The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-20
COMMERCE WITH SPAIN.
Figures Showing That Trade Has
Been Fully Restored.


Commercial relations between the
United States and Spain have been fully
restored. The figures of the Treasury Blu
reau of Statistics for the fiscal year 1860
show that the exports from the United
States TO- and imports into the United
States from Spain. III the fiscal year 1900,
were larger than in any other year since
1888, and within fer" hundred thousand
dollars Of the highest record ever made in
the commerce between the two nations.
Exports from the United States TO Spain in
the fiscal year 200 were S12, 2a9. ESQ,
against $1G,s12,745 in the fiscal year 1897,
the last fun year preceding the war;
while the imports into the United States
from Spain IL 1860 were s., 95G,G47, against
S5,63l.9s3 in the fiscal year 1897. The
Only years of the decade 1S901900, in
which the commerce between the two ma
tons was as large as in the year JUS
ended, were 1891 1892. and 1893, when the
exports to Strain averaged about $500
CGU annually. In the fiscal year 1899,
which felt the full effect OF the war be
tween the two countries, the exports from
tue United States to Spain were $9,097 SCI,
those of the present year thus being more
than 90 per cent in excess of that year;
while our imports from Spain in 1899 were
81 49,. sos against S5.g50O4T in the fiscal
year just ended
Cotton, breadstuTs, mineral oils, and
manufactures of wood are the principal
articles OF our exports to Spain. raw cCt-
ton being by far the largest single item
in the list. Fruits, nuts, and wines are
at present the largest items of our i'm
ports from Spain, though in earlier years
iron ere formed an important item of our
riot, nc
of iron ore from Spain have also increased
in the year 1900, as compared with years
Immediately preceding amounting to
$645, 2T9, against $44,64 in 1899, and
1902, 327 in 1886, though in the years 1890
ard 1891 our impOItations Of iron ore from
Spain amounted to nearly $1,000 coo an
nuaIly. The principal impoTtatioEs of
fruits from Spain are almonds, oranges
and raisins, while Of almonds the impoIta-
lions average nearly half million dollars
annually. and of laisins from a half mi
/ lion to LOCO, eco per annum.
IN exports by far the largest item is
manufactured cotton. The expectations
of cotton TO Spain from the United States
were il 1890 81 66g, 49, pounds, and in 1900
were III S46,l55 pounds. This particular
feature of our export trade with Spain was
not materially affected By the war, the
quantity CT cotton eXport ed from the
( United States TO that country in the fiscal
years 1873 anu 1899 being niShsr tHdh II
any other year during the decade, though
the number of pounds exported TO Spain
in 1900 is but slightly below that OF 1899
while the increased price per pound brings
the value Of this single item OF our eX-
ports TO Il higher figure than in any other
year Of the decade except 1891. The total
value OF raw cotton exported TO Spain
from the United States in 1889 and 1860
was $94Sl-IGO out Of total Of $l3, 3sS- $50,
/ representing the value of all articles eX-
ported to Spain from the United States
Next IN Importance IS wood and manu-
featured articles therefrom, the most in
pCTtaHt items unde- this head being
shocks, slaves. and headings. Of which the
3 exports to Spain have averaged consider
ably more than half million collars
during the decade. Next IN Importance
to cotton and mauufs lures OF wood is
provisions OF which TIE expectations TO
Spain are controlled largely by crop con
ditions in that country, the total for 1899
/ being 251S.CSS, against SS0.344 IL 1886. and
81 .941 zoo in 1898.