The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-05-05
MEXICAN TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES


Greatly increased exports crude OIL somewhat in
creased of cattle and coffee and diminished exports
Der and metallic minerals from Mexico during the past year
features reports exports from that re-
public transmitted by American bureau
foreign and domestic commerce. department
reports corroboraed in general way by the official
Of that bureau which indicate greatly arrivals oil
fee % and cattle and smaller receipts pig copper gold
and silver from Mexico says the Ell Paso Times
Mexeo foreign trade the fiscal year 1919 the year
for which complete official data hand 24S million
dollars $50 million Of which represented exports SO
ports The United States took that year a per cent Of the
ports and supplied so per cent of the imports.
Comparing the figures of the calendar 1913 with those
the preceding year. exports Mexico from the United
States occurred in cotton btumnous coal structural iron and
and shoes farming tools and machinery railway equipment
mobiles ewing machines wire lumber talking machines
wheat andlar Raw pounds
treble the figures of 1912 structural iron
thousand tons R 1912 to thousand tons 1915 and pipes
htting from 6to 80 million pounds while rails
from 30 to IA thousand passenger freight cars from $40
70 SS9 thousand dollars value agricultural implements from 7s7
to 1863 thousand doafs wre from 26 14N million pounds
and boots and shoes, from ss5 Oo9 to 7977O6 pairs %
Imports Of crude mineral oil remarkable
advance from 273 million gallons valued million dollars
1912 to 6S3 million gallons valued million dollars year
operations are also carried on At Baltimore and n Ts larpe
increase also occurred in imports of Mexican cattle from Az mil
hon dollars worth in 1912 to nearly eight million 1913 Coffee
rose from five million to six million, and from 1914
million dollars but pig copper decreased from lS million to IA m
and crude rubber from ~ million million dollars slight
falling off occurred in cattle hides from 3O4 S pounds
Other important articles imported from aexconcue goat skins
1 million dollars value copper ore, "a millions mahogany
million dollars the figures being slightly above
those of 1912. Is ~ ~ q - .5f
An interesting of Mexco trade is obtained
consular reports the value Of exports declared
States during 1913 from leading points that republic Large
ceases IN exports Of oil reported from Tampco
on the lower gulf coast the former from 3 and the latter
from less than nearly five million dollars from
1912 TO 1913 Exports from Nuevo Laredo amounted 81 m
lion dollars or six times much as in 1872 cattle sheep
corn and pecans contributing the growth Cananea little
than held its own in exports of copper gold and silver
OF these and other less important articles being 7 million dollars
or half million more than in the preceding year Monterey
Gated In the heart Of Mexico sustained considerable
port radefrom llM to 81 million dollars argenterous
line silver bars being the chief factors in the decline shipments
to the United States Caamne rubber iste
while cattle and cattle products with movements
at most other districts increased chihuahua and Juarez held their
own the former doubling its exports of godveread bullion
slightly increasing those of bullion decreasing BY
about 20 per cent its exports Of godver buon and practically
supendng shipments Of copper bullion AT uarez the notable
% was the large increase in of cattle and hides
shipments OF hides at that point and Mazan explained
being Incidental to the large number OF cattle slaughtered
AT San Luis Poto base bullion and rubber ontrbutor
factors IN loss Of 100000 compared with the preceding year
rubber was diminishing factor exports from Sao
exports fell off about so cent chiefly in silver ~