Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
FARM PRODUCTS EXPORTED
Increase Of From S636,633,747 TO
$858.507, SAP in Five Years
The United kingdom. Germany and
Agricultural Shipmeuts

eign markets division OF the Agricultural
Department mas prepared an interesting
collation. Of figures showing for the FIRST
time the respective amounts II our a-ricul-
tural exports which e. to the several coun-
tries of Europe and of the other continents.
The period covered is from 1884 to 1ss'S.
The statement shows tina; the agricultural
products exported from the United States
during the hive years hai AN average IN
nual value of Stai3 a.t;.aai q! these enor-
nous exports about ~ per cent found a
market in the united kingdom and its vari-
Gus dependencies. The sum paid by the
British people for the American farm pro-
duce purchased during the period mentioned
reached as high SiU3 49,: S5I a wear
Great Britain alone took more than one
half Of all our agricultural exports the con-
S!Snments credited To ihtt country forming
about ~ per cent OF the total shipments
ana having an average annual value If
S;a 2.iaI. 1aI
Germany. which ranks next to the united
Kingdom as a markc; FOR the pradu,js af
American agriculture, received about II
per cent OF the exports for lSg3-1S.ls. the
average yearly value amounting To SSH
France. with purchases MAT averaged
S43,9SS.t! year, or about q per cent Of
the total, was the third country in import
ance; These three countr.es-the united
Kingdom, Germany and Franre-rec,,ived
together nearly a. per cent of the tatai
agricultural exports
Other Countries.
After the three countries just mentioned,
the Netherlands. Belgium Canada nalv
and Spain afforded the most important
markets. The Netherlands bought AZ per
cent Of the total: Belgium. SO per cent;
Canada 81 per cent; Italy, 80 per cent.
and Spain, 10 per cent. The average an
nual values Of the exports Ia these cnun-
Wpr h,ar1 Ag.s 80
GUM, 2i.I3i.6G'; Canada. 81 ;u2 I.jlI; Italy,
Sl4-6i,424. and SPAN. S9.76I.S1 Brazil
took S62'S.i29: Cuba, S6mns24: Denmark,
S5.!sr.!52 exports u that country doubling
during the Eyc-year prriodb; The Brush
West Indies, S1,c41. G57; Mexico, Sf.tsSG Is6;
british Africa. S4l;;S:2p. ana European
Russia, Sioj",29G. The average yearly eN-
ports TO Hong Kong were valued al ~. 555-
2ss, and those t. Japan at s.: 4O7sU0. For
Portugal the average annual record was
S2,IpJ.b9i. for SWEDEN 4ud NORWAY 3. tsS,-
oil; for Haiti, S2.2Nl .9di. and for British
Australasia. s. aga s,I4
The other countries to which The United
States sent agricultural products during
1h.'i-lS9S having au average yearly value
in excess OF Sl.no0,uoO Were Austria Hun
gary, Venezuela. British Guiana, Pu.r;o
Rico, the Hawaiian Islands, and the French
West Indies.
Increase In Foreign Purchases.
These figures show that. with very few
exceptions, the leading foreign countries
materially increased their purchases of
American agricultural products during ls.,i-
lass. In the total value of the agricultural
exports there was an advance from $685.
AZ in 1894 to ss5S. 500 9i2 in 1885. maxi
ing gain of S221 s74.1 1876. The countries
of destination that contributed most TO
this increase We're the united Kingdom
Germany, France, Belgium, Canada the
Netherlands, Japan, Italy. Denmark and
British Africa.
eNpOrtS pf farm r,ro1trpa To bo initial
Kingdom increased So. 5Ss. s54 during the
hVe years. to Germany s46. ,:s3S and "a
France S33. 415.2JS.
The summary brings out the fact shat
about IS per cent of all of the farm pro-
duce shipped from the United States dur
ing the five years mentioned was marketed
IN Europe. the annual average being S:sd.-
!'os.:H1. In 1898 it reached as high as s7GI =
SIUds2 showing increase of SIa5 .iss a:sl
over the value for 1891 OF the remaining
IL per cent the chief part went to Canada
ana the other North American countries ,
averaging annually SIS. pa. 257 or slightly
more than q per cent of the total The
records for the five years show only a
slight gain.
Small Exports to south America
South America took only LIZ per cent Of
the total, the average yearly value being
Sll,3s9. being less in 1895 than 1891.
10 Asia there was a marked increase dur
ing the five years. the value advancing
from S3.Sa1.39S in 1894 TO sf46Ti349 IN
lS9S. The Asiatic exports formed lfG Der
cent OF the total for the five years.
Inc shipments OF agricultural produce
to Africa, although constituting less Ihan
L per cent of the total, also shovel a
noticeable increase. In 1888 the ,.lIle
amounted to S.195.a9S, as compared with
only l.IlG,S20 in 1894. This was i gain #
sS.o7S.11S.
To Oceanica there were agricultural cx-
ports averaging s3.:94. sis a year The
value for 1898 was $3.50. 461, while that
for 1s9i was only sl963I4S.