The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-31
ROADS PORTS
Do GREAT BUSINESS
poet Values Amounted to More
AAn 4122, OO0, 600, Import Bust
meas More than Doubled.
FOREIGN CLEARANCEs s,oss
1!lou0te Of Soda from Chile, Valued
u - ~, 1874, 43O, Amounting to 277,-
~ Tons-Norfolk's Largest Single
Import Item.

A1pAClal to The Richmond Virginian.)
NORFOLK, Dec. 30.--The year, 1915,
NAe record breaker In the history
~ ths export and import business of
- port OF Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Z ~ total exports for the year amount
- 34S.14i,375. as against s27.096.-
4 I'D In 1915. or an increase in exports
Tor the year Of s21.o45.156.
The imports for 1916 amounted TO
e11.6s3,sSs. as against s6,507.s7s in
1 1o1ts or an increase in imports for
ISIS. - '''''' 'e' '' ~
The largest item of importation at
) Norfolk during the year was nitrate
~ soda from Chile. amounting to 277.-
~ tons. valued at s10.ss4.43o. Other
Df1ncipal Items OF importation were
copper ore from Cuba. logwood from
HAIL and Mexico and pyrites from
Dpain.
The principal items of exportat ion
were coal. cotton. foodstufrs. horses.
] metals and lumber to the European
And South American countries.
Ihe year was great one for the
x0ort, there having been during the
year 1,59S entrances here Of vessels
Engaged in the foreign trade. with L.
ID foreign clearances. Coastwise en-
frances at Norfolk during the year
totAled l.21s. with 1897 clearances OF
coastwlse vessels from the port.
During the year just ended s.033
= vessels cleared from Hampton Roads
In the foreign trade. of which 1.T7s
were from Norfolk and 1854 from
Newport News.
The total exports from Hampton
Roads for the year 1916 amounted in
value to $122.0s4.s7a. as against s123,-
te7.40o In 1915. This was falling
IN OF $1.S22.421 during the year Just
ending. due to the expectation OF fewer
horses and mules. but was gain for
the year 1915 OF nearly si0e. zoo. 900 in
export values as over the year 1914.
this showing an export business for
Hampton Roads during the past two
years OF the enormous volume Of s245
J esa.379. OF the total Hampton Roads
exports during 1915 OF sl22,GS4979.
Newport News is credited with $73-
e31.6o4 and Norfolk with t4s.1&l.375.
The total imports for Hampton
Roads for 1916 were sl4Ss2.e2e OF
which $12,362.a39 Is credited to Nor
folk and sa.0t9.sS7 to Newport News
The increase of Hampton Roads i'm
ports for 1915 over 1916 was s5.4Sl.-
4 rs. these imports for 1915 having to-
tailed only s7.soo.s9S.
4 wonderful Trade.
The year was n wonderful one in
the ports foreign trade. Norfolk S
exports for 1915. amounting to $27,-
OSS.21s and her imports for the same
year. amounting to s6,5079Ts. UP 10
\ that time far exceeded anythlns- in
I the history of the port These high
water figures of l9l5. when compared
with Norfoiks 1915 exports OF s+S.-
1l,315, and imports of i2.3s2, a39,
show the phenomenal strides made by
this port In its foreign business dur
ing this year. the expectation and i'm
portation values having both almos 7
doubled themselves during 1915 as
over the previous record year of 1915.
The following statement shows the
4 monthly importation and expectation
values at Norfolk during 1915:
Ibtal Valae of Imports ard Exports
1t Norfolk. Va. ny Months From
January l. 1910 TO December