New Britain herald., 1929-06-19
EXPORTS OF STATE
 SHOW SLIGHT DROP
Fi9urs for 1928 Million Below Records for Preceding Year

Exports of merchandise from Connecticut were valued at $T,- 796.76s during 1923 compared with t4s.s00.7s5 in the preceding year. according to figures made public today by the department of com. merce.
 Typewriters ranked first In order of value among the commodities sent from the state to foreign mar kets during the year and were valued at t3,2S6.s12 compared with $5,4ll,097 for 1927.
 Other leading exports with com rarative values for 1927 when avail abel were metli-working machinery. t2.1Se.36S and 32,014.115: ammuni- tion, t2.03s.29s; rubber tires, $2- 022,191 and t2,372,s05: brass and bronze manufacturers. t1.733.5ss and &1.791.17s: rubber footwear, s1.seO.l75 and 91.413.s36; mechan- ics' and other hand tools, t1,202.74s: sewing machines for factory or in- dustrial use. t1.12O.4e4: copper and manufactures of copper. tsss.630: ball and roller bearings and parts. &sei.41s and S913.s20; sockets. re-. ceptacles and lighting switches. 3S77.403 and O7s4.2Os; cutlery. $s67.os7 and t723.s5s; and batter ies tso3,3.5.,
 Clocks, rifles. revolvers and pis- tols, musical instruments. dental creams. cosmetics. soaps. primers and fuses. medicinal and pharma- ceutical preparations. cycles. domes- tic heating and cooking devices, flashlights. printing machinery. chains. needles, locks, axes. nails and bolts, wire. iron and steel tubu- lar products and fittings paper and manufactures, textiles. tobacco and foodstuffs were included among the diversified commodities exported from Connecticut in 1928.
 New England Exports 4304, ,463 ,s57
 Exports from the six New Eng land states were valued at @204.- 46a.352 during 1923 compared with t1o7.392.406 in 1927. an increase of t7.O7O.946. Connecticut ranked sec ond as an exporter from his section, being topped by only Massachusetts and followed by Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
 Total exports of merchandise from the United States in 1928 were val ued at t5.043.s73.143 compared with $4.75s.721.07S during 1927. an in- crease Of t2s5.252,O64.
 The first ten states in order of value of exports during the IF months of last year were New York with exports valued at tS61.57s.925: Texas. tS17.oO2.0S2; Michigan. t3s7.- e53.14s: California. S345.436,65s; Pennsylvania. 3zs7.OS7.241: Iouisi- ana, s2s5.467.2s6: New Jersey. $2.l,s3o. s6s: Illinois. S206.355.671; Ohio. Ilee.51s,3ss; and Virginia, $1425o4.115.
 Thirty-two of the states and ter ritories of the United States increas- ed the value of their exports over 1927. Texas registered the greatest increase $l69975.941. followed by New York which showed gain of ss1.s1:.o2S: Michigan. S4o.373.5s2: California. $35.so1.91e: Washington, 313.991.69c: Wisconsin. 310.759.5i; Ohio. &,a.426.S43: North Carolina. &s:o4.s5s: Massachusetts. 3G.763.- e5.: Louisiana. 3e.162.324: Ten nessee. s6117.49s: Virginia. 36,oS7.- 374: Arizona. S5.3S5. .sao: Oklahoma, ss.9ca.41s: Iowa. s1.s4o.7s4: Kan sas. sl.s3s.ass: Ptnnsylvania. $1.- 5s9.2s7: Arkansas. 31.l40.557: and New Mexico. $1.Os7,206. Other states to show increases were Florida. Rhode Island. New Hampshire. Mon- tana. South Dakota, Delaware. Yer mont. Hawaii. Colorado. Idaho. North Dakota Alaska and Washing ton. D. C.
 Q. r. Hopkins. acting director of the bureau Of foseign and domestic commerce. under whose supervision the figures were compiled. calls at- tent;on to the fact that the figures arc based primarily on through bills o. la.ling. and therefore. fin case of some states they reflect but a part of tho total foreign trade and others include goods produced elsewhere.