New-York tribune., 1906-07-09
AMERICAN TRADE.
analysis Made by the Bureau of
Statistics.
TFrom The tribune Bureau.l

Washington. July S-"Analysis of the Commerce
of the United States with the Various Countries Of
the World is the title of monograph just issued
by the Department Of Commerce and Labor
through its Bureau of Statistics. The purpose Of
this monograph. the title implles. is to show
the articles forming the trade with each country of
the world. article by article during term of years
The table shows the principal articles forming the
imports from and exports to each country In each
year 1875 1905. The foreign commerce of the
United States has grown during that period from
81 ,540OIOOOO to S26S6OOOOCO increase OF Il per
cent; the imports have grown from sI32 O0J0 90 10
sl.11s.0O0OO0. increase Of So per cent. and the
exports from $SOsOO0OoO TO S,5l9OO0OoO increase
OF IS per cent.
Considering the growth by groups of articles, the
figures show that the importations OF food and live
animals increased Il per cent during the period
named crude articles for in mauusac turing
SO per cent articles manufactured wholly or
partly for in manufacturing, q per cent:
articles manufactured ready for consumption, 70
per cent and the group entitled articles of
voluntary use IuXuries, etc., 5s per cent. In ex-
ports the group entitled products Of agricul-
ture' increased IS per cent; manufactures 1856 per
cent; products mining, ia per cent products Of
the forests, III per cent products Of the fisheries
36 per cent, and the group entitled miscellaneous
Sc per cent
Considering the commerce by grand divisions.
trade with Europe shows increase OF Al per cent
in imports theTefrOm and So per cent in exports
thereto: in the trade with North America the I'M
ports Increased 90 per cent and the exports 40 per
cent; with South America the imports increased 81
per and the exports 20 per cent; with Asia the
imports increased lOS per and the exports 6i2
per cent? with Africa the imports increased IS per
cent and the exports l62 per cent and with Oceania
the imports increased i6 per cent and the exports
152 per cent.
II is in the details Of trade by articles with the
various countries of the world that statements
arc especially interesting and important They
show the principal articles forming the trade with
each country in each year during the period in
question uss5-lsO5). The United Kingdom stands at
the head of the list of tho countries from which
the imports are drawn and also at the head of the
list to which the exports are sent The imports
from the United Kingdom. which amounted TO
S72GOOO70 in 1865 increased only $l3OO00O or about
per cent during the decade. Manufactures OF
bres, cotton wool, silk and iron and steel are the
largest items of the imports from the United King
dom. and in many of the items under these heads
there axe considerable increases in 1906 as COM
pared with 1855. but in others there are marked
decreases
On the export side the United Kingdom also heads
the list with increase Of S36.OOOCOO gain Of s5
per cent during the period. Cotton. breadstuffs
provisions and cattle lumber and timber. and man
ufactures of iron and steel of various kinds cop
per ETC. the largest items in the export trade
to the United Kingdom and in practically all of
these there is a growth during the decade, espe-
cially in the later forms of iron and steel manu-
factures. such electrical machinery metal work
ing machinery, tYpewrtterS and builders hardware
Germany stands second in the list OF countries
from which imports drawn. the total having
grown from Ssl, l,0OOO00 1895 s1s0ooOoD in 1906
an increase of SS7.CO0CCO during the decade or IS
per cent. The most important articles imported
from Germany are chemicals and dyes cotton
manufactures. iron and steel manufactures. paper
and manufactures Of wool. silk. cotton and fbres
many of which show increase in 1865. compared
with 1885 The exports 10 Germany, which grew
from s92C0OoO to $ls40000o an, increase Of 1O2 per
cent during the period IN. question coasi.t chiefly
of raw cotton. brcadstuTs. provisions. manufact-
ules of iron and steel mineral oils. copper and
other articles of this character nearly all of which
show growth during the decade.
Brazil ranks third in the statement % imports
the value of mportatons from that country hav-
ing grown from S7sO0tO0) to ste 10000 during tho
Ills large total being coftee and .nGa ru5ter
while the export 10 Brazil show loss curing
COO against Si5.0O0eGo in ~. Canada stands third
in the list of countries to which exports are sent.
the increase during the decade being about kSS
OCO or l65 per cent while the imports from Canada
show increase OF Il per cent during the same
Exports to China and Japan shows larger per-
cenIaRc of increase than any other of the pTinci
having grown from &3500.O0o in lS5 to S5S50OO in
1905. increase of about l: t9 per cent. while
stlih HI aIoI,' -t, ad ~ over oO 5 . 80 70 MeN1
cent each on the import side the import atioas
from Mexico show increase Of ISL per cent, from
India l59 per cent. Cuba 3 per cent. France and
Germany SC per cent each. and those from the
-nited Kingdom an increase OF per cent
Details are given Of the trade with every coun-
try of the world from which the United States
tables show the principal articles which form the
trade With each &C eSo91ntry in each year during the
for a thorough study and analysis Of the trade OF
the United states With each country Of the world