New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
AMERICA STILL LEADS IN EXPORTS
FIGURES FOR THE LAST NINE MONTHS
COMPARED WITH THOSE OF
OTHER COUNTRIES.

Washington. Oct 25 (speciaD-The United States
continues at the head of the list of the worlds
porting nations. The comparative figures prepared
each month by the Treasury Bureau OF Statistics
exhibiting the imports and exports of each OF the
principal countries Of the world and the average
month during a given period show that the do
nestle exports from the United States greater
than those from any other country. and that the
monthly average for the year 1901 has been higher
than that of any other country. For the nine
months ended with September. American exports
OF domestic products were s1,024 5,1s1. against
81 .0is s45.7es from the United Kingdom the next
largest exporter OF domestic products in the
period
While comparison for the period with
Germany. France. Russia. the Netherlands and
India, which follow in the order named in the
magnitude OF their exports is impractcable. be-
cause their fiscal years are not the same as those
Of the United States the totals OF their exports in
the latest available years show not only that the
United States is clearly in the lead as exporter
but that the growth in her exports has been more
rapid than that OF any other great exporting
tion. In the calendar year 1900 for which the
tistics OF most exporting countries are now avaa-
Bile. the figures for the United States were S,45s.
o13.s5s of exports OF domestic products. against
T2s3 S7 I'm 1875 increase of nearly 200 per cent
in that period while those of Germany were. in
1900 05o Gil 0 and in 1875 s607 0e6 600. increase
OF 73 per cent. and those of the United Kingdom.
in 1900 s4ls OOo and. in 1915. 81 oS4 $4,000 in
OF about 40 per cent
merce OF the United States with that of other
countries, however, furnished IN statement
just prepared by the Treasury Bureau OF Statis-
tics which shows the monthly exports of domestic
merchandise from each OF the principal countries
OF the world during that period OF its fiscal year
for which statistics available This shows that
the monthly average for the United States Is
greater than that of any other country. and that
the figures OF 1901 show in the of the United
States material increase those of 1900. while
those OF the United Kingdom and Germany show
decrease. The average monthly expectation OF do
mestic merchandise from the United States in the
nine months ended with September. 1901. was
N13 00 against s12 4i0 in the corresponding
months Of last year. an increase of about $50 OlO
a month, while those Of the United Kingdom were
in the months of 1901 sl32o5OS5, against Sis.
1872. .523 in the same months of 1900 showing de-
crease of about 100000 a month, and those OF
Germany S7.s3 .s33 month for the six months
ended with June. 1901 against SIS j20s33 for the
responding months of the preceding year, showing
decrease of a little less than s1.00oo00 month.
The table which follows shows the average
monthly expectation OF domestic merchandise from
the twenty principal exporting countries Of the
world for such portions OF the fiscal year sta
tistics available. and compares the monthly
figures OF 1891 with those of 1900: