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
