The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-29
FOREIGN COMMERCE.
Some Figures Furnished by THE
Treasury Department.
INCREASE OF $82,1ol,so8 OVER 1890

disc $8I4,0O5,4 40I, and of Export,
Sss4 ,4o5 5ao5-Jmmjcrants arr,v.
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lssueu lts statement OF foreign commerce
and immigration for the month of Juno
1891. In tI,is statament tbara 10 also
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'io" Va .iio 1oiiiiiieioo VI 0iie ohiVeu
states during the hscal year which ended
June 80, 1891.
IT. will onno.r tbo+ +bera hoe taa,, ,
80 80 ii''1
hlrge anu gratiiyihg increase the las'
fiscal year when compared with that of
1880. The total vGlue of the commerce
of the past fiscal year was the greatest
in the history of the government, ana
exceeded the total value of the commerce
OF 1890 by the sum of SS2, 1D1 SOB. Tho
commerce of 1890 was the largest fol
any year i'll the history of the govern
ment up to hat time, exceeding the com
merce of the previous year by the sum
of Sl50, ,606,06G, so that the value of tho
total commerce of the last fiscal year ex
ceeled the total value of the commerce
Oh 1888 py S?fl, ,9a, ,oOo. Our total COM
aieIce 9uriiig M ahe eoP Pase Pase nscai yeai
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Imports of Merchandise.
1t is noted that there is an increase
in our imports Of merchandise, in the
order of magnitude, in the following
articles Coffee, tin plates, hides and
skins, fruits, chemicals and drugs, India
rubber, sugar and molasses, etc. There
has been decline in the value of ou1
imports of wool and manufactures Of,
silk and manufactures of, hemp and iute
and manufactures of, breadstuffs, and
animals.
The total value of our imports of mer
chandise during the last year was $s44,
905, ,491. The total value of our exports
of merchandise during the same period
was 1891 5,405, which shows an ex-
cess in favor of exports during the fiscal
year of $50, ,5l9,0l4. There was also an
excess of exports of domestic merchan
disc over such exports Of the prior yeal
of $2G,941,7 ,737. The increase in these
exports has been in the following ar
tieles, stated in order of magnitude OF
increase: Raw cotton, provisions, re-
fined sugar, cotton manufactures, cop.
per and manufactures of, iron and steel
and manufactures of.
Value of Exports.
The value of the leading articles OF
exports from the United States during
the past year was as follows: Cotton,
$500 ,70S, 1898; breadstuffs, S131, ,669. .UO2;
provisions, $l3S, 176, ,B3S. Since the new
tariff law has been in operation, from
Oct. 8, 1890, to June 80, 1891 inclusive,
the total value of the imports of mer.
chandise was $500, ,2O6,005 as compared
with S59s, ,76O, ,005, the value Of such ex-
ports for the corresponding period Of
1890, which SHOWS an excess for the nine
months OF 1871 Of S3l ,436, 100.
The value of the imports of merchan-
disc admitted free of duty during the
nine months ending June 80, 1891, was
$295, ,983,665, while the value of such i'm
ports for the corresponding period Of
1890 was S2OS,0S3,Sl3, showing an in
crease in the imports of free Inerchan-
disc during the past nine months of
sB,9l9,792 During the same period
ending June W, 1891, the imports of
80, pay ,iiS uuoy was " Cne
egaS 7se a99 a. tba
of 1890. SO that it appears there 6as bnen
a tlecrense during the last nine months
of the fiscal wear 1891 in the vaIne of
sileb i1nnbrtS of S.J5 543 Gg9
Ifndo, tho No,v T..,0
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II VIII pe seen tneh that, uurlnB tle
nlne months slliee the new tarlit Went
into erect OF tle totai value OF mer,
enailise NUS i,pol;ea f ,lIo talis country ~ 10
ce,res,io,dipg ra,;ad of iseo n ii7 ~ ,a, ,,,r
,eaars tba+ M ,,a1,,a af r,a,,baI;;s. ~ ~, n
norted free durinfy tba Last niun montbs