Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-18
INTERESTING BULLETIN on THE
SUBJECT TO BE PUBLISHED.
IMPORTS EXCEED EXPORTS.
SPANISH FOREIGN TRADE IS CHIEF
LY MARITIME.
More Than Half of This Is Carried ON
by ships Flying the Spanish
FlaS-Spain's Trade With
the United states Is
Not Heavy.

washington sprli it-octiS'"tJ
OF the agricultural department has au-
thorized the publication of a bulletin ON the
subject of Spain's foreign trade from 1871
TO 1875. inclusive, prepared by Frank H.
Hitchcock. the chief of the section of for
eien market. The facts brought out are
of particular interest at the present uii4e-
Two general matters are treated In dc
tail in the publication, viz: Spanish COM
merce proper. and shipping and naViSa-
ton II is shown that. OF the total ton
mage transported to and from Spanish
ports during the years lssl TO IS50, lhciu-
sive 51.15 per cent was carried by mer-
chantmen entered and cleared III the trace
with the United Kingdom. France ranked
second. with 12.97 per cent of the total
and The Netherlands. with So per cent,
stood third The United States. with Il
record of 3.91 per cent was the fourth
country in Importance: Belgium fifth. with
. 81 per cent and Cuba next with I'll per
cent.
of the merchandise carried by vessels en-
tered at Spanish ports during the years
1891 to 1885, inclusive, 55.54 per cent came
from the United Kingdom France furnish
ed 9.i3 per cent; Russia. $50 per cent, and
the United States SIS per cent.
OF the goods carried by vessels cleared
during 1875, the United Kingdom was the
destination of SIS per cent France re-
ceived l4.4S per cent: The Netherlands 1l.;S
per cent; the United States S-l5 per cent,
and Cusa 2.62 per cent.
Spain's commercial transactions with the
rest of the world amount annually to more
that $500 C00.6o0. In 1885, the merchandise
imports amounted to s161 So, ,516- and the ex-
ports $lJ5. $50, .59. The average value Tor
1876 was s315.0.7.ii0. compared with
s3l7. Is for the preceding five years
n;,,', i- I1rp M
time OF the merchandise imported and
exported during 1915. only 159 per cent
was transported by land, while S-1 per
cent was carried in sea-going vessels
During the earlier years of the decade
1Ss6-e5, more than one-half of Spain's mar
itime commerce was carried by foreign
vessels, but since 1891 there has been /.
change and tine national shipping now is in
the aScendancy. The imports and exports
made under the Spanish flag during 1873
amounted to s146,9 SOC. and those under
flags of other nations to only sll5.1i0,6'6
OF the foreign commerce of Spain during
1s91-95 about 20 per cent was transacted
with four countries. viz: France, S1.1 per
cent; the United Kingdom, POS per cent.
Cuba 1920 per cent, and the United States.
6.52 per cent. The total value or the mer-
,, ANNUALLY o,,a Rre the pSp
pines. the Canaries and her various minor
possessions exceeded sJo,000,0O0.
The United States ranked third among
the sources of Spain's import trade during
1915, furnishing 1914 per cent OF the value
of such imports. Cuba came next. with
per cent. OF the merchandise exported from
Spain during the same time, A-l per cent
went to France. 23.a2 per cent to the Unit,
ed Kingdom, 1858 per cent to Cuba and
S.47 per cent to Porto Rico, while the United
States came eighth in the list of countries
to which Spanish exports were consigned
sSt
transported by Spain to and from France
in Spanish vessels was ;i2,6e9. i.s; TO and
from Cuba, in Spanish ships. So, Oe4 80: the
IS 1ss: United States. s.. .S0s. 72s. OF the mer-
chandise shipped from Spain in Spanish
vessels. 36.T per cent went to cuba, TOD
per cent to France. 1.i2 per cent TO Porto
Rico.
Coal. which constitutes the most impor,,
tant item among Spain's non-agr1culturaI
imports. is procured chiefly from the Unit,
ed Kingdom. the receipts from the United
States amounting to less than per cent or
the total. -
were entered and cleared at Spanish ports
?6 SIS merchant vessels. OF these vessels
sI69 carried the flag of Spain and 1851
vessels the flag of other nations
The yearly average tonnage for the fve
years lSs1-s5 was 2i,S14.9S9. while that for
the preceding five years was only 22,499o OBJ
This increase was due to the growth in
the tonnage of the Spanish merchantmen
ON December 81, 1895. the latest date for
which there are available statistics. the
merchant marine of Spain comprised 1,ISi
vessels, having an aggregate tonnage of
719 512.
figures of 1885 show slight increase i'll the
| size of the fleet. and a rather marked one
| in its tonnage. The steam vessels increased
from 451 in 1856 to 523 in 1895. IL is shown
that, for the five years from 1891 to 1889,
| inclusive, the Spanish shipping was con-
Quoted somewhat more extensively from
the customs districts along the Atlantic
| than from those on the Mediterranean sea.
The ships entered and cleared on the At
lantic amounted annually to l9.iW. as
| against 5I3S along the Mediterranean.