Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
TRADE MORE THAN
DOUBLES IN ADVANCE
LATlN-AMERlCAN COMMERCE HAS
GREATLY INCREASED
Imports and Exports with Mexico, Gem
tra and South America Reach
Six Hundred Million Dollars
for Fiscal Year
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON Aug. 10.-Trade Of the
United States with the Latin-American
countries aggregated more than $6OO,OOO,-
| 000 in the fiscal year just ended, against
| 1924, 100000 a decade ago. In this term,
"Latin-American countries" are includ-
ed. by the Bureau of Statistics of the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
Mexico, all of Central America except
British Honduras, all of South America
except British and Dutch Guiana, and
afl of the West Indian islands except
those under British, Dutch, and Danish
control.
The imports from Latin-America in the
fiscal year 1907 amounted to $35O,OOO,0O,
against $155, ,000O 900 in 1897 having thus a
little more than doubled during the de-
cade while the exports to the Latin
American countries were in 1907 $685. co.,
900, against $SO,O0O,OOO in 1897, having a
little more than trebed during the de-
cade. From Mexico the imports in 1907
were $50 900 in value, against Sl9OOO,-
600 in 1897, and the exports to that coun-
try in 1907 were s66, 100000, against $23,-
100000 a decade ago.
From Central America the imports in
1907 were valued at 900, against
less than 100000 a decade earlier, and
100000 a decade ago, these figures Of
trade with Central American countries
for 1907 including, however, the com
merce with Panama, which in 1897 was
a part of Colombia and therefore in
cluded with the figures of trade with
South America.
From South America the imports in
1907 were s15S 900 in value, against
$10S, 900 in 1897 and the exports there
to SS0000,00O, against 49,, 100000 decade
ago, the figures being exclusive of the
trade with British and Dutch Guiana, not
properly included under the term Latin
America" From the Latin West Indies,
under which term are included Cuba,
Porto Rico, Haiti. Santo Domingo, and
the French West Indian possessions, the
imports in 1907 were $124,0OO,COO against
S24 900, 900 in 1897, and the exports there
to in 1907, sS2,000OO0, against s1L0O,oOO
in 1897.
Largest Imports
The n-American countries from
which the largest imports are drawn
are: Brazil. $9S, 600 in 1907, against
$50 5000 5000 a decade ago; Cuba, S97,00o,-
900. against $1S, 100000 a decade ago;
Mexico. s57 900, 600, against $19oO0,OoO a
decade ago; Porto Rico, $2,OOO,OOO'
against S2,O0O0OO a decade ago; Chile,
SIS. .OOO, 5000, against $4,0O00OO decade ago;
Argentina, $17,O0O,OO0, against $ll,OOOU'o
a decade ago; and Central America, $lo,-
O0O, 900, against $S,0O0,000 decade ago.
The Latin-American countries to which
the largest exports are sent are: Mex
leo $66, 100000 in 1907, against S2SOOO,oOo
a decade ago; Cuba, $49,OOO,UOo. against
Sc 0oO. 900 a decade ago; Argentina $32,-
600 900 against s6,00O,OOO a decade ago;
Central America, $27,000,0O0 against SS,-
100000 a decade ago; Porto Rico $26,OOO,-
900, against $1,000, 900 a decade ago; Bra
zil $4,000 900, against 900 decade
ago; and Chile, $10,000,00O against 2,oOO' wv
a decade ago. Exports to Mexico in l9Ul
were practically three times as great as
a decade ago; to Cuba, six times as
great; to Argentina, five times as great;
to Porto Rico, thirteen times as great;
and to Central America three and one
half times as great as a decade ago;
while to Chile the exports are four
times as great and those to Brazil in
creased a little more than one-half.
Compare the trade with the Latin
American countries in 1907 with that of
the Immediately preceding year, 1906, the
exports to Mexico show gain of $S,OOO,-
600: those to South America, a gain of
81 900, 600; to Central America, gain OF
$4 100000; and to Cuba, gain of less
than $2,0OO,OO0 while on the import side
the increase In imports ITOHl oouth
America is $2O,OOO,OOO; from Cuba, over
S12,OOOOOO; from Mexico, $6,0Oo,0Oo, and
from Central America $1,5OO,OOO. The in
crease in exports to South America oc-
ours chiefly in shipments to Panama
nearly 100000; while, as above indl-
Gated, there is an increase of $4,000, 600
in exjorts to Mexico alone and of little
less than 100000 in those to Cuba. In
imports the increase from South Amer
let is chiefly ir merchandise from Bra
zil, which increased SIT 900 in value
in 1907 as compared with 1906, this in
crease occurring chiefly in coffee. $6,-
0OO, 900, and india rubber, $9,0OO0OO. From
Cuba the increase of $12,50O,00O occurs
chiefly in sugar, which alone shows an
increase Of $1OO00,0OO value.
Increase in Exports
The increase in exports to Latin-Amer-
lea. amounting to over $2O0OO,0OO in 1907,
compared with the Immediately preced-
ing year, occurs almost exclusively in
manufactured articles, which form near
" 60 per cent of the exports to Cuba,
about 70 per cent of those to Mexico,
and about So per cent of those to Cent
raj America and South America; while
from all of the countries in question the
imports consist chiefly of foodstuffs
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