The Washington herald., 1921-03-14
CERMAlVY'S TRADE
FIGURES FOR 1920
AREQ,OOo,O0O,OOO
Last Years Approxima-
ton Shows Loss of
$4,000, 900, 900.
CLOSE RACE STAGED
United States, Great Britain
And France Vie for Trade
Honors.

Inc foreign lrduc VI oei hAohSs -
which the London conference gave
much attention in its discussions
and plans. apparently amounted.
says q statement by the National
City Bank Of New York. to nearly
or perhaps quite $4,000. 100000 In the
calendar year 1890. as against about
5000. .oeo.eo in the year prior to
the war, though the ratio of to
tai values" of 1890 compared with
those of 1913 does not Of course
indicate a corresponding ratio In
quantity, since prices of 1890 were
much higher than those of 1913.
Loss over 1914.
This estimate, of approximately
81, ,0oo, ,o0o.ooo as the total foreign
trade Of Germany with 60,oo0.oVo
population In 1890. as against $5,-
600 ,ooo. 900 with s7.000.000 popula-
tion prior to the war. Is necessarily
based upon the trade figures of the
countries buying from or selling to
her, since her own trade figures at
the present time are not only frag-
mentary. but stated in units OF a
Deprecated and constantly huctuat-
ing currency.
Close Race staged
The race between the United
States. Great Britain and France to
regain trade with Germany has
been. adds the banks statement,
close one Onicial records of the
three countries in question show
that the trade of the United States
with Germany in 1890 was S3so.oeo.-
900. that of Great Britain, fs2,255,-
900, and that of France approx
mateiy 3.so0. 100000 francs. Bel
gium and Italy also showed an
equal trade Willingness to forget
the past" while the |neutrals on all
Of her frontages. Switzerland.
Netherlands. the Scandinavian
states, Czecho-Slovakia. Poland. and
even Soviet Russia. showed marked
gains over the preceding year, ap-
parently bringing the grand total
Of Germany's foreign trade in 1890
to approximately s2.ooe.eoo.ooo.
Principal Iapert.-
what are the articles forming this
new commerce with the new Ger
many-for it rs conducted under
Justify this title7 Foodstuffs and
manufactnring materials have been.
since the close Of the war her prin-
cipal imports. and manufactures of
the type with which she made her
greatest prewar industrial reputa-
tion. her chief exports. In our own
case raw cotton, wheat, hour and
meats. are the principal articles sold
to Germany. aud dyestuffs. chemi-
calls. and certain high grade manu-
faetures. the principal imports from
that country.
OF our exports to Germany in
1890. which totaled. according to
our own official record. s311.437,377.
raw cotton alone amounted to
s1Io,s31 .0e0; wheat, s22. 900:
-four, s11.s5s.o00: meat of various
classes. but especially pork prod
ucts. approximately $25.000.o0O:
lard. $4,000. 900, and condensed
milk nearly 5000. 600. OF the sss.-
s3s,2s0 worth of merchandise i'm
ported from Germany in 1920, dye
stuffs, chemicals. gloves, laces and
miscellaneous manufactures were
the principal articles
Inpsrts from Britain.
Great Britain. whose trade with
Germany approximated s400.0oO.O 900,
sent her approximately $4,000, 900
nth of wool. partly domestic. but
a large part drawn from foreign
countries and re-exported to Ger
many: cotton about s17.o0o,o00. in
part from the United States. and a
part from Egypt hides about s3.-
100000, chiefly OF foreign produce
ton; India rubber. drawn from
British colonies and forwarded to
Germany, about s5.00o. 900. and of
British factory products approx
mately s13.OOO.000 worth of cotton
yarn; 1000. 900 worth of woolen
yarn and s2.500.0oo worth of pig
IRON Her principal imports from
Germany. which amounted to about
50.000.000. included especially
paper. leather, silk manufactures,
scientific instruments. wood pulp,
lumber, wines and chemicals
Export. to France.
Frances imports from Germany,
which aggregated 1,7s5,ss0,oOO
francs in the nine months ending
with September, 1920. included &c.,
900 900 francs worth of oils. 255.-
sss.soo Of machinery. s7.774.000 of
manufactures of metal and $1,000
600 francs of chemicals: while her
exports to Germany, which amount
ed to 752.0o0.o00 francs in the nine
months of 1910. included wines
foodstuffs. textiles and certain
manufacturing materials drawn
from French colonies.
Germany's foreign trade is about
equally divided between imports
and exports. but the proportions dif-
fers widely in the trade with the
various countries. Exports form
about 20 per cent of her trade with
France and Italy. sc per cent Of
that with the United Kingdom, and
25 per cent OF that with the United
States
D,xfchurur Cool Covuuouv