Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-03
COMMERCE WITH
SOUTH AMERICA
Trade of Uncle Sam Totals
Practically 300
Millions

and South America In the calendar
year just ended was practically 800
million dollars In value. a total in
excess OF that OF any earlier year.
In 1900 the trade between the United
States and that continent aggregated
IA million dollars: in 1905. 2il mil
lion: In 1910. 290 million: and In
the first eleven months OF 1871 for
which details are available, 273 mil
lion. OF which over 80 million rer-
resented the month OF November,
thus indicating for the complete cal
endar year total of fully 800 million
dollars.
Our imports from South America
still exceed our exports TO that con-
tinent. though the latter are rapidly
gaining In the proportion which they
form Of the total trade. In 1900 i'm
ports were valued at 1903 million. ex-
ports AT III million. exports thus be-
In % per cent OF the total trade.
In the II months OF 1911 Imports
were 1875 million and exports 100
million. the latter being 40 per cent
OF the total trade.
The imports into the United States
from South America are chiefly
drawn from the following countries,
In the order named, the totals being
estimates for the full calendar year
based upon II months figures already
compiled by the Bureau OF Stats
tics. Department OF Commerce and
Labor. From Brazil the total Is like
ly TO be 100 million dollars, compar-
ed with 1O4 million last year; from
Argentine, 2S million. compared with
&c million In 1910: from Chile. 10
million. against 90 million in the pre-
ceding year from Columbia. 10 mil
lion, against ~ million In 1910:
from Peru. . million. against So
million In 1910: and from Venezuela.
S'a million, compared with ~ mil
lion dollars in the preceding year
From Ecuador the Wars imports
are a little over million dollars.
from British Guiana little less than
. million and from Dutch Guiana
about | million dollars. The Blu
rcau of Statistics estimates the years
imports from South America at APP
proximately 1873 million dollars, or
slightly less than tho figures for
1910. which we're lS9 million.
Exports to South America, on the
other hand, show a marked growth
when compared with those Of a year
earlier. IN estimated totar for 1910
being i2O million. compared with
100 million In 1910 the former high
record year. To argentina. the larg-
est South American market for Amer
lean products, our exports increased
fro i2A million dollars In 1910 to
an estimated total of 80 million in
the year just ended to Brazil, from
~ to % million dollars; to Chile.
from ! o 10 II million: to Peru. from
less than million 10 practically 6 !
million, 20 Uruguay from I y 10 ) 1.
million; to Venezuela. from 10 I
and to Colombia from 90
to little over 5 million dollars.
Foodstuffs and manufacturers raw
are the principal classes of
merchandise imported into the Unit.
ed States from South America, while |
manufactures make mp the bulk of
the exports fro mthe United States
TO thet Continent. OF the Is mil
lion dollars worth OF nitrate OF soda
imported into the United States prac.
tlcallv all Is from Chile. Brazilian
coffee supplies a large proportion OF
this staple requirement OF American
breakfast tables. from a half to three
quarter billion pounds per annum
coming from Brazil. compared with
about 90 million pounds from Colon
bia, about 40 million pounds from
Venezuela. about ~ million pounds
fro mthe East Indies. and about / y
million pounds from other countries
u Asia and Oceania. From Peru We
import nearly 40 million pounds OF
copper pigs, ingots. ctc., and from
Chile about Is million pounds of
copper ore. About % per cent Of
our imported cocoa and cocao. crude.
zones from nrazil and Ecuador. their
total ranging between %
and 30 million pounds per annum,
)ut OF an aggregate OF from 100 10
100 million from all countries. Even
'otton Is imported to some extent
rom Peru, about 4 million pounds In
he year Just ended and larger |.
amounts in certain earlier years. Be.
ween and million lunches of
are imported into the Unit.
ID States from South America an.
lually, while practically all the one
million dollars worth and upwards
" cream. or brazil. nuts imported
asst year come from Hrazil.. Argen-
ina, Colombia. Uruguay and vene-
iuela are important sources for int
'orted cattle hides. while goat skins
md sheep skins are imported from
10Th Brazil and Argentina in consld-
rable quantities. Between one-half
md one-third OF the imported india
nbber is from Brazil. that country
Iaving furnished in 1910 30 million
mt OF total importatIon Of lOl mill