Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22
COMMERCE WITH SPAIN
TT WAS THE NEXT TO THE LARGEST
IN AMOUNT LAST YEAR.
Principal Articles Of ExpOrt-Manu-
featured Cotton the Largest
Single Item.

Commercial relations between the United
States and Spain have been fully restored.
The figures of the treasury bureau of sta
tistics for the fiscal year 1900 show that
the exports from the United States to. and
imports into the United States from, Spain,
in the fiscal year 1900 were larger than in
any other year since 1888 and within few
hundred thousand dollars of the highest
record ever made IN the commerce between
the two nations. Exports from the United
States to Spain in the fiscal year 1910 were
SO, 399. $780, against $lO.912. 745 In the fiscal
year 1897 tie last full year preceding the
war: while the imports into the United
States from Spain in 1900 were $5,9o0O4f,
against 8. 631 ,yT3 in the fiscal year 1897.
The only years Of the decade 1SS0-19oO in
which the commerce between the two ma
tons was as large as in the year just ended
were 1891, 1892 and 1893 when the exports
to Spain averaged about $l3.JOO.00O and the
imports from Spain about $5.5o,ooo annu-
ally. In the fiscal year 1879. which felt the
full effect Of the war between the two coun-
tries, the exports from the United States to
Spain were &.097 S07, those of the present
year thus being more than 50 per cent in
excess Of that year; while our imports from
Spain in 1899 were 3.9s2.363. against So
95O,047 in the fiscal year just ended.
Principal Export Articles.
Cotton, breadstuffs, mineral oils and
manufactures of wood are the principal
articles OF our exports to Spain, raw cotton
being by far the largest single item In the
list. Fruits, nuts and wines are at present
the largest items of our imports from
Spain, though in earlier years iron ore
formed an important item of our importa-
tionS from Spain.
Impor tations of iron ore from Spain have
also increased in the year 1900 as COM
pared with years Immediately preceding
amounting to S6i52T9, against $44,64S in
1899. and S3O2,327 in 1896 though in the
years 1890 and 1891 our importations OF
iron ore from Spain amounted to nearly
81 ,0G0,0O0 annually. The principal importa-
oranges and raisns, while of almonds the
importations average nearly half million
dollars annually. and of raisins from a
half million to 100000 per annum.
Cotton the Largest Item.
In exports by far the largest item is
manufactured cotton The expectations of
cotton to Spain from the United States were
in 1890 81 ,669 7s2 pounds and in 1900 were
121, SAG, 155 pounds This particular feature
of our export trade with Spain was not ma
terially affected by the war. the quantity
of cotton exported from the United States
to that country in the fiscal years 1898 and
1899 being higher than in any other year
during the decade, though the NUMBER OF
pounds exported to Spain In 1900 is but
slightly below that of 1859, while the in
creased price per pound brings the value
Of this single item of our exports to high
er figure than in any other year OF the de-
cade except 1891. The total value OF raw
cotton exported to Spain from the United
States in 1890. was s9,4s1, 700 out of total
of s13,3 800 $50 representing the value OF all
articles exported to Spain from the United
States. Next in Importance Is WOOD ana
manufactures thereof the most important
item under this head being shocks. slaves
and headings of which the exports to Spain
have averaged considerably more than sou''-
ono during the decade Next in Importance
to cotton and manufactures of wood Is
provisions, of which the expectations TO
Spain are controlled largely by crop con-
dtions in that country, the total Ior 1879
being s51sOss. against $s0,344 in 1896. and
81 9i1 ,206 in 1893.