Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-20
DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN
EXPORTS,

lIlrcc'lOnrtiS OF the exports OF the
United States go to ten leading cOun-
tries; tho remaining o%nc-f0nrth is
distributed among 100 other countries
and dependencies. The ten countries
receiving this thrcc-fOurths of our ex.
ports are: England, 1913 million dol.
lars: Canada, 329 million; Germany,
"o7 million; France. 1875 million; Meth.
"Ilands, tot million; Italy, G5 million;
Cuba, G2 million; Mexico, 13 million;
Japan and Argentina, SO million each,
these figures being for the latest com.
plcte fiscal year, 1912.
The ten principal articles or groups
OF articles forming the 1912 exports
to these ten principal takers OF Amer
lean exports are shown in the state.
mcnt which follows; the figures being
drawn from a publication Just issued
by the Department or Commerce, ell.
titled, Table 10, Imports and Exports
OF Merchandise Into and From the
United States, by Countries and Prin.
cipal Articles. 1908 to 1912, inclusive"
England-Thc ten principal articles
exported thereto, stated in the order
OF magnitude, in 1912, ire: Raw cot.
ton. 222 million dollars; meats, 81
million; breadstutYs, 26 million; leath.
er n manufactures, 90 million: iron
and steel manufactures, q million;
mineral oils, II million; wood manu-.
features, l6 million; copper pigs, etc.
Is million; manufactured tobacco,
II million; and Photographic goods, !
Million; these ten articles represent.
Ing so per cen Of our exports to Eng.
land.
Canada-Iron and steel manufac.
lures, SO million dollars; coal and
coke, & million; wood and manufac.
lures, 20 million; cars and carriages.
10 million; raw cotton, 8 million:
fruits and nuts, ? million; breadstufrs,
cotton manufactures. mineral oils.
and paper manufactures, each about s
million; or 81 per CEN of the total
to Canada.
Germany-Raw cotton, 1853 million
dollars; copper pigs, etc, 30 millions;
meat and dairy products, % million:
breadstutfs. l3 million: iron and steel
manufactures, 10 million; refined min.
eral oil, 9 million: oil cake and oil
cake meal, ! million: fruits and nuts.
b million; naval stores, 6 million; and
wood and manufactures. 5 million: or
81 per cent of the total to Germany.
F1nce-Raw cotton, G3 million dol.
las; copper manufactures, 81 million;
refined mineral oil, I million: iron
and steel manufactures, 6 million:
unmanufacturer tobacco, 5 million:
meat and dairy products, 4 million:
agricultural implements, 3 million:
wood and manufactures thereof, 2 mil.
lion; and crude mineral oil. 2 million
dollars; these ten classes forming IS
per cent of the total to France.
Netherlands Copper pigs, bars,
etc. 70 million dollars; meat and dai-
ry products. Is million; breadstuffs,
IL million: refined mineral oil, s mil.
lion; wood and manufactures thereof,
q million: oil cake and oil cake meal,
d mlllion; cOttonseed oil, 6 million:
manufactured tobacco, ) million:
leather and manufactures thereof, 9
million: and iron and steel manufac.
lures. , million; or S. per cen Of the
to the Netherlands.
1taly-Raw cotton, 80 million dol.
lars; copper pigs, etc, 6 million; I'm.
manufactured tobacco, ) million; re.
fined mineral oils. 3 million: iron and
steel manufactures, 3 Million: wood
manufactures, 2 million: c%ottonseed
oil. 2 Million: meat and dairy prod.
icts, over ! million; and soap stock
and naval stores, each q little less
than a million dollars; or 30 per cent