Arizona republican., 1904-04-18
WORLDS BUSINESS
Part the United States
Takes in 1t
A Table Whose Figures Show That
the Nearest Neighbor Has the Ad-
taSe IN Trade.

Washington, April 17.-"The imports
of he grand divisions and principal
countries of the world and the share
thereof supplied by the United States"
is the the title of table just presented
by the department of commerce,
through its bureau of statistics. 1t
shows. rs the title indicates. the total
imports of each of the principal coun-
tries of the world, and the percentage
our products form of the total imports.
The statement shows that Of the $S,141,-
goo worth cf P'eTchandtsc .cporfed by
Europe in 1862 the United States sup
piled s1.211, 35s, 900, or I4.SS per cent OF
the total. North America, other than
the United States, imported merchan-
disc to the value of s41O, O,773,OOO, OF
which the United States supplied S215,-
$4,000, or 52.55 per cent. South Amer
lea imported s34e 691, 600, of which s43,-
S7S,000, or 12.55 per cent, was from the
United States. Asia's imports We're
S965,J50,Q00, of which $59 167, 600, or 80
per cent, was from the United States
Africa's imports were S436, ,256, ,O00, of
which $24,S33.0e0, or 5.ES per cent, was
from the United States.
The imports Of Oceania were 1922 g
10000 of which s34, ,s55 600, or il so per
cent, was drawn from the United
States. This figure for Oceania does
not include the Hawaiin Islands, which
are considered as a part of the United
States, or the Dutch or French East
Indies, which are included with Asia.
In a word, Europe drew 1iSS per cent
of her imports from the United States:
North America, other than the United
States, 52.55 per cent: South America
12.55 per cent Asia. 80 pre- cent: Afri-
ca, 5.5S per cent, and Oceania 1193 per
cent of her total imports from the
United States.
These figures of the imports of the
various countries are taken from the
official reports of those countries and
represent their own statement of i'm
ports from the United States and not
from statement of our exports to
those countries.
Taking a few of the more important
| countries it may be said that the Unit
ed Kingdom took 24.OS per cent of her
imports from the United States: Ger
many. 1885 per cent from the United
States; France, 9.G- per cent; Neither
lands, 1919 per cent; Belgium, 11.59 per
cent; Spain, 1882 per cent; China, 9.26
per cent; Japan, 17.9 per cent; Com
mOnwealth of Australia, 1192 per cent:
New Zealand, 11.65 per cent; Philippine
Islands, 12.46 per cent; Cape of Good
Hope. 9.52 per cent; Argentina, 1921
per cent: Colombia, 26.37 per cent; Ven-
eZuela, 31.97 per cent; British Guiana.
31.35 per cent; Mexico 51S9 per cent:
Canada, 57.29 per cent; Cuba, 4S.71 per
cent; British West Indies, 1897 per
cent; and the Central American States
as a whole, 1882 per cent.
1t will be observed from the above
figures that the countries most nearly
contiguous to the United States are
those which take the largest proportion
of their imports from this country
Mexico takes 1891 per cent of her i'm
ports from the United States, Canada
57.29 per cent, Cuba 4371 per cent,
Central American States 1882 per cent,
and the British West Indies 1897 per
cent, while the South American coun-
tries fronting upon the Caribbean Sea
took one third of their imports from
the United States and those of South
America lying further south took
about 10 or l2 per cent of their inn
ports from the United States. In the
trade with European countries those
with which we have the most COM
plete and frequent steamship connec-
ton, namely, the United Kingdom and
Germany, show a higher percentage
of their imports from the United States
than do any others of the important
European countries. In the case OF the
United Kingdom 24.03 per cent and
Germany 1885 per cent. while Europe,
as whole, takes but 14SS per cent of
her imports from the United States.
The table which follows shows the
total imports, the imports from the
United States, and the per cent of i'm
ports from the United States of the
principal countries of the world in the