Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-24
WHAT AND WHERE BRAZIL BUYS
 AND SELLS.
Next to Argentine 1t is the Best Gus toner United States Army South American Republics.

Of all the republics of South Amer ica that buy from the United States Brabil, next to Argentine, is the best customer in point of values Incom- plete statistics just received by the Pan American Union, Washington. D. C., show that during the year 1915 Brazil imported goods to the value of $326, ,5O0, 900, of which total the Unit ed States furnished S51 ,290. 900 worth On it's face this seems to make quite a good showing, but an examination of the other side of the account shows that the exporters of the United States ought to get busy. Brazirs exports for 1913 amounted to $315, 165, 900, of which total the United States over S102, ,000,- 900 worth. In other words, the United States bought 32.2 per cent of all that Brozil sold, and sold to her only 15-7 per cent of all she bought Why? It's up to the exporters Of the country to say whats the answer.
 Evidently it is not the fault of the Brazilian government. The country shows it's appreciation of it's best cus- toner by giving the United States preferential tarif rates in certain lines, by substituting steamship lines which ply between New York and Brazilian ports, and by sending from time to time to this country on friendly mis- national officials. journalists, and bust ness men to promote cordial relations and reciprocal commerce.
 Notwithstanding these efforts of Brazil to promote commercial relations with the United States the figures for her 1913 foreign trade show that the eight countries which sold over $12,- GOO, 900 each to the pig republic ranked as follows: United Kingdom. nearly $SO, 900, 900; Germany, over $51, 900, 900;
 United States, $51, ,00o,0 900; France, nearly $32, ,0O0. 900; Argentine. over $24.- 7an r1-
 Portugal, over s14.3o0, 900; and Italy, S12, 265 900. Incidentally it may be noted that of those countries. now more or less tangled up with the Pan Europeon war, sold $200.0O0,000 worth of goods to Brazil in 1913. Further details show that there were IS coun- tries each of which sold over $1, 3OO,- 900 worth of goods to the BraZilians, while there were but 13 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 Manufacturers, ready for consumption, she bought over S35,215,- 900 worth of engines, machinery, tools and hardware: over $33,OOO,0OO worth of steel and iron manufacturers; over -$21. 900, 900 worth of cotton manu- lecturers; over $14, ,250,000 worth of carriages, automobiles, and other vehi- cles: about S7,000.00O worth of chemi- calls, drugs. etc.. over $6.000, 900 worth of paper manufactures; nearly $4,IoO.- 900 of guns and ammunition; ana S4, 0O0, 900 of wool manufactures
 Furthermore it may be of interest to United States cotton manufacturers to know that under the classification or cotton manufactures imported by Bra gil may be found piece goods, bleached, to the value of q. 460. 900: unbleached, $255, 900; prints, Ss40.o0O; dyed cot tons a qo5 On0. ofhar niece goods. S6, 400, ,O0O. Practically all of the bleached, unbleached, dyed, and printed goods came from the United Kingdom. Of "Other piece goods'' the imports from the United Kingdom were over one half, with only a small amount from the United States.
 Under carriages, automobiles, etc, there were s,7s5 automobiles imported in 1912, worth nearly t5,3S0.000, about IT per cent in value being from the United States. Automobile accesso- ries were worth s1 300, 900. of which a little over per cent. came from the
 United States. Of railway cars. valued at 37,3s7, 900, 50 per cent. came from Belgium. 2b per cent. from the United
 States. and 15 per cent from the Unit ed Kingdam.
 Under Food products Brazil imported about 314,000.00o worth of wheat prac- ticaily all from Argentina: wheat flour.
 about s12,ooo.ooo worth. of which sa per cent came from Argentina 54 per cent. from the United States, and 10 per cent. from Uruguay: codfish. about | e6. 600, 900 worth. of which l3 per cent came from Newfoundland: 30 per cent
 from Norway; 14 per cent. from Cana
 da;; per cent. from the United King the United States. Of condensed milk ' worth s1,4oo,ooo. nearly all came from