The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-05
STATES NOT
BEHIND IN SOUTH
AMERICAN TRADE
Union Issues a
Bulletin Defining Status Of
This Country With Refer
ence to Latin Republics.

Mhfhington, Jan. THE position
Of the United States with regard 10
the trade Of the Latin American re-
puhlics n defined In a rccont press
bulletin of the P.n-American Union.
bulletin is as follows.
The total foreign trade Of the
twenty Latin American republics for
the year 1919 was t2.SGf.s7G.224. OF
this amount fi.325.752,g27 represent
ed imports and Si,539.le3,597-ex-
porsH.
The figures abovc are compiled by
the Pan-American Union from orig
lnal reports from the several ooun-
tries. For Panama the figures are
partly estimated, being founded upon
incomplete returns. and FOR Near
aqua ana Ecuador they are Tor the
year 1912. In an otncr eases the
period covered h the calendar year
1918.
How N thisr trade distrinuted
among the principal commercial ma
TONS % tho world. and In particular.
what share has the United States
therein II me sometimes as "a
surprise o. Americans when they are
told that the United states enjoys a
larger proportion of tho foreign trade
Of the Laun American republics than
any other country I'm the world In
1913 tho share ~ the uuHed states
was moro thun three times that Of
France, nearly double that OF Ger
mnuy. and 30 pcr cent greater than
that 0i the United Kingdom; United
states sS03.465.si5; United King
dom. s6i2.5SG.s s6; Germany. Si0I.
t3e.354: France. g23S,St3,fa3,
Uutil 1918 the lead of the United
states IN tn foreign trade Of Latin
America was due 90 us share OF
Latin American exports. hut the
United Kingdom has heretofore LED
tn the volume OF Latin American i'm
ports In 1918. for the first time the
United States tool the lead In I'M
ports. the value Of its shipments to
the twenty countries helms S325,ASf,-
3t5, as ngninst the United Kingdom
Sg2222S.0I3, Germany s2if.St6, 2oZ'
and France Sii~O.4Si.3S5. Notwith-
standing the efforts put forward by
the British manufacturers Ia 1914
and particularly since the besinnins
of the war. tu irnintain their posi-
ton i'm the Latlr american import
trade and 20 capture a large share
Of the German trade. "a can be pre-
dicted with reasonable confidence
that the lead In this trade acquired
arsi hy the United states In tai3 WIZ
not be lost IN 1914
IN the field Of Latin American cN-
ports the United states in 1918 tooN
goods 10 the value of &ttI62h'opp'
Inc United kingdom, S32t,S5s.siS
Germany. s~isg156,tT2; France
ttgs.aea,O6s. In Guatemala. Hon
duras. Nicaragua. Panama. the DO
minican Republic, Haiti, Argentina
uot;vin. Paraguay and Uruguay. ter
countries ln an. the imports from tue
United stntcs exceeded the exports
thereto In the remaining ten conh-
tries. Mexico. salvador, Costa lNe"'
cuba. Brazil. chile. Colombia, hchn-
dor Peru and Venezuela, the eNpoft'
Ia the United states exceeded the I'M
ports therofrom. In Guatemala h"h-
durnr. Nicaragua. Costa Rlca, Pana-
ma. cuba, the Dominican Republic
nnd Haiti. the imports from the
United states represented more tha'
one-haif OF an the imports INTO tn'
countries. IN Mexico the imp"ft'
from tho United states amounted "a
nearly one.haif-ts7 per sent of th'
whole. The ten countries last named,
taken together. took from the United
states 5g.6 per cent of their total I'M
morris. from the United Kingdom
les per cent; from Germany 100
per cent. and from France ~ per
cent. The same countries exportev
10 the United states 7tS per cent OF
tholr total foreign exports; To th'
United kingdom. ~ per cent %
Germany. 40 per cent, and Go ffhht'
SO per cent. In only two OF me l',.
countries named ala The United
states mi! to rank first In both 3m'
ports ana exports, in Guntomnla' tn'
exports 20 Germany Represented s2i
per cent Of the total 10 the On'ie'
| s,ate,, e7.2 per cent. and In Haiti ma
exports 10 both France and uermnnN
exceeded those 10 the United states
I'm Honduras the proportion OF ox'