The Meeker herald., 1922-01-07
FOREIGN TRADE
DROPPED IN 1921.
EXPORTS BkLow 1s1o REcoRD,
SAYS Y. .. REPoRT JUST
IooUGD.
EUROPE GETS BULK
STATISTICS ron ELGvGN MONTHS
SHOW oEcIiNEs IN ALL LINES
OF AMERICAN COMMERCE.

(WS.sr, Nssps,s uaisa MN savisa)
Washington. - American business
houses exported Sl,1so, S48, 0oo in mer-
chandise In the first eleven months of
this year, according to figures made
public BY the Department Of Com
merce, which also gave imports ~
valued at t227l. 7o7 900. In the same
sisven months in 1870, exports totallsd
Il, 6O1, 729. 900 and imports &5.012. %A.-
go
The declining trade was shown fur
Their In statistics for November when
exports aggregated 80. l0.e00 ~
compared with oolS, 6e7. 900 for Octo-
Der and s876b2aooo for November Of
last year.
Imports for November Aggregated
$2ll, Oh, 600 while for October they
were $204, 487, 900 and for November.
1870, were 1921 .2O0. 900.
Europe, Ms in 1920, drew the bulk Of
American foreign shipments. the fig
urcs showing that fer November mer-
chandise valued at $l58,349, 900 went
there. making the total for the eleven
months, s2,20e. sos.0 600. Neighboring
Nsrth American countries received
81, e46, 900 in November shipments and
q. Oe7. $4,000 for eleven months.
Exports to South American countries
for the eleven months Aggregated
e257, 100, 900, or about 10 per cent of
ths value Of commodities sent them In
ths corresponding period last year.
To Asia. the figures show, was
shipped merchandise Of an aggregate
value Of 94so, A7AO0O In the eleven
msaths but for the same period In 1920
the shipments were valued at, $71678 :
900. In eleven months this year Amer
icass shipped 3147.104. 600 and $685.
8S1 600 to Oceania and Africa, respec-
lively.
For the eleven months of last year
the exports amounted to $3.50. 98S, 900
for Oceania and $149.060, 600 for AZ
rica.
Imports from Europe for the first
elsvsa moaths Of the year were $685.
26o. 900, against SLIGO. 10000 for the
corresponding period q 1870. while
from Canada. Mexico and Central
American countries the imports to-
tailed In eleven months 3702. 060. 900 ~
compared with s1,57S.440,O00 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 sos, 00.-
600, while In the first eleven months
last year the imports were $725,114,-
Co.,
The Imports from Asia totaled 1884,
sol. 600 and 81, 2,S4, 600 for the first
eleven months Of this year and last
year respectively. Imports from Oce-
ania to Dec. this year were Sc, $780,
600. while In 1920 they were $1SS, 1885,
0o0. From Africa there came imports!
Of 83,55S, 600 In the first eleven
months OF this year a. compared with
SAG, 81. 900 In 1920.
Exports and imports by principal
countries during November compared
with October follow:
France-Exports. 1926, 600 against
$3.50. O61 600; Imports, S1a920.0OO
against S1O,677,00O.
Germany = Exports. $24, 328, 900
against S26.2oO. 600; imports. 1902.
900. against x7.624,O0
Italy-Exports. S13.249. 600. against
$1s.554. 900; imports. &5.o07. 900. against
$o.0lS.OO.
Great Britain-Exports, $50. 900, 600
against &s4 .D53,0 900; imports, 1887,
600, against $l0.215.0OO.
Canada Exports, $H,194. 600
against S44,sOO.00O; imports, Sl0.s75.
900. against 81, 1900.
China-Bxports, $7.b22.000. agains
1881 900; imports, $5.157 900, agains
100000.
Japan-Exports, 32e.125, 900, agains
81, 1881 900; imports. $22,519, 900
against $17,077,O0
Belgiu Exports, $7.213,00(
against S7,ss9.OOo; imports, 1854, 900
against S8,Oe9,O 600.