The Washington times., 1901-07-27
An INCREASE I'M EXPORTS.
Detailed Figures of the Foreign
Commerce Of America.
statement Completed by the Treas
ury Bureau of Statistics Covering
the Year Ending June 80, f901-A
Decided Falling OF in Imports.

The detailed figures of the foreign COM
merce of the United States in the year
ending June 30 1901. were completed by
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics yester-
day. They show total imports, $50, 673, 0ls;
total exports, 81. .4S7 755. .557; exports Of do
nestle products. s. .460, 453, 500.
The imports by great classes in the
fiscal year 1901, compared with the pre-
ceding year. are as follows:
Articles OF food and ami
mails. mals............... sals, ,5lo,o9s s222, 227, SOS
Articles in crude con-
dition .;-......-.... soa, 1916 2es.7es. 4oi
Articles partly manufae-
tureu- Se,fS3,5 549 I9.OS0, 40
Articles manufactured. 12S, 800 GOT l30, G62, 903
Articles of voluntary use Ill, ,e1O.O34 120, 9Ss095
The reduction of value of imports oc-
ours chiefly in raw silk, hides, and skins,
wool. and indiarubber: and in most of
these the reduced value is partially due
to reduction In price, rather than guam
tity. Raw silk shows a reduction from
81. 672 in 1900. to SO, 3d.. ~ in 1900. de-
crease in value of 341 per cent; while the
number of pounds shows decrease from
II ,259, $40 pounds in 1909 to 9,139,617 pounds
in 1901, decrease of only 1S.S per cent.
In indiarubber. while the exports of 1901
are but SIS. s5,3s3. against SS1,316.S6l in
1900 the quantity imported in 1901 is So
275.529 pounds, against 49.Sn,1SS pounds In
1900 the value showing a decrease OF s3
per cent while the quantity actually In
creased 119 per cent. In wool the impor-
tation decreased from 1856, ,92s. .f55 pounds,
valued at s2O,260,936 in 1900. to 103,oSS,5o5
pounds, valued at $12.529.S .Ss1. in 1901.
The exports of domestic merchandise
by great classes were. In 1901, compared
with 1900, as follows:
Products of agriculture ss35. .s5s, 1873 s94059 56s
Products Of manufacture. f33, ,9ol.ioo 4io'S9'a.S 4io''
Products of mining. 49,. 81 7.8i3, 92 3g.2t. ysit
Products of the forest. 52,2ls,llS os'o1,
Products of the fisheries b,3zo,oV 1890
Miscellaneous 4'ooo'zio
Each of these great classes except
manufactures shows marked increase
over last year The apparent decrease In
manufactures. which amounts to $23.542'osS
is due chiefly to the absence of figures
showing exports to Hawaii and Porto
Rico. which are estimated at about $Zo,-
600. 900 for the year, and largely composed
of manufactures, but are no longer IN
cluded in the statement of exports from
the United States. If the exports OF
manufactures to Hawaii and Porto Rico
could be included the figures of 1901 would
differ little from those of 1900.
In two important articles of manufac-
ture, however. the exports of 1901 fall be-
low those of 1906. These are copper and
cotton cloths. The,to exports of cop
per In 1901 were 252 7es, ,s2s, pounds, against
sss,3io 725 pounds in 300, this decrease be-
ing chiefly due to aereduction in demand
for copper in Europe. the principal for
eign market for American copper. In
cotton cloths the reduction Is entirely due
to the temporary suspension of exports
to China, to which: the expectations of
cotton cloths Nell from fs2. .0sa, ss1 yards,
valued at IS, s,7sS.134. to sass. io2 yards, val
ued at s4, ,552, ,534 in 1901.
The expectations by grand divisions In
1901 compared with 1900 are as follows: