The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-03

UNITED STATES EXPORT TRADE IS
INCREASING AT RAPID
RATE
BUSINESS WITH SCANDINAVIA
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SHIPPED
THERE HAVE TREBLED IN
TEN YEARS
BULK OF SALES TO DENMARK

WASHINGTON, June 2.-Mr. Frank A
Hitchcock, chief of the foreign markets
section Of the agricultural department.
has prepared a comprehensive article on
growth of the trade between the United
States and the Scandinavian countries
Denmark, Sweden and Norway-during
the ten years from 1889 to 1900, inclusive.
1t shows that in the ten years subse-
quent to 1880 our exports to tn Sc three
countries rose from 100000 to nearly
$20,O00000. Our imports from Scan -inlvia
are very small, being below Si,l0},0O0 in
1880, and only a little more than S5,' co.
000 in 1900, which is the record year n
imports.
Denmark is the principal factor in our
Scandinavian trade, the exports to that
country for 1900 having a value Of more
than $lS,OOOO00, while the combined ship
ments to Sweden ana Norway were
valued at about 10,0i0C00. The official
trade relations of the United ate5 do
not present separate statements of the
commerce carried with Sweden and Nor
way, but the latter country is at present
the more important customer.
Since 1890, when our exports to Den
mark were valued at little more than
$55,0OO0o0, and our exports to Sweden and
Norway at less than $4,0C00)0, the former
according to the records of 1860, have in
creased over $13,000,000 and the latter
about $1,000 600. Although Denmark is the
leading destination of our exports in the
Scandinavian trade, our imports come
chiefly from Sweden and Norway The
value of the goods purchased from tEese
two countries during 19OO slightly exceed
ed $4,000, Geo. while the importaticns from
Denmark had a value of only $4,000 In
the imports from Sweden and Norway,
however, there was comparatively little
increase during the past ten years,
whereas, the record of imUOrtations from
Denmark showed a decided gain. the
value for 1900 being more than double
that reported for any previous year of
the decade.
Of the merchandise imported into the
United States from Scandinavia during
1890 about p per cent consisted of ag l.
cultural produce whereas products Cf the
farm comprised about 70 per cent of our
exports.
Denmark's purchases of Amer can farm
produce amounted to about SD 600 r0)
while Sweden and Norway bought to the
extent of only $55O0,oO) AS compared
with the record for $780, when our agrf-
cultural exports to Denmark were valued
at $,3000G0, and our agricultural exports
to Sweden and Norway to 81, 1,70l 600, the
figures quoted for 1900 disclose a remark
able increase The chief agr' Gu tural
articles We imported from Scandinavia. in
the order of their Importance, we hides
and skins. rennets, seeds. cneese AM dis
titled spirits. Our non-agricultural inn
ports were valued in 1900 at So 755,925. iron
and steel in unmanufactured forms max
ing up nearly half of this amount. The
principal other articles were wood manu-
factures, fish, manufactures of iron and
steel, whale and fish oil and matches.
Our export trade to Scandinavia consist
ed chiefly of breadstuffs, which in 1859
amounted to S9,74O35O, or nearly half the
totJd of our agricultural exports, and was
made up of meat, corn, wheat and oat-
meal in the order named Meat produce
aggregated $4,698,750. The next most i'm
>portant agricultural exports were oil
cake cotton, vegetable oils, mo asses and
syrups, tobaccos, fruit and nuts. Of the
non-agricultural commodities shipped
from the United States to Scandinavia
during 1900, mineral oils and manutac-
lures of iron and steel comprised the
foremost items. Measured in value these
two classes of merchandise constituted
more than half of the export t-a1e in
non-agricultural products. OF mineral
oils over $S000,0O0 worth was exported
ana of iron and steel manufactures over
100000. After these leading articles the
most important exports. in the order OF
their value, were agricultural impe
ments, leather cycles. crude ircn and
steel, wood in its unmanufactured forms
and fertilizers.