New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-17
IMPORTS FOR AMERICA.
VALUE AND CHARACTER OF EXPORTS
TO THIS COUNTRY.

Washington, Sept. 16-Frank II. Hitchcock chief
of the Section of Foreign Markets of the Agricult-
ural Department, has prepared a bulletin showing
the value and character of agricultural imports
from each foreign country for the five fiscal years
1859 1t shows that the agricultural imports here
had average annual value OF 1866 1854 os OF which
more than one-half from tropical countries
Brazil. the leading of this countrys coffee
supply sent Is per cent Of the total agricultural
imports, the United Kingdom coming next with g
per cent. but the imports from it, like those Of
Germany, which ranked fourth. were in consider
able part received by those nations from other
countries. Cuba was the third country, sugar run
ming her percentage up TO rs of the total japan
and China fifth and sixth respectively The
Philippine Islands sent 12 per cent of the total
Brazls exports to the United States averaged
$54116,SS7 a year, coffee exports alone amounting
to S 100000 and being twothirds Of the total coffee
imports. The United Kingdom sent annually S34-
13 S35 of which wool averaged S12 975 900 wear and
hides and skins s,s91.00O. Vegetable hbres agsre-
gated S,377000 in annual value. cotton mostly
Egyptian making up a,S6l,OOO of this amount
Feathers, oils, fruits and nuts and sugar were
other leading items. Cuba's agricultural exports
to the United States averaged ST. 7sS in annual
value. Of which sum S2O,4 COO was paid for sugar
and S56oS.OOO for tobacco. Fruits-principaIly ba-
nanas-nuts, hides, skins and molasses were the
other principal articles
Germany sent 24092,37S annually, OF which 3d.
2640O was sugar. Hides and skins amounted TO
$lSSOOGO and wines to $196.OOO Rice bristes coffee
also were sent from Germany to the United States
Japan sent Ss10s,S0 annually. silk averaging Sl2-
$4,000 tea 81 445O0 and rice 1854 Chinas annual
total was S7,17,797. tea averaging S64s3OOO silk
S6ZoOOO woods s1514OO0 hides and skins Sss7OCO and
prepared opium SS4sOOO. Rice sugar. coffee and
vegetable oils the other articles France sold
to the United States annually S7375 $50 wines av-
eraging A2O9,GOO of which S3,307OOO worth was in
the form Of champagne. Hides and skins averaged
S2z6o0oo woods s2046OO0 silk 81 600 fruits and
nuts Aos1OOO vegetable oils 600 including
S464.OoO worth of olive oil; argols, or wine lees
$4,000, and BRANDY. $4,000 Italy sent 5145
worth year, made up Of silks s42 900: fruits and
nuts, S52SG0O including lemons. $3.50 O00 and
oranges, $4,000; argols. wine lees S1.0ss 600:
vegetable oils. 1898 600 hemp s4esOoO and cheese
s456OOO.
The Dutch East Indies supplied s145s2 46s an
nually of which S2 .261 900 paid for sugar and
SZI41VO for coffee. Hawafs exports averaged S13.-
Si6ISS, or which sugar amounted to H3.172,000.
Meac9 sent S56oo5l made up principally of
and skins. $1.611,OO0: cattle. 81 $4,000. and vanilla
beans. $4,000 Canada sent yearly S101492H. in
GLIDING live stock, $4,000; wheat 81 35 900; hides
and skins 81 2S6 900: hay. HO77000. and wool 1929
900 The British East Indies averaged S0O78 $40
an9uaI expS5ts sugar amounting to 8 07 900 fruits
ish East Indies. the Netherlands Venezuela Ar
genttne Republic. Egypt (rnostly cotton and sugar.
the Philippine Islands practically all hemp and
sugar and Colombia each sent less than 80 600
OF agricultural exports annually.
Measured by their average annual value for 1896
SO, the leading articles and groups of articles in
the agricultural import trade rank in the following
order; Sugar, coffee, hides and skins. woods, silk