Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-01
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELLING
ABROADFACEL LOCAL DEALERS
Attention of Firms Interested in Export Business Called
to Definite Wants" by COOPERATIVE Bureau
of Chamber of Commerce.

Richmond manufacturers this week
havc fortyn!ne specific oppnr,uui-
ties for making sales OF their prod
acts in seventeen different countries
tho attention OF those FIRMS inter.
cetcd In Export business being called
20 these definite wants and sales
oDrortuu!t!os by tho Operative
ONO" Of the bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce which is con-
Quoted ~ the Chamber "of Com
'ncrcv.
Tho variety aud extent az products
desired 10y foreign purchasers may
he gathered from the following
numbered list az opportunities which
have hccn selected. because they en-
brace articles made in Richmond.
from the $50 inquiries received at thu
Chamber OF Commerce. In manN
cases outright purchase is desired
Will" considerable number of an
plicati"ns al" for agencies As is
usually tho case. manufacturers Il
flour, machinery, tobacco and chem
sca!s have the largci number Of sales
opportunities presented them. bus
and lumber OF ali kinds are afford
I'D several definite connections.
Their" probably are few business
Mon h.r" who know that there are
nine Richmond firms doing an ex =
port business in lumber or lumber
products. Their fields embrace, as
one firm states. Anywhere" but
special attention is given I" England.
France. Germany. Italy. spain. Dem
mark. Japan and south American
countries. Actual figures recorded
at the Chamber Of Commerce show
that a small number oc these firms
have %
than Sl.50t.00o. conservative cati-
mates OF the total foreign business
done by houses handling such prod
uciS placing tht annual total az near
~ $1,000. 900
Willie recent American exports oi
soft woods have declined. hardWUods
'ontinuc their upward trend oak
lumber and gum particularly show
ing great export Increases.
For Southern yellow pine. the
ranking board plank and scamtling
markets recently have been Argcn-
tina. Cuba, Mexico. and the west
Indies. these four taking Is rcr
cent OF the total. and absorbing 30
per cent Of these exports so Tar
thIs year Argentina alone taking
nearly 81 per gent.
Tie exports OF cooperagc. incIud-
ing shocks. slaves. and heading
amounted to over s605. 900 in value. a
decided increase over the years av-
cragc. The chief stave markets con-
tinue TO be France. French Africa.
Canada Portugal. and Spain. Tight
and slack slaves showed an Increase
In value Of $4,000 over July, 1921
and cooperage shocks. S24l.00O.
Amendments to the Canadian Gus
toms certificate now require that a
sworn statement he included show
ing that the article Is produce or
manufacture of the country speci-
fed In the invoice This amended
sorm and certificates Of value will
be required beginning October |. ac-
cording to adyiccs reaching tho
Richmond cooperative office.
While the United States leads i'm
the production of newsprint paper.
the Canadian mills arc growing rap
idly. according TO an analysis Just
made by the paper division of the
Department Of Commerce. and sta
tistics show that there was IL marked
increase in production during the
hrSt six months Of 1922. as comnar. d
with the corresponding period III
1871 la the United States very lit
tic has been done in the way of adj
ditional equipment FOR Ihe ,nanufac-
iurc of newsprint whLroas In Can
ada Number of the flar2e mill