Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08
CENSUS PORTRAYS DOMINANCE
OFU. CARS IN WORLD MARTS
Department of Commerce Shows 1876 Per
Cent of All Automobiles Are of
American Make.

inclusive of the non-contiguous terri
tories of the United States. This COM
pares with the 1925 increase Of 2,0S6,058
within the United States and 711,5s2
outside.
When estimating the world position
of the American car 1t Is well to con-
slider, the commerce experts say, how
many and what percentage Of the
worlds automobiles are circulating in
continental United States and Canada.
At the beginning of 1928 these num-
bered 24.211 ,687. or 81.5 per cent of the
world total-a proportion that includes
$50 per cent of the worlds passenger
cars and 1914 per cent of its trucks and
buses.
When last year it was estimated by
the Department of Commerce that 95
per cent Of automobiles in world use
were of American origin it did not take
into consideration the cars in northern
Ireland, Russia. Siam. the Sudan, Syria.
the United Kingdom, Jugoslavia and
certain other areas where at that time
the percentage of American cars was
not known.
In the present census this feature has
been emphasized, with the result that
through a study of the official registra-
ton records or other reliable data the
approximate position Of the American
car has been arrived at in each Of the
| 16l countries or colonies covered. The
more complete coverage, although re-
| ducing the percentage Of American
cars, has given reliable totals and per-
centages for the entire world.
American Cars Lead.
| Since the position of the American
| car, as indicated by the figures, Is in
fiuenced to such an extent by its COM
plete control in the United States and
Canada, its position in the outside area
was considered with the exclusion OF
the two countries mentioned. Outside
of the continental United States and
Canada there were at the beginning Of
the year 5,475,812 automobiles, of which
approximately 2.432,974, or 42.6 per
cent, were American makes. OF the
total passenger cars the American makes
accounted for l,555,278, or A5-8 per
cent, and of the trucks 80 buses
ST. 96, or 40.4 per cent, originated in
American plants, either at home or
abroad.
It was pointed out that from the
statistics and percentages available in
detail at the Department of Commerce
every American automobile exporter.
knowing the number of his cars in cir
culation in a given country, may esti-
mate readily what Is his position N
relation to all American cars in that
market and consider how the result
compares with the position of his car
In the domestic market.
The detail figures show that American
passenger cars are used 100 per cent In
Cook Island, Fiji Islands. Grenada.
Guam, Hawaii, Kuwait. on the north
west coast Of the Persian Gulf; Mica
ragua, Panama Canal Zone, Porto Rico,
American and western Samoa, Solomon
Island and Virgin Islands.
Buses OF American origin are used
100 per cent In Angola. Bahamas, Bar
bados, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala.
Haiti Hawaii, Mexico. Mocalla. Presf-
dency of Montserrat. Mozambique. Mica
ragua. Panama and the Canal Zone.
Paraguay, Philippine Islands, Porto
Rico, st. Lucia, American Samoa. Ia
hiti. Tonga, Transjordania. Venezuela,
Virgin Islands and Yemen.
100 Per Cent American.
American trucks. according to the re-
ports, are found 100 per cent in Alaska
Bahrein, British Somaliland, Cook ISL
and Costa Rica. Cuba. Dominica, Do
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