The St. Johns herald., 1922-01-12
FOREIGN TRADE DROPPED IN 1921 EXPORTS BELOW 1920 RECORD. SAYS U. S. REPORT JUST
 ISSUED.
EUROPE GETS BULK
STATISTICS FOR ELEVEN MONTHS SHOW DECLINES IN ALL LINES
 OF AMERICAN COMMERCE.
(wesisru Newspaper Union News S.rie..)

(WeStern Newspaper Union News SerVies.) Washington. - American business houses exported $4,1S9, 9,343 900 in mer- chandise in the first eleven months of this year, according to figures made public by the Department of Com valued at $2271, ,797 900. In the same eleven months in 1920, exports tOtalled k7, ,5O7, ,729,OOO and imports $5,O12, ,424,- 900.
 The declining trade was shown fur ther in statistics for November when exports aggregated $294, ,437, 900 as compared with $343, ,597, ,OOO for Octo- Der and $676,52SOOO for November of last year.
 Imports for November aggregated S211 ,027, ,0OO while for October they were $294, ,437, ,OOO and for November, 1920, were $321, ,2O9,OOO.
 Europe, as in 1920, drew the bulk of American foreign shipments, the fig ures showing that for November mer- chandise valued at $153, ,349,000 went there, making the total for the eleven months, $2,209,35S,OOO NeighbOring North American countries received s71, ,646,O00 in November shipments and S1,O67 ,446,0O0 for eleven months.
 Exports to South American countries for the eleven months aggregated S25T, ,120,000, or about 40 per cent of the value of commodities sent them in the corresponding period last year.
 To Asia, the figures show, was shipped merchandise of an aggregate value of $439, 9,476.O00 in the eleven months but for the same period in 1920 the shipments were valued at $716,737,- 900. In eleven months this year Amer jeans shipped $147, ,104,O00 and $68,- S37, ,000 to Oceania and Africa, respec- lively.
 For the eleven months of last year the exports amounted 10 $239, ,93S,0e0 for Oceania and $149O69,OOO for Af- rlea. st.-
 Imports from Europe for the first eleven months of the year were $692,- 263,OOO, against $1,1G0,410,000 for the corresponding peried of = 1920,. while from Canada, Mexico and Central American. countries the imports to- tailed in eleven months $702, ,9S0,000 as compared with $1,573, ,440,000 in the eleven months of the preceding year. From South Africa the business houses in the United States imported in the eleven months of this year $268, ,607,- GOO, while in the first eleven months last year the imports were $725,114,- 900.
 The imports from Asia tOtaled $494,- 5O1, ,OOO and $1, ,222, ,s74,OO0 for the first eleven months of this year and last year respectively. Imports from Oce- ania to Dec. l this year were $79,S90,- 900, while in 1920 they were $1S3, ,155,- 900. From Africa there came imports of $83, ,553,OOO in the first eleven months of this year as compared with $146,S 900 in 1920.
 Exports and imports by principal countries during November compared with October follow:
 France-Exports. $19,232,OOO against $200,O51 GOO; imports, $13,929,O0O, against $10,677,O ,O00.
 Germany = Exports, $24, ,326, 900, against S2e.26OOOO; imports, $5,912,- 900, against $7,624,0O0.
 Italy-ExpOrts. $13,249,O0O, against S18,554,OOO; imports, $5,6O7 GOO, against $6,913,OOO.
 Great Britain-ExpOrts, $60, 100000, against SS4 4,953,OOO; imports, $21,SS7,- 900, against $19,2l5,OOO.
 Canada Exports, $41. .194,0O0 against $44, 4,SOO,OOO; imports, $10,S75,- 900, against $9,469,OOO.
 China-Exports, $7,522.OOO, against $s,831 ,O0O; imports, $5,157 GOO, against $9,16O,O0O.
 Japan-ExpOrts, $26,125.OOO, against S25, 198,000; imports, $22,519,OOO, against $17,O77,OO0.
 Belgium - Exports, $1,213,OOO against $7,SS9,OOO; imports, $9.534,OOO, against $9,0S9,OOO.