The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

Tue foreign trade Of the United states 10 au1o
naobiles nov amounts % st2OOO.OoO q year. q
which sum about ta.0DyO00 are Imports aud s. on.
90 exports Ten years ago the trade In auto
mobiles was not of suiacient value 70 Justly q
separate record Of imports or exports. The fsS
automobiles catering or leaving the country being
Included under the miscellaneous class of An
other articles In July. Ia0i. however. the bureau
OF statistics began W record the exports. whica
IN the nscal year io02 amounted 90 81 Op.0o. ana
parts exported 70 foreign countries hAs bss.
In round terms ssO.9O.0oo. OF which total about
t1s.OooOoo WA In the I'VE years ended Deosmbs
1870. with prospect that the nscal year 1910 III
show an export record of fully ssOoo.po
In impors the record vas not established una
July. 1913. Uhen the total of automobiles ast
parH imported amounted ~ tsy0OOyuO. in Ne
nscAl years ias and 1877 over SS1O0OOo. hi
falling below that ngure In succeeding yean
making Tire total Importation for the ave ysas
for which . record exists about SisJmoouo n
shipments OF automobiles and parta 70 ALASKA
Hawaii and Porto Rico are not Included In ~
figures. but amount In the last ave years 20 shoui
a2y0ool0oo. making the total value OF the automs
blAes passing In and out Of the United states r.
the Last nve years about SSsyO0oOOO
The imports arc chiefly from France. tag.
Germany and the United Kingdom and the sa.
ports are practically % every country IN n.
world. though the largest number 90 70 CanatA
tho United Kingdom, Mexico and Australia
The number sent 20 Canada In 1919 was I'm
valued at o. .Ss7.iss; 20 England, ssO. valued 81
Sl.szs. siA: 90 France. s0i. valued at SstsssS. q
MeAico. so. valued az t1s,. as1. and 70 Australia
III. valued at Ssi.t.s. The prices Of those ssnI
70 European Countsies are a rule higher thar
those Of the mAehlnss sent 20 Canada. MeIics
and Australia. the average price of those sent .
Europe being over 5000 each: those 70 Englaht
average aeAriy S501o apiece. those 10 CAnAds
- nna nd an IA
those 70 Australia less than sssO each
Tue total number OF automobiles exported
IN the nscAl year 1909 was a.isa. valued 81 o 49,;
0ai. an average value Of about Si.7Oo for eseh
machine. and the number imported I.s,a vAuea
~ q. ssssi. showing also an average Of about
81 100 for each machine. The Distribution o.
automobiles extends 20 ell parts Of the VcrA
the number of countries named - desunsuoa
Of automobiles exported In the nscAl year in
being nos less than nifty. including India. China
Dutch Fast ladies. Japan. Canary Islands. Egypt
French and British Africa. south American eodh
trics Central American states. West India Islsnds
Gibraltar and Portugal
The figures for the calendar year ne
largest and show also higher prices. the run
her OF MACHINES eAported In the calendar yoG
1909 being 3.sss and the stated value being ~ 80
uai. an average Of nearly 81 On. these ngu-cs s.
Guiding only the shipments OF machines IN for
eisn countries and not including the shipnsns
70 our non-conuguOus GfHtory or me pafe
machines which are included In the grant 'oa
In comparing our O~n exports Of AuIouoUao
with those Of other countries.
France leads the world an exporter OF autS
mobiles. with the United states second m asa
stAustcs complied from the ofncial pub.-auoc
of me countries nAmed show that the exports
vehicles Of this class In the latest year Tor Wild
details are AZ hand were: Prom France, IN 'sh
ga .sss0oo: the United States. IN the -s.eDds
year imna. sa.saf ~ the United KinEto1i. =
ieo. ssl0.ssT. Italy. ISIS. ss.ss5yOD. and Gsr'
many. IN tans ea.nai ln.