The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-17
FIGURES ON IMPORTS.
Statistics Given on Influx of
Agricultural Products.
SUGAR LEADS THE LIST
COFFEE AND HIDES AND SKINS
NEXT IN VALUE.

Washington, Sept. 16.-Frank H.
Hitchcock, chief of the section of for
eign markets of the agricultural de-
partment, has prepared a bulletin
showing the value and character of
our agricultural imports from each
foreign country for the five fiscal years,
1S95-1900. II shows that the United
States agricultural imports have an
average annual value OF 1856, 964, 7OS, Of
which more than. half come from trop-
ical countries. Brazil. the leading
source of the coffee supply, sent Ia
per cent of the total agricultural i'm
ports, the United Kingdom coming
next with g.. 3 per cent, but the imports
from u ike those of Germany. which
ranked fourth, were in considerable
part received by those nations from
other nations. Cuba was the third
country, sugar running her percentage
UP 10 20 per cent of the total Japan
and China We're fifth and sixth, re-
spectively- The Philippines sent IL
per cent of the total. Brazirs exports
10 the United States averaged $54, 116,-
49, year, coffee imports alone amount
ing to S4S, 100000 and being two-thirds
of our total coffee imports.
Wool From United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom sent annually
S34, S35, of which wool averaged S12,-
$4,000 a year and hydes and skins
1881, 600. Vegetable fibres aggregated
SO, 377 600 in annual value. cotton. most
ly Egyptian, taking up Sl,561, 900 of this
amount Feathers, oils, fruits and nuts
and sugar were other leading items.
Cuba's agricultural exports to the
United States averaged $27, 407, 1913 in
annual value. of which sum $50 1875, 0OC
was Caid for sugar and S5,60S, 900 for
tobacco. Fruits, principally bananas,
nuts, hides, skins and molasses, were
the other principal articles.
Germany sent $24 ,092,37o annually.
of which $13, 264, 600 was sugar Hides
and skins amounted to $1,9S0,000 and
wines to $1,1y6,0 600. Rice, bristles, cot
fee. hops, tobacco, oils. hair and I'M
bottled malt liquors also We're SEN
from Germany to the United States
Japan sent SIS $40 annually, silk
averaging $12,975, 600; tea, 81, 445, OO0 and
rice, 1854. 900.
Tea and Silk Lead From China
China's annual total was $17.717. 797.
tea avera ging Sc. Asa, OOO: silks, $6,27O, coo:
wool. $1,514.O00: hides and skins, $751;
Co., and prepared opium, $S4S, 600. Rice
sugar, coffee and vegetable oils were
the other articles. France sold the
United States annually s17,375,950
wines averaging $4,2C9, coo, of which
S3,307 COO worth was in the form o.
champagne. Hides and skins averaged
s. 4eO, coo; WOODS, 81. O46, 600; silk. 81 al
OOO' fruits ana nuts, SIO9l,OUO. NeSela-
ole oils. S932,00O, including $464 600
worth of olive oil; argols or wine lees
$69I, OO0 and b. a. lees, $685., 600, and
brandy. $500, COO
Italy sent 1925, 145 worth a year
made up Of silks. S5.542 goo; fruit and
nuts. s5,2SI, 600, including lemons. So
$4,000. and oranges, $,61, GOO: argols Or
wine lees, $1,0S6, 600; vegetable oils,
S93S. 0CO; hemp. $466.00O. and cheese.
1856. 600.
The Dutch East Indies shipped s14.-
S92.466 annually, of which So 26i .O00
was paid for sugar and $2.141O 900 for
coffee.
Hawaii's exports to this country av-
eraged $1S,616,1s5, of which sugar
amounted to $13 172. 600.
Mexico sent SIS. 600 10. made princi-
pally of vegetable fibres, IS. 301 eco: cof-
fee, SAILS 600: hides and skins, 81 ST..
600: cattle, s1.237 ,000 and vanilla beans
$512. geo.
Livestock Canada's Chief Export.
Canada sent yearly $1O.149 pa, includ-
ing livestock, $2,176. 600; wheat, 81, $780,
600: hides and skins. 81. 236. 900: hay, 81
071.000. and wool. 1929. 000
The British East Indies averaged
S10,O1S,S49 annual exports. sugar
amounting to S5,037 600; fruit and nuts,
81, sos, 600, and cocoa, s., 316, GOO.
The Dutch East Indies. the Neither
lands, Venezuela, Argentine Republic.
Egypt. NMoSlly cotton ana sugar., the
Philippine Islands practically hemp
and sugar. and Colombia each sent less
than $4,000, 900 of agricultural exports
annually.
Measured by their average annually
for 1S95-1S99, the leading articles and
groups of articles in the United States
agricultural import trade ranked in the
following order:
Sugar. coffee. hides and skins. wool.
silk, vegetable fbres, fruits and nuts
tea, tobacco. wines, vegetable oils and
live animals.
The products mentioned comprise in
value 80 per cent of the total agricuI-
tural imports.