Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-21
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS.

What and how much the nations of
tion of the purchases obtained from
the United States as told by American
consular officers located at the chief
strategic points of trade are discuss
ed in Commercial Relations of the
United States," volume of 272 pages,
Just issued by the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce. department
OF commerce. Every part of the
world is covered by this book and
the facts therein presented, based up
on revised statistics for 1912. are from
the standpoint OF the foreign coun-
tries and therefore differ somewhat
in classidcations and totals, from the
corresponding figures based upon re-
turns of experts as reported by col.
lectors Of customs in the United
States.
Four countries other than the Uni
ted States offer each a market for
over billion dollars worth of for
eign products-the United Kingdom,
Germany. France. and the Neither
lands. Great Britain buys three bill
ion dollars worth, about 20 per cent
of which is from this country; Ger
many two and one-half billion with
Is per cent from the United States;
France, one and one-half billion, of
which IL per cent is from the United
States, and the Netherlands, an i'm
portant center for the transshipment
CT foreign goods, nearly one and one
half billion, in which American goods
figure to the extent of about 10 per
cent.
Beigium's annual purchases fall
short Of one billion in value, United
States products supplying about per
cent; while Austria Hungary, Italy,
Canada, Russia. India, Australia, Ar
gertina, and Japan are next in order
with imports ranging from 722 million
20 about 800 million. These countries
vary greatly, however, in the proper
tion OF their purchases from the Uni
ted states. Canada taking 65 per cent
and India per cent. according to the
official figures published in the vol
ume. AS a market for American
PRODUCTS India is only one-third as
Important ss Brazil, Austria Hungary
is equal to Cuba. Japan is about Is
per cent as large as Canada, and Chi
ma is only half as large as Argentina.
A particularly important feature of
oil ciS Nf
Introductory chapter which shows the
character of goods exported by Eu-
rope and the classes of goods import
ed by those countries which have
heretofore looked chiefly to Europe
for their requirements of foreign
merchandise. Manufactures form 80
per cent of the exports from the Uni
ted Kingdom, 76 per cent of the ex-
ports from Switzerland, 65 per cent
of the exports from Germany, So per
cent Of the exports from France, and
Al per cent of the exports from Aus
tria-Hungary, while Canada, Central
and south America, Australia, New
Zealand, and South Africa--all OF
them important markets for manu-.
factures-send large quantities Of
foodstuffs and raw materials to Eu.
rope in exchange for products OF
manufactures.
From the list Of countries discussed
in Commercial relations of the Uni.
ted States" Austria Hungary may be
taken as typical of countries compel.
ing for the world trade in manufac
lures and Brazil as representing the
great agricultural communities, ir
which manufactures are chiefly sold
Austria-Hungary sold in 1912 40 mill
ion dollars worth of textiles, 1e mill.
ion of clothing, 21 million Of meta
goods, 16 million of wooden ware, II
million of glassware, 10 million o.
leather goods, million of machinery
and paper goods, wines, chemicals
chinaware, vehicles, and numerou.
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