The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-04-19
SOME TRADE STATISTICS.
imports of the Principal Countries
and Americas Share.

Washington, April 1S-"The imports of
the grand divisions and principal coun-
tries of the world and the share thereof
supplied by the United States is the title
of a table just presented by the Depart
ment of Commerce. through its Bureau of
Statistics 1t shows, as the title indicates,
the total imports of each of the prnci
pal countries of the world, the amount of
those imports drawn from the United
States. and the percentage our products
form of the total imports. The statement
shows that of the SS,141, ,054 900 worth of
merchandise imported by Europe in 1902
the United States supplied S1,21 1856, 600. or
Ass per cent of the total. North Ameri-
ca. other than the United States, i'm
ported merchandise to the value of $410,-
773.O00 of which the United States sup
piled S215, ,S66 coo or 5255 per cent. South
America imported s349 SOL 900, OF which
s43, SIS 900. or 12.55 per cent, was from the
United States. Asia imports were 1865, ,550.
900. of which $50 5000. or % per cent,
was from the United States Africa's i'm
ports were $436.256.o9. of which S24 S3S, 600.
or 55S per cent. was from the United
States
The imports of Oceania were 1922 I07. 900.
of which S34 1855. 900 or Il. 90 per cent, was
from the United States This figure for
Oceania does not include the Hawaiian
Islands. which are considered as 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 Amer
lea, 12.55 per cent: Asia, 50 per cent: AZ
rica. SIS per cent and Oceania 1913 per
cent of her total figures from the United
States.
These figures of the imports of the va
rious countries are taken from the official
reports of those countries and represent
their own statement Of imports from the
United States and ont from statement
Of our exports to those countries
Taking a few Of the more important
countries II may he said that the United
Kingdom took 24o3 per cent Of her i'm
ports from the United States: Germany.
15.S6 per cent from the United States;
France. 9.67 per cent; Netherlands. 20
per cent; Belgium. ll-59 per cent: Spaif
12.62 per cent: China g. .2s per cent: japan,
l7.9 per cent: Commonwealth OF Austria
liza, 1l92 per cent; New Zealand. Il s.
per cent: Philippine Islands. I246 per
cent; Cape Of Good Hope. e52 per cent;
Argentina. 12sl per cent: Colombia. es.37
per cent: Venezuela. Sl.s7 per cent: Brit
ish Guiana. 1.S5 per cent, Mexico. $50
per cent; British West Indies. 2se7 rer
cent; and the Central American States
as a whole aS2 per cent
II viii be observed from the above fig
ures that the countries most nearly con-
tigious 70 the United States are those
which take the largest proportion Of their
imports from this country Mexico takes
5S.sl per cent Of her imports from the
United States, Canada 57.ee per cent. Gu
ha. 81 per cent. Central American States
+S-Se per cent and the British West IN
dies S97 per cent. while the South Amer
lean countries fronting upon the CARR
bean Sea took about one-third OF their