The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-06
TRADE With PORTO RICO
Treasury Statement of the Value
of Imports and Exports.
For the seven Months Ended Jnnu-
airy IL, 1900, the Islands sent to
the United states and elsewhere
Merchandise Worth s2,G92.OS9 and
Received Products Worth -, 2i9, IIo

The summary of the regular bulletin
Of the Division Of Customs and lnsular
Affairs of the War Department is devoted
this month to the trade Of the Island OF
Porto Rico. The period covered by the
summary is for the seven months ended
January 81. 1900.
The total value Of merchandise import
ed into the island during that period was
81. PIG. us. while the total value Of mer-
chandise admitted free Of duty was 81
73I. O4e. The total amount Of import duty
collected during the seven months men
toned was $69I. 67S, while the percentage
Of free articles was ZI.si-
The value Of exports OF merchandise
from the island for the same seven months
was $3.50, O69, upon which was collected
export duty amounting 10 $3.50. The total
imports from North America was $S,S54,-
| III; from EuroIe, s.. 256. 5S1; from South
| America. s.. OS2. and from the West Indies
| s.. 4gO. The total imports during the sew
/ en- months ended January 81, which in
| cIuded gold and silver as well as merehan-
/ disc was ST, Us. S34-
During the same period the total ex-
/ ports TO North America was $685. s'; 10
| Europe. S1I77,356; to the West Indies,
! 1865. IL3. II will be noticed in scanning
which follows that in the matter Of i'm
/ ports, the United States leads any other
4 country BY the sum OF 81 300 600 during
/ the period named; while in the matter OF
exports il Will be noted that Cuba pur-
/ chased more OF Porto Rican products by
/ sIS0. GOO than any other country. Tbs Uni
/ ted States ranks second. France third
] Srain fourth. and Italy fifth
! The classified imports into Porto Rico
/ ne January .
! 1900. were. Articles Of feOd and animals 10
! the value Of 8, SIS SS4. or 30 per ceEj % the
I total; manufactured articles 10 the value
| OF Ss4sO, rs. or 30 per cent Of the total;
( articles OF voluntary use, luXurles, ETC. to
I the value Of $247 $50, or per cent OF the
1 total: articles in crude condition or part
! ly so to the value of Sls4 445. OF 3 per cent
| Of the total. and articles not classified &c
| the value of 81 ,6-3, or 3 per cent OF
| the total
During the seven months ended January
I 81. 1900, there were exported che follow
( ing: Products of agriculture to the value
Of 81. 81. 1873. or S. per cent Of the total
products Of manufacture TO the value o.
S22S. 234. or per cent Of the total; pro
ducts OF tie forest to the value OF Sl,262
products of mining 20 the value OF Sla,145
or / per cent Of the total, and articles no
! classified 10 the value Of $lZS, 102, or 5 pc
cent " the total.
There vas imported into the island dar
ing the seven months mentioned IN sol'
coin from the United States S6.000 snt
ssl5 from Venezuela making the total in
ports Of gold and silver se.s15- There wa
! exported from the island during the sam
period SALSA in gold coin TO the Unite
States. SIC. 500 to Cuba, $s.170 10 France
or IN round numbers $50. 933. The export
In silver coin during the seven month
ended January 81 1900, amounted 10 $40,
772 OF this amount s10.063 vent TO III
United States, 81, 709 TO Spain, and 5000 {
Santo Domingo. The total exports OF gol
and silver during the seven months ende-
January 81 1900. was SAL OF gol
ore the United states received 81, eS1 worth
and Of silver ore $35s worth.
The imports by countries were; FroI
Austria. 1854; from Belgium, so, $50
, from Denmark, SIC. les; from France. S236
617: from Germany, $3.50 567; from Ital!
SIS. sos; from the Netherlands, s3T .627
/, from Spain, 1882. SOS; from Norway an
! Sweden. 1886; from the United Kingdom
81 .Q74. 1877; from Canada, s252, Is7; from n
i, United States. 81. 6SS. 754; from Mexico. So
$50; from Colombia, $3.50: from Venezuei
81. 222: from the British West Indies. see
! from the Danish West Indies, $2.145; fro
6 ! the French West Indies, $54; from Cub
s5.O4I. and imports from Santo Dominl
| to the value OF $50.
During the seven months ended Janual