The times., 1901-06-03
TRADE WITH SPAIN REsToREp
The Exports to That Country Prob
ably Over the Average

Commercial relations between Spain
and the United States seem to have been
fully restored and It is not improbable
that our exports to that country in the
fiscal year 1901 will be greater. with possi-
bly, single exception, than in any pre-
ceding year. Exports from the United
States to Spain in the nine months end
ing with March. 1901, were valued at S11.-
1888, against S10OS1, 800 in the correspond
ing months of last year, and sI,o9l .oi3 In
the corresponding period of the fiscal year
1899.
The figures for the year up to this time
Indicate that the total exports from the
United States to Spain in the fiscal year
1901 will be about SIC. 100000. while in 1881
the exports to Spain were ,3S5, in
1880 S14, ,657, ,SS4. and In 1888. the one year in
which the s15.0O0000 line was exceeded.
SIC. .931 .2S7.
on the import side the figures of the
present fiscal yeer are largely in excess
of those of 1899, though slightly less than
those of 1900, which were the largest since
1891 The annual imports from Spain into
the United States since 1891 have ranged
from s., 500 600 to Sc, 600, 0O0 averaging about
S4,5O0, 900, while for the present fiscal year
they seem likely to exceed $5,o0Oe00- In
the fiscal year 1s99 which felt the full ef-
feet of the war between the two coun-
tries, the exports from the United States
to Spain were S9,077. .807; in 1900. they rose
to S13, ,S99, $780, and in the present fiscal
year will closely approximate sl5,oOO,0oO-
Breadstuffs. cotton oils, and wood man
ufactures are the principal articles which
we export to Spain. raw cotton being by
far the largest in volume Fruits, nuts,
and wines are at present the principal ar
tieles imported from Spain, though in ear
lier years iron ore formed an important
item Importations of iron ore from
| Spain have also increased in the year
/ 1900. as compared with years immediate
! ly preceding. amounting in 1900 to S545.zl9.
against s44,64 in 1882, and $302,327 in 1886
Going back to 1890 and 1891, however, our
| importations of iron ore from Spain
! amounted to nearly 81. 100000 per annum.
! Almonds oranges, and raiSins are tne
principal fruits imported into the United
States from Spain, the almond inpoItd-
| tions averaging about Soo0.UJ1 annldllS i o ;
| and those of raisins from S5oe.Ooo TO Sl'Voo,-
Raw cotton is the largest single item
/ in our exports to SPAIN Ine exporta-
/ tions of cotton from this country 70 SpiiiI
have increased from siboS, - p0uhoS ~
| 1870 to I2S 306 1S6 pounds in 1900 This par
| ticular feature of our export trade with Win
Spain was not materially affected by the
I
/ in the fiscal years 1898 and 1898 having
| exceeded in quantity the figures OF any
| other years during the decade Tne num-
| Der of pounds of cotton exported TO SPAN
/ from the United States in 1900 is but
! slightly below that of 1899, while the IN
| creased price per pound brings its value
| to a higher figure than that OF any other
year since 1891. Our total exports TO SPAN
| in 1900 were valued at $l3, 996s0. and OF
| this amount S9,61S 93e-more than two
/ thirds of the total-represented the value
/ of cotton.
The next important class OF our exports
/ to Spain is wood and manufactures OF
/ wood. and in this class the principaJ tens
! are shocks, slaves. and headings, OF which
| the exports to Spain have averaged over
| $500, 600 annually during the last ten years.
| Following wood in Importance IS the
| class deglgnated breadstuffs, the total Tor
| 1893 being S51S,0SS, as against I,9fl US Ill
( 1893 Our export of this class or mer-
| chandise TO Spain has fuctuated consid-
| erably from year to year, being governed
| largely by crop conditions in Spain.