The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-25
EXPORTS AND IMPoRTs.I, {

the importation OF manufacturers ma
: teria1s is also larger than in any pre-
!. ceding year, lends interest to a state
: 1rlent Just prepared by the Treasury
Bureau of Statistics showing the de-
tails of exports of manufactures and
gnportation of manufacturers mate
rails.
The principal manufactures exported
! are iron and steel, mineral oils. copper,
leather. cotton. agricultural implements,
chemicals, wood, paper. paraffin, to-
baceo, fibers, cars and carriages, India
rubber goods, books and other printed
matter, distilled spirits and musical in
strurents-their relative value being in
the order named.
The principal manufacturers mate
rails imported are hides and skins,
chemicals. silk, India rubber, copper,
tin, wool, cotton and wood-7their rela-
tive value being in the order named.
The Bureau of Statistics has prepared
a statement showing the expectation of
these great groups of manufactures and
the Importation of the great groups of
manufacturers materials in the ten
months ending with October, 1902, COM
/ pared with the corresponding period of
last year. 1t shows yhat exports of
| iron and steel manufactures for the
ten months ending with October, 1902,
| were $S1, 977,545 against sS5. 911,774 in the
corresponding months of last year; ex-
ports of mineral oils were $51, IT'S, 361
against $50, 140,39s in the corresponding
were $40, 237, 345 against s2S,176,263 in the
corresponding months of last year; ex
ports Of leather and manufactures of
were s25, Az $50 against $24, Ills, 1892 in the
corresponding months of last year; ex-
ports of cotton manufactures were
s2S, S5S, 131 against s21, 81 1854 in the same
months of 1901; exports of agricultural
implements were s16,246,556 against 3d.
.S12,144 in the corresponding months of /
last year; chemicals, drugs, medicines,
ETC., were $11,199,f Ill against $12,006,5 |
in the corresponding months of last /
year; manufactures of wood were $10,
410,4SO against $s,216,197 in the CORE
spending months of 1901. and paper and
of, were Sc, 200, 165 against
s6,145,7O5 in the same months of last
year.
In hnportations of manufacturers
materials the figures of the ten months
ending with October, 1902, show an in
crease in nearly all articles. Importa-
lions Of hides and skins in the ten
ending with October, 1902, were
s4S, S21, 81 in value against s46 ,776 in
the same months of last year; chemi-
Gals. which are largely used in manu-
featuring, We're $4S,701, 129 against $45, !.
S40,2S6 in the same months of last year;
silk manufactured s29, O97 against
s23, 1896, 62S in the corresponding months
of last year. fibers, $2S,933, S91 against
$21, 1873, 1922 in the same months of last
year; tin, s17,773,OS9 against s16,24S,S10l
in the corresponding months of last,
year; wool. SIG. 41s,1s4 against $li, 624,27S
In the same months of 1901, and cotton,
IS, $50 ass against $4,000, 23S in the cor
months of last year.
A series of tables has been prepared
by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics,
showing the exportatiorl of manufac-
lures in each year from 1890 to 1902,
and the distribution of each article to
every country and grand division of
the world during the period from 1891
to 1901, and this analysis shows that
ffty-two per cent of the manufactures
go to Europe and twenty -four per cent
to North American countries other than
the United States.
The exports of manufactures amount
ed, in 1890, to s1.237, 1893 and formed 81
per cent of the total domestic EXPORTS
during the period of 17sO-iSO0 they aver
aged s1,972, 5SS per annum and formed
Go per cent of the total; during the
decade ending with 1910 they averaged
$3,035,541 per annum and formed SO per
cent of the total domestic exports;
during the decade ending with 1920 they
averaged So, 056, 919 per annum and form
ed &c per cent of the total domestic
exports; during the decade ending with
1880 they averaged $6,O21, e36 per annum
and formed 11.3 per cent of the tolal
domestic exports; during the decade
ending with 1850 they averaged So, 0sS,-
712 per annum and formed 1913 per cent
of the total; during the decade ending
with 1860 they averaged So, 4O7, AIS per
annum and formed 11.S per cent of the
total; during the decade ending with
1870 they averaged $685., 26S per an
mum and formed 1871 per cent of the
total. From that period forward the
growth was very much more rapid; dur
ing the decade ending with 1880 they
averaged s92, 792,242 per annum and
formed 16.1 per cent of the total; during
the decade ending with 1890 they aver
aged S136,o17,112 per annum and formed
Isl per cent of the total exports; dur
ing the decade ending with 1900 they