ||
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| Importation from America, | $1,607,792 | ||
| Exportation for" | 4,581,148 | ||
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| General importation | $21,207,792 | ||
| General exportation, | 38,447,367 | ||
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| Total trade of Vera Cruz in 1802, | $59,655,159[1] | ||
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From this view of the anti-revolutionary condition of Mexican commerce and financial interests, we pass properly to the examination of the same affairs at the present day. In order to judge this subject fairly, however, we have adopted the commercial standard of the year preceding the war with the United States. During and since that period, the commercial results of the country must naturally have been so greatly disturbed as to afford altogether inadequate tests.
- ↑ Zavala's Historia de las Revoluciones de Mejico. Tomo 1.
