The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-17
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
A LARGE INCREASE IN OUR FOR.
BIGN COMMERCE.

The Showing for the Fiscal Year Just
Closed a Gratifying Ole According
10 the Figures OF the Republicans.
More Cotton Shipped Than Hver,
But Its Monetary Value Decreased.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-The chief Of the
bureau of statistics in statement to the
Secretary Of the Treasury of the imports
and exports of the United States, sayss
"Our foreign commerce Of the last fiscal
year. when compared with that Of 1891 and
prior years, presents large aud gratifying
increase. The total value Of our imports
and exports of merchandise attained it's
highest point, amounting to 81 1,S51, ,7o6, 9l0
as against 81, ,729, 39T, ,006 during the fiscal
year 1891, an increase of sl2S, 1923, ,9O4, and
an increase of 1870, 1913. .SsS since 1885, The
excess in the value Of our exports over our
imports OF merchandise during the last
fiscal year was 1902, ,944, ,342. The value OK
our imports of merchandise during the last
fiscal year amounted to 1927, ,39l, ,2S4
as against Ss44.el6, 1876 during the
fiscal year 1891, decrease OF
$l7,524, ,9l2. There was an increase in our
imports OF merchandise in the following ar-i
ticles named in the order Of magnitude OF
increase: Coffee, silk, unmanufaotured.
and sugar and molasses. There was do-
cline In the value OF our imports OF tin
plates, silk manufactures OF wool, manu-
features Of tobacco and manufactures Of
vegetables, fruits aud grasses.
IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE.
"The value Of the imports Of merchandise
admitted free OF duty during the year. end
ing June 30, 1892, was $45S, ,00i, 145; the
ualua of aurh fu1fA fnV tina nor
ing period of 1891 was 1866, 24l 1853, show
ing an increase In favor of 1892 OF $9l ,759,-
793, while for the same period the value OF
the imports OF merchandise paying duty
was 1868, 800, 139, as compared with $i7S,-
674,844 for the corresponding period
of 1891, showing a decrease in value
of the merchandise paying duty, imported
during the last year, OF $l09, ,2S4, ,050. The
value Of our exports OF domestic merchan-
dise was in 1899, 81 ,0l5. .7e9, ,697, and 1t was
the frat year of our commerce whsn our
domestic exports of merchandise attained
10 81, 900, ,000,0 900. and this amount is $l43,-
SIG, ,324 in excess Of the value Of such exports
during the preceding fiscal year. There
was a large increase In the exports OF bread
stuffs, and a small increase in the value OF
exports OF fruits, seeds, copper. and manu-
faotures thereof animals and oil cake
There wns a decrease in the value OF the
exports of cotton mineral oil. sugar, rehnsdj
and provisions.
EXPORTS OF COTTON
"Ths value of our exports Of raw cotton
in 1892 amounted to 1888, AL, ,74l, and,
owing to the fall in price, was 3d., 2G5, l5T
less than during the year 1891, which was
the largest value OF the annual exports OF
this product In che history of our commerce.
The quantity of the exports OF this produces
last year was, however, 2, 934, ,S19, 81 pounds,
the largest shipped out Of the country in
any one fiscal year in the history OF such
exports. There Is a small decrease in the
value of the exports of provisions, but .
large increase in the value Of breadstuffs,
s173, 70s, 945, over such exports OF 1891; also
an increase in the value Of cattle, sheep and
hogs OF $S,80l 1896"