The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-15
INCREASE IN EXPORT TRADE.
FIGURES SHOW AN IMMENSE VOL
UME OF BUSINESS.

VME OF BUSINESS.
Annual Average value of AEricul-
turaI Exports for Five Years WAS
1886. 536 2OI-Great britain Alone
Took More Than Half of the whole
Amount-Germany and France
Came Next-Thc IncreRSe in Five
Years Amounted TO 1921 .ST4,I 100
washington. Jan. 14-Frank H. Hitch
cock. chief of the foreign markets division
of the agricultural department. has pre-
pared an Interesting collation. of figures
showing for the hrst time the respective
amounts of our agricultural exports which
go TO the several countries OF Europe, and
of the other continents.
The period covered is 1894 to 1898. The
statement shows that the agricultural
products exported from the United States
during the five years had an average an
nuaI value Of 1868 $50 20l. OF these enor-
nous exports about 60 FER cent found
market in the United Kingdom and its
various dependencies. The sum paid by
ts7e British people for the American farm
produce purchased during the period men
toned reached as high as S403.@3b54
year Great Britain alone took more than
one-haIf of all our agricultural exports,
the consgnments credited to that country
forming about 80 per cent. of the total
shipments. and having an average annual
value of 1852 l07 7O1.
Germany, which ranks next to the Unit
ed Kingdom, as a market for the products
of American agriculture, received about
10 per cent of the exports from lS94-1S9S,
the average yearly value amounting to
$S6. 80, ga.
France, with purchases that averaged
S43, 9SS 100 a year, or about sc per cent. of
the total, was the third country in i'm
portance.
These three countries, the United King
dom, Germany and France, received to-
gether nearly 70 per cent. of the total ag-
ricultural exports.
The Smaller Purchasers.
After the three countries just mentioned,
The Netherlands Belgium. Canada, Italy
and Spain afforded the most important
markets.
The Netherlands bought 43 per cent. of
the total; Belgian 3.6 per cent; Canada
S5 per cent. Italy % per cent. and
Spain is per cent. The average annual
values of the exports TO these countries
were: Netherlands, SOS S09,156 Belgium,
500 731 669; Canada, $4,000 ST.; Italy. $14 26i,-
424 and Spain. $9,761, $40. Brazil took Sc 25S,-
729: Cuba, S6,099,S24 Denmark, $5,990,952
(exports to that country doubling during
the five year period; the British West In
dies, 1924, 657; Mexico, 1886, 1885, British
Africa $4,1SS,92O, and European Russia, I
$4,000, 236.
Tho avarape YEARLY exnorts 10 Hong
Kong were valued at $3.50 5SS. and those
to Japan at $3,407 500. For Portugal, the
average annual record was 81 709, 694 for
Sweden and Norway, S2,685, $40; for Haiti,
S2,2S1 966, and for British Australia, $685.
SO4
The other countries to which the United
States sent agricultural products during
1S94-1S9S having an average yearly value
in excess of 100000, were Austro- Hun
gary, Venezuela, British Guiana, Porto
Rico. the Hawaiian Islands and the
French West Indies.
Figures show an Increase.
These figures show that with very few
exceptions, the leading foreign countries
materially increased their purchases of
American agricultural products during
1S94-9S. In the total value of the agri-
cultural exports there was an advance
from 1886 63S 747 in 1894 to $S5S 507 942 in 1898
making a gain of $22l S74,195. The coun-
tries of destination that contributed most
90 this increase were the United Kingdom
Germany, France, Belgium Canada, The
Netherlands, Japan, Italy, Denmark and
British Africa.
Our exports of farm produce to the
United Kingdom increased $50, 5SS S54 dur
ing the five years, to Germany, $46,441, 33S
and to France, 1888 Ala, POS
The summary brings out the fact that
about IS per cent of all the farm produce
shipped from the United States during
the five years mentioned was marketed
In Europe, the annual average being $685.
95S, 9O7. In 1898 it reached as high as
1851, $40 1872, showing an increase of $685.
5SS,939 over the value for 1894. OF the
remaining u per cent. the chief part went
TO Canada and the other North American
countries, averaging annually $4S,724, 257, or
slightly more than per cent. of the to-
tai.
The records for the five years show only
slight gain. South America took only
LIZ per cent. of the total the average
yearly value being $1l 1888 .76l. and was less.
in 1898 than 1894. To Asia there was a
marked increase during the five years. the
value advancing from IS, SO1 99S in 1894 TO
$14,671,349 in 1898. They formed 1.l6 per
cent. of the total for the five years
The shipments of agricultural produce
TO Africa, although constituting less than
! per cent. of the total, also showed a
noticeable increase. In 1898 the value
amounted to 1913, 59S. as compared with
only 81 7l6S20 in 1894. This was a gain of
$S.O7S, IT'S.
To Oceania there We're agricultural ex-
ports averaging 1894. SOS year. The value
for 1898 was $3.50, 46l, while that of 1894
was only $l,963,14s.
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