Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-28
OUR
F0REIFN TRADE
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND BONES.
TIL COMMERCE COMPLIES FiG
TRES FOR MONTH OF DEFENDER
AND CALENDAR YEAR. 1915.
EUROPE FAR IN LEAD
AMONG GRAND DIVISIONS EURO
PEANS ARE SHOWN To BOTH
Buy MORE THAN WE AND SELL
MORE THAN WE.
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Washington. ID. a.. Feb. 5>.-Thc De
tailed figures If the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce. Department -
Commerce shows the imports into and
the exports from the United State, for
the month Of December. 1913 and the cal
endar wear 1919 IN comparison with the
correspondent. periods If 1912. by grand
divisions and principal countries
Europe is far IN the lead among tn
grand divisions both i'm selling To IA and
in buying from H.. Our imports from that
grant division IN 1913 were S>6I g>6.230
ar 80 Oh .Gli less than in 1912. and prac-
ticallv one hllf our total imports. Our
exports thereto ia the past wear were al
iT9513.a-i. or 80 l.0.J31 more than IL
1917. and almost thrrSfifths our total cX-
noris. The balance If trade with Europe
& strongly ~ favor IF the United States
ana j. incrcaSing. amounting to s43I.3~i.
IL, ia 1919 ~ compared with -J6I H.
S.p ~ the preceding wear.
North America j. second. selling 10 n
goods valued ~ $3.50 aJI .l16 in 1919 and
having from us goods a%gcregating SG0l.
i76 lI9 in value. Although our imports
from North America Increased SlG.lil 40
a compared with 1872. our exports -
that grand division increased so>.l1. &C
ami The trade balance in our favor grew
rom >lIg.iSS.GI1 i'm lal2 To S21l.J2t.9Ss ia.
1913.
Asia. South America. Oceanic. and AT
rica follow in he order nam Il in selling
- rs. and IN buNing from M. South Amer
lea ranks third with Asia next. followed
Nv Ocrania and Africa. This order was
the same in both 1912 and 1912. With all
four Of these grand divisions the balance
~ trade i against ~. hut the total bal
anu of TIRE for the four amounts
to only >l5LNlGIl7 in 1913.
The growth IF trade strongly fnyorS the
Initc, States. for. with q volume Of
business amounting ~ 9l>.t5i.lO more
than in 1872 the balance Of trade against
IL was S30952l5o less.
Looking IL the figures Nv principal
countries il viii bee seen that. although
our total trade with the Tuithl King
dom decreased from S1lg.a5..51a in 1872
t. $50 60 80 in 1919. that country re-
tanned bN a wide margin IT, place ~ uur
best customer. or this decrease az >51.
40 Isl. only S~lG.ai..JGg was in exports
10 the United Kingdom and sil.O21.6 lS
was IA imports thcrcfrom. thus showing
an increase nf S2l.1>J 0l9 in the bLlanrr
of trade in favor Of the United States.
Canada. which was third in 1912 with
4 total trade ~ SlJ9.Ai5 n9l. IL second in
1919 with trace amounting 90 SJIJ Gl931i
Although I'll re was an increase in the
values Of both importS AMI cXlorIS. the
greater increase was IN our exports 10
that country aud the ! lance If trade
flvoring the United States was larger IN
1919
In 1872. GERMANY was second with 4
total trade az -Jl6 ia;. ~ hut dropped to
third place In 1919 despite an increase in
the total trade 80 ~.I;i.lil >a3. Again
there Is found an increasing trade bal
fHnce fayorIng the United States. for the
growth in exports TO rmany in 1919
was greater than the growth in total
trade. there being a slight decrease in
imports from III I country.
France continues in fourth position
with nn aggregate trade with NJ in 1917.
iof >Ao2. SD. i0d. only i sight advance over
1917. IA which wear The trade amounted
10 sa>9 &c l5L.
For the month If December. 1919. the
United Kingdom Germany. Canada. and
France stood i'll the order named IN the
magnitude ~ their total trlt!e with the
United States. With the first two coun.
tries named there was a decrease in
trade tor December ~ compared with
ncccmb r. 1872 but with Canada and
France. trade for December. 1918. was
larger han for the corresponding month
Of 1912 but with Canada and France
trade for December. 1918. WAS larger
than for the cor srsponding moth II 1912
Exports from the United States by these
countries. however. exceeded imports IA
III eases. and. except with France. by
large margins.