The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-15
EXPORTSOF FARM PRODUCTS
ANNUAL VALUE OF $685.
5ss,2o1 FOR FIVE YEARS.
Great Britain, Germany and France
Take About 70 Per Cent. Of the
Total, the United Kingdom Con-
Stunning the Greater Part Thereof.

WASHINGTON, Jan. A-Frank H.
Hitchcock, chief OF the foreign markets Ill
vision OF the agricultural department.. has
prepared an interesting collation. OF figures
showing for the first time the respective
amounts of our agricultural exports winch
go to the several countries of Europe and
of other continents. The period covered
is 1894 to 1895 The statement shows that
the agricultural products exported from
the United States during the five years
had an average annual value of $663, oJS ,2Ol.
OF these enormous exports about 10 per
cent found market in the United King
dom and its various dependencies. The
sum paid by the British people for the
American farm products purchased during
the period mentioned reached as high as
$403, 1853 954 year. Great Britain alone took
more than one-half of all our agricultural
exports, the consignments credited to that
country. forming about SIS per cent. OF the
total shipments, and having an annual
value of 1852. 4O7, 7O1.
Germany which ranks next to the Uni
ted Kingdom as a market for the products
of American agriculture. received about Is
per cent. of the exports for 1S94-S. the ay-
erage yearly value amounting to $780, $780,
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France, with purchases that averaged
S43 ,791 year. or about &C. per cent. of
the total was the third country in i'm
portance. These three cOuntries-the Uni
ted Kingdom, Germany and France-re-
ceived together nearly Is per cent. of the
total agricultural exports.
After the three countries just mentioned
the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Italy
and Spain afforded the most important
markets. The Netherlands bought 4.3 per
cent of the total; Belgium SO per cent;
Canada S.5 per cent; Italy. 20 per cent,
and Spain 1.5 per cent. The average an
~f 41.x hose
tries were: Netherlands, SIS. 500. 1856; Bel
GUM, 500, ISL, 66s; Canada, s23, 02O,07'; Italy,
sl4,2s4,42 Spain. ss,761,79o.
Brazil took $6,25S, 729; Cuba, $685. 1924;
Denmark, IS, 990952 exports to that coun-
try doubling during the five years.; the
British West Indies. s5,241,657; Mexico, 81
63S, 4S6 British Africa. s4,13ss2O. and Euro
pean Russia, A.060.236.
The average yearly exports to Hongkong
were valued at sS555,5S and those to ia
pan at 49, 500. For Portugal the aver
age annual record was $2709,694; for Swe-
den and Norway. s2,6S5,54S; for Hayti. $2.-
PSI, 966, and for British Australasia, $2,0S0,.
S04.
The other countries to which the United
States sent agricultural products during
1S94-9S having an average yearly value In
excess of $1.000.000 were Austria Hungary,
Venezuela, British Guiana, Porto Rico, the
Hawaiian islands and the French West
Indies.
The figures show that, with very few
exceptions. the leading foreign countries
materially increased their purchases OF
American agricultural products during
1s94-9S. In the total value of the asr!cul-
tural exports there was an advance from
$685. TAI in 1894 to 1855. 5O7 942 In 1885, max
ing a gain of s221 ,S74195. The countries OF
destination that contribute most to this in
crease were the United Kingdom, Ger
many. France. Belgium. Canada, the
Netherlands, Japan, Italy, Denmark and
British Africa.
Our exports of farm products to the
United Kingdom increased sS2,5s6.S54 dur
ing the five years; to Germany, SAC, AL, 33S,
and to France. $50, AIS, 20S The summary
brings out the fact that about s. per cent.
of all the farm produce shipped from the
United States during the five years men
toned was marketed In Europe, the an
nual average being s5S6.95s. 901. In 1885 II
reached as high as 1851 ,s70.7S2. showing an
increase of $685. SS.a3s over the value for
1894. OF the remaining u per cent. the
choice went to Canada, and other North
American countries average annually $751;
TAPES. or slightly more than Z per cent.
OF the total. The records for the five years
show only. "A slight gain. 4.
South America took only LIZ Der cent.
Of the total, the average yearly value be-