Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-08
TRADE WITH SOUTH AMERICA
Business with Uncle Sans Neighbor
Shows Remarkable Growth.
THREE HUNDRED MILLIONS YEAR
Imports stiII Exceed Exports, hut
Latter Are Gaining Rapidly
Coffee is Largest single
Item.

ANf"s
WASHINGTON, Jan Trade between
the United States and South Amer
lea in the calendar year just ended
was practically S3Oo,OoOO00 in value,
a total in excess OF that Of any earlier
year. In 1900, the trade between the
United states and that continent aggre-
waited SiHOO0 900; in 1906, S2ii,OO0,00O; in
1910, s2gO0O,OcO; and in the first eleven
months OF 1911 for which details are
available. $2iS OO0OOO Of which over &29,-
OO.oOo represented the month Of No~em-
Der, thus indicating for the complete
calender year a total OF fully t3o0C0,O00
our imports from South America stil
exceed our exports 90 that continent
though the latter are rapidly gaining in
the proportion which they form Of the
total trade In 1900, imports were valued
at $685. O0O exports at Sll 100000 exports
thus being o. per cent OF the total trade
In the eleven months OF 1911, imports
were si66O0.OOO and exports ,iO9,OOO,oOO
the latter being 20 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 estimated for the
full calender year based upon eleven
months. figures already compiled by the
bureau OF statistics, Department OF Com
merce and Labor. From Brazil the total
IL likely TO be siO0O00 .OOO compared with
Slo4 10000 last year; from Argentina.
sS.0)O.OOo, compared with S32,0OO,0o0 IN
1910: from Chile. Sl9.O00,Oo0. against Se0.-
10000 IN the preceding year; from Colom-
bia, 100000 against ST. $1,000 in 1910;
from Peru. 5000. 900. against Ss,5OOOOO
in 1910: and from Venezuela, ss,tOOOOO,
compared with S7.25o,OOO in the preced-
ing year. From Ecuador the years i'm
ports are a little over t3,OOOOoO. from
British Guiana, a little less than 81
10000 and from Dutch Guiana about 81
o0o,0oo. The bureau OF statistics esti-
mates the years imports from South
America at approximately s1s3,OOO.OOO, or
slightly less. than the figures for 1910,
which we're tis9,OoO.OOO.
Exports show Growth.
Exports to South America, on the
other hand, show a marked growth when
compared with those OF year earlier,
the estimated total for 1911 being $780,
ooc,0oo compared with SiO0,ooO00O in 1910.
the former high record year. TO Ar
gentina. the largest South America mar
ket for American products. our exports
increased from A2. 10000 in 1910 to an
estimated total OF s5O.OO0.OoO in the year
Just ended: 20 Brazil. from S2S.OOo.0CO to
S2sOoO,ooo; to Chile. from sl0OOO0Oo to SIS
10000; 10 Peru. from less than 5000. 900
20 practically ssOOo. 600: TO Uruguay from
A,5onoo0 TO S65OO.OOO: to Venezuela, from
s2cOooOo to 100000; and to colombia
from A.0ss.O00 TO little over s5.OOO.OO0
Foodstuffs and manufacturers raw ma
terials are the principal classes OF mer-
ehandise imported into the United States
from South America while manufactures
make up the bulk OF the exports from
the United states TO that continent. OF
the tib,Oo0.oOO worth OF nitrate of soda i'm.
ported into the United States practically
all is from Chile. Brazilian coffee sup
piles large proportion OF this staple re-
quirement OF American breakfast tables
from a half to three-quarter billion
pounds per annum coming from Brazil
compared with about GO,OOOOOO pounds
from Colombia, about 4OO0o,OOO pounds
from Venezuela, about 100000 pounds
from the East Indies and about 100000
pounds from other countries OF Asia and
oceanica. From Peru we import nearly
lo,ooo.oOo pounds OF copper pigs, Ingots.
etc, and from Chile about 100000 pounds
Of copper ore. About 25 per cent OF our
Imported cocoa and cacao. crude, comes
from Brazil and Ecuador. their combined
total ranging between 25,OO0,OOO and sOO0,-
600 pounds per annum. out OF an aggre-
gate OF from lO00oo,OO0 TO ls0,OOO,OOO from
all countries.
Cotton and bananas.
Even cotton h imported to a con-
siderable extent from Peru, about 1900. 100
pounos in the year just ended and larger
amounts in certain earlier years. lie
tween 100000 and 100000 punches of ba-
nanss are imported into the United states
from South America annually, while prac-
tlcally all the si.OOO.Ooo worth and upward
OF cream. or Brazil nuts imported last
year came from Brazil. Argentina, CO.
lomoia, Uruguay and Venezuela are Inn
portant sources for imported cattle hides,
while goat skins and sheep skins are Inn
ported from both Brazil and Argentina
In considerable quantities. Between one
half and one-third OF the imported India
rubber is from Brazil, that country hav-
Ing furnished In 1910 4O.OOO,O0O out OF
total importation OF lOl.OOO.OoO pounds.
Our imported wool Is largely drawn from
South America. OF tho 100000 pounds
OF clothing wool imported In 1911 over
lsoooooo pounds were from Argentina.
while the remainder was mostly from the
United Kingdom, Australia ana Tasma-
MIA. Considerable quantities OF carpet
woolH and some clothing woods are also
imported from South America.
The leading articles participating In the
Increased exports to South America are
Agricultural implements. cars. carriages,
manufactures OF iron and steel. numi-
mating oil, cotton goods, lumber, flour,
medicines and meats
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