The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-29
4 NEW ANALYSIS
Of WORLD TRADE
Department of Commerce Gets
Out Book Showing Business
With Foreign Nations

Washington. u. G. Sept. IS What
and how much the nations. of the
world are buying and the proportion
OF the purchases obtained rrem the
United States as told nv American
consular officers located at the chief
strategic points Of trade are discuss
ed in Commercial Relations sf The
lhited states, a volume OF 80
pages. Just issued hv the bureau ~
Foreign and Domestic Commerce. De
partment of Commerce. Every part
Of the world is covered by hrs book.
and the fact therein presented. based
pon revised statistics for 1912. are
from the standpoint of the foreign
countries and therefore differ some
what in Considerations and totals.
from the corresponding figures based
upon returns OF exports as reported
by collectors OF customs in the United
States.
Four countries other than the
United States offer each a market for
over a billion dollars worth of for
eign produCts-the United Kingdom.
Germany, France. and the Neither
lands. Great Britain buys 3 billion
dollars worth, about 20 per cent of
which is from this country: Ger
many. ? IL billion. with Is per cent
from the United States: France. | IL
billion, Of which II per cent is from
the United States; and the Neither
lands, an important center for the
transshipment Ct foreign goods. near
~ / 1-2 billion. in which American
goods figure TO the extent Of about
10 per cent.
Belgium's annual purchases fall
Just short of | billion in value, United
States products supplying about 8 per
cent; while Austria-Hungary Italy.
Canada, Russia, India. Australia. Ar
Sentina, and Japan are next in order
with imports ranging from 722 mil
lion to about 800 million. These
I, countries vary greatly. however. in
the proportion of their purchases
i from the United States. Canada ak
. ing 65 per cen and India 3 per cent
according to the official figures pub
lished in the volume. As a market
= for American products India is only
One-third as important as Brazil.
Austrla-Hunsary is equal to Cuba
: Japan is about Is per cent as large
as Canada. and China is only half "a
= large as Argentina.
A particularly important feature ot
n this new analysis of world trade is
O. the Introductory chapter which shows
g the character of goods exported by
o. Europe n the classes of goods i'm,
d ported by those countries which have
heretofore looked chiefly To Europe
for their requirements of foreign
n merchandise. Manufactures from 81
= - ~ -
United Kingdom. 80 per cent Of tn
exports from Switzerland, s. per cen
IT of the exports from Germany. So pc
m cent of the exports from France. an,
Al per cent of the exports from Ans
/ t~ria-Hungary, While Canada. Contra
d and South America, Australia. New
leland, and South Africa-aH Of then
l. important markets for manufacture
K send large quantities Ct foodstuff
is and raw materials to Europe in ex
change for products Of manufac
ture.
" from the list Of countries discuss
n ed in Commercial Relations Of n
ne United States" Austria-Hungary ma
in be taken as typical of countries corn
TX peting for the world trade in manu-
or features and Brazil as representing tn
Ii great agricultural communities. J
Mt which manufactures are chiefly sole
On Austria-Hungary sold in 1912 40 mi,
n lion dollars worth of textiles, 10 M.
lion of clothing. q million of metz
al goods, Is million of wooden ware. ]
st million of glassware. 10 million 9
he weather goods. 9 million Of machin
Mt cry, and paper goods. wines. cfeu
'fe Gals, china ware. vehicles. and hume,
TO Gus other articles in c~onsiderabI
D. amounts. The United Kingdom. &c
az many, Switzerland. and Belgium ~
81 of even greater Importance in the
e sales of manufactures. the details II.
ing also presented in the volume
,'t question BraZilS imports exceed 80
h million dollars value. only ID per eef
an of uh;.h nee ~o~ - 80. 60.
-ly uh;.h ,atas Ao 49, 90, nf - D..
1iiian a~noS .aa. -
asS -
chinery, and other leading classes
=: manufactures are classified IN II
- book so as to show the relative col
tributions of LEADING countries Con
of i'i - 80
mercial Relations of the United Stat
1912" sold by the Superintendent
~ Documents. Washington. for 40 cen
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