The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-15
WHAT AND WHERE BRAZIL BUYS
 AND SELLS


 Of all the republics of South Amer ica that buy from the United States, Brazil. next to Argentine, is the best customer in point of values Incom- pIete statistics just received by the Pan American Union, Washington, D. C.. show that during the year 1913, Brazil imported goods to the value of $326, 50O,0O0, of which total the Uni ted States furnished $51 ,29O,00O worth. On it's face this seems to make quite a good showing, but examination of the other side of the account shows that the exporters of the United States ought to get busy. BraziTs exports for 1913 amounted to $315,1 5,165,OOO, of which total the United States took oy- CT $102, 900, 900 worth. In other words, the United States bought 32.2 per cent of all that Brazil sold. and sold to her only 15,7 per cent of all she bought. Why? It's up to the exporters of tke country to say what's the answer
 Evidently it is not the fault of the Brazilian government. That country shows it's appreciation of its best GUS toner by giving the United States pre- ferential tariff rates in certain lines by subSidizing steamship lines which ply between New York and Brazilian ports. and by sending from time to time to this country on friendly mis- sfons some of her most distinguished
 
 mess men to promote cordial relations and reciprocal commerce.
 Notwithstanding these efforts of Brazil to promote commercial reIa- tions with the United States the figures for her 1918 foreign trade show that the eight countries which sold over $l2,00o,00O each to the big republic ranked as follows: United Kingdom, nearly $8O. 1000; Germany, over 1000 900: United States. $51, 1,OOO.- 900; France, nearly $32, 2,OOO,0 GOO; Ar gentine, over $24,OoO,o0o; Belgium, nearly $16,7OO, ,OOO; Portugal, over $14. 300, 900, and Italy, $12, 1865 ,oOO. In cidentally it may be noted that five of those countries. now more or less tangled up with the Pan European war, sold $2o0, 900 worth of goods to Brazil in 1913. Further details each of which sold over $1,3OO,0oo' worth of goods to the BraziIians, while there were but 1 3 which each took over that, amount of ~her products.
 What does Brazil buy? It may in terest the manufacturers of the United States to know that in 1912, under the classification ManufactuTAes, ready for consumption, she bought over $35,- 275.000 worth of engines, machinery, tools and hardware; over $33, ,0OO, ,00o worth of steel and iron manufacturers; over $21, 100000 worthS of cotton man  carriages, automobiles. and other ve- hicIes; about $7,00o.00o worth of chemicals, drugs, etc. over $6.OOO,000 worth of paper manufactures; nearly $4,750.0 900 Of guns and ammunition, and $4,e0O,0O of wool manufactures.
 Furthermore it may be of interest to United States cotton manufacturers to know that under the classification of cotton manufactures imported by Bra gil may be found piece goods, bleach ed, to the value of $1,46O,00O; un- unbIeached, $225. 900; prints, $940,O00; dyed cottons. $3.325. .ooo; other piece goods, $6, 400, ,000. Practically all of the bIeached. unfb1eached, dyed, and printed goods came from the United Kingdom. Of Jetother piece soods's the imports from the United Kingdo om were over one half, with on-y a small amount from the United States
 Under carriages autom olbiIes etc. there were 3,785 automobiles imported in 1912; worth nearly $5s380, 900, about IT per cent in value being from the United States. Autorn obile access orfes were worth $t,300,000 Of which a little over per cent came from the United States. Of railway cars valued at $7.SS7.000. 50 per cent came from Belgium, 25 per cent from the United States, and 13 per cent from the United Kingdom.
 Other food products Brazil import ed aDOut SI4,OOO,000 worth of wheat practically all from Argentina; wheat flour, about $12,00O.000 worth, of which 53 per cent came from Argen- tina- 34 per cent from the United States. and 10 per cent from Uruguay; codhsh, about $6,6OO,0OO worth, of which 43 per cent .cane from New foundland; 80 per cent from Norway; per cent from Canada; per cent from the United Kingdom and, less than per cent from the United States. Of condensed milk. worth $1,4OO,000, nearly all came from Switzerland < while of hams and bacon 64 per cent came from the United Kingdom and only 24 per cent from the United States.
 These are but few of the stril- ing facts anent the foreign commerce of Brazil which may be worth the con- sideration, in these beIIicose times, of the manufacturers and exporters of the United States