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WASHINGTON, Feb G. = (Special)-
Inc agricultural department has just is
sued a bulletin, compiled by Frank H.
Hltchcock, chief of section Of foreign
markets, which Is of general interest. II
contains a complete statement of the
quantities and values of the various ag-
rlcultural products exported from the
United States during the five fiscal years
lSS4-iSSS, based upon the official returns of
expectation. 1t shows that the agricul-
tural products exported from the United
States during the period mentioned had
an average annual value of $663, ,536 POI.
lightweight per cent of all the farm
products shipped from the United States
was marketed in Europe, the value of
the shipments averaging S5S6, 900 a
year In 1898 it reached as high as $761,-
$40, 1872 showing an increase of $195, SO, ,93s
over the value Of 1894, which was $685.
2ol, ,S43 Twelve per cent of the total ag-
ricultural exports were shipped to the
several other continents The chief part
OF this went to Canada and the other
North American countries. During the
years 1S94-1S98 the agricultural exports
to North American countries had an av-
erage value of $4S, 057. The records for
the five years show only a slight gain.
In 1894 the value was $50. .727 457; the fol-
lowing year it fell to S437 1859 and then
slowly increased until in 1898 1t amounted
to 56,715, 1853. The average annual value
of farm products shipped to South Amer
lea during the five years mentioned above
was $n. .3S9 761. the value for 1898 slightly
exceeding the records for 1895, 1896 and
1897. but being less than that for 1894.
which reached $12,142,4 ,4S1.
In our agricultural exports to Asia
there was a marked increase during the
five Ia ad
sS.S0l, 9sS in 1894 to $146 ,349 in 1893. gain
OF SlO.S69351. in the latter year for the
first time the shipments exceeding those
to South America. The average annual
value of the Asiatic consignments
amounted to 81, ,S58. The shipments to
Africa also showed a remarkable in
crease, being $9,795.625 in 1893, as COM
pared with only s1,71e.s2O in 1894. gain
Of $S,07S, sos, the annual average for ths
five years being $5.34674S. To Oceanica
there were agricultural exports averaging
s3,3s4.S68 a year: The value for 1898 was
s3.540,461, while that for 1894 was only
81. 1868, 14S an increase of 81, ,5T7,313
OF the agricultural exports from the
United States to Europe during the
years 1S94-189S nearly 62 per cent went to
the United Kingdom. Germany received
14.7 per cent, France 7.5 per cent. the
Netherlands 40 per cent, Belgium per
Ii
Denmark l per cent.
The farm products shipped to North
American countries were disposed of
chiefly in the Dominion Of Canada and In
the West Indies. Canada took At per
cent of the total, and the West Indies
about 35 per cent Mexico furnished a
market for 9.5 per cent, Central America
for 4.9, Newfoundland and Labrador, for
o,,1 10 Co.,
Brazil was the principal market in South
America for the agricultural export trade
Of the United States, taking about SO per
cent of all the shipments to that CONT
nent. Venezuela was the second coun-
try in Importance, with a record of Is
per cent. The Guianas received 14.7 per
cent, Columbia S5 per cent, Ecuador 27
per cent, Chill is and Argentina IL per
cent Our farm produce exports to Asia
were consigned chiefly to Hong Kong
and Japan, about 46 per cent going to
the former and A per cent to the latter.
China was credited with only Al per
cent, the East Indies per cent and As
iatic Russia 25 per cent.
OF the agricultural products sent to the
African continent during 1S94-1S9S about
7T per cent went to British Africa, Is per
cent to Portuguese Africa, 3.S per cent
to French Africa, II per cent to the Ca
nary Islands. and 1.6 per cent to- Egypt.
The shipments to Oceanica were marketed
chiefly in British Australasia and the
Hawaiian Islands, about so per cent go
ing to the former and SO per cent to the
latter. The only other destination credit
ed with more than / per cent was French
Oceanica, with record of 34 per cent.
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Among the countries to which Ameri-
can products went in diminished quantity
during the last few years Spain was
the most noticeable. Our agricultural ex-
ports to Spain. which were valued at
s11 7SO,4S7 In 1894 fell to $S.667,iS6 in 1928,
a decline of So, 3,113, 3O1 for the five years.
Our shipments to Cuba also suffered
a marked falling off, particularly during
1895 and 1856. In 1894 they were valued
at $9,5l3,3O4. but In 1885 they declined to
s., ,56S 1888, and in 1896 fell as low as 1884,
S75. The following year they rose to
81, ,67S492. and in 1898 to 6,763,712, the ex-
ports for this year, however, being less
by 81, 7495 592 than those of 1894
The exports to European Russia showed
a steady decline from 1894 to 1888. the
value amounting to only So, 302 933 In the
latter year, as compared with $5, ,604, SOC
in the former, loss of 2,301. .S73. There
was also considerable decline in our
shipments to Portugal, the record for
1858. which was only $2640,107, being ST.
504, 735 less than for 1894
The only other instance of falling off
in excess of s1.0O0,0OO was furnished by
Haiti. Our tagrio uitural exports to that
island during the five years showed a
decrease of 81, 1,275. .359 dropping from S..
'29,2l4 In 1894 to 81 l.553s55 In 1898.
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