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WASHINGTON, Feb G. - Special y
Inc agricultural department has just is
sued bulletin, compiled by Frank H.
Hitchcock, chief of section of foreign
markets. which is of general interest. 1t
contains complete statement of the
quantities and values of the various ag-
ricultural products exported from the
United States during the five fiscal years
1S94-lS9S 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 1868, $50, POI.
Eighty-eight per cent of all the farm
products shipped from the United States
was marketed in Europe, the value of
the shipments averaging $5S6, ,95S, 900 a
year. In 1898 it reached as high as $751;
$40, 7S2, showing an increase of $685. ,5S8, ,93g
over the value of 1894, which was $685.
2S1, ,S43. Twelve per cent of the total ag-
ricultural exports were shipped to tbs
several other continents. The chief part
or this went to Canada and the other
North American countries. During the
years 1S94-1S9S the agricultural exports
to North American countries had an av-
erage value of 4S,724,0 ,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 s43,779,619, and then
slowly increased until in 1898 1t amounted
to $50, 715, 1853. The average annual value
of farm products shipped to South Amer
lea during the five years mentioned above
was $1l,3S9, ,76l, the value for 1898 slightly
exceeding the records for 1885, 1896 and
1897. but being less than that for 1894
which reached $12, 142, 4S1.
In our agricultural exports to Asia
there was marked increase during the
five years. the value advancing from
s3,S0 1893 in 1894 to $14 Gil ,S49 in 1893, gain
of S1OS6e, S51, 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 $7,721,s5S The shipments to
Africa also showed a remarkable in
crease, being $9795, ,625 in 1898, as COM
pared with only $1,716.S20 in 1894, a gain
of SS,078,805, the annual average for the
five years being S5,346,74S. To Oceanica
there were agricultural exports averaging
s3,394.668 a year. The value for 1898 was
s3,540, ,461, while that for 1894 was only
s., 1868, 148, an increase of $1,5T7, ,313.
OF the agricultural exports from the
United States to Europe during the
years 1894-189S nearly 62 per cent went to
the United Kingdom. Germany received
AT per cent, France 7.5 per cent, the
Netherlands 40 per cent, Belgium per
cent, Italy "a per cent. Spain II and
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 Al per
cent Of the total, and the West Indies
about 35 per cent. Mexico furnished
market for 95 per cent, Central America
for 49, Newfoundland and Labrador, for
IT per cent, and Bermuda for IL per cent.
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 S.5 per cent, Ecuador 2.7
per cent, Chill Is and Argentina IL per
cent. Our farm produce exports to Asia
were consigned chiefly to Hong Kong
and Japan about DC 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 2.5 per cent.
OF the agricultural products sent to the
African continent during 1s94-1S9S about
II per cent went to British Africa, 10 per
cent to Portuguese Africa, 3.S per cent
to French Africa, IL 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 Sc per cent to the
latter. The only other destination credit
ed with more than l per cent was French
Oceanica, with a record of 34 per cent.
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, 1856 in 1898,
a decline of 50, 113, ,301 for the five years.
Our shipments to Cuba also suffered
a marked falling off. particularly during
1885 and 1856. In 1894 they were valued
at $9,5l3,S04, but In 1895 they declined to
S7SS, and in 1896 fell as low as 1874
875. The following year they rose to
A,67S492. and in 1898 to Sc, 6,763,12, the ex-
ports for this year, however, being less
by $2,749592 than those of 1894
The exports to European Russia showed
steady decline from 1894 to 1898. the
value amounting to only $3,3O2 993 In the
latter year. as compared with S., go, ,S06
in the former, loss of s2,301 S73 There
was also considerable decline in our
shipments to Portugal, the record for
1858. which was only S2s4O,1O7, being ST.
S04. .735 less than for 1884,
The only other instance of falling off
in excess of 81 100000 was furnished by
Haiti. Our iagrio uitural exports to that
island during the five years showed a
decrease of 81, 1,275,359, dropping from ST.
S29,214 In 1894 to ST. .553. .s55 In 1898.
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