Evening star., 1931-12-27
EXPORTS DECLINE
IN NINE MONTHS
Europe, However, Buys
Greater Proportion of Goods
Than In Any Recent Years.

Declines in exports ranging from 20
y report for the first nine months of
1881, made public today by the foreign
commerce department of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States 1t
is brought out, however, that Europe
purchased larger proportion of Amer
dean exports and at the same time sup
piled greater proportion of imports for
the nine months than in any similar
period in recent years.
Compared with the same period of
1880, exports to Asia held up better
than to any other continent, shipments
&here amounting to nearly Is per cent
pf the world total.
Shipment Values Compared.
klined only 20 per cent, as compared
with declines of SO per cent for Europe,
81 per cent for Africa, Al per cent for
North America 81 per cent for South
America and So per cent for Oceania,
the report says.
Among the individual countries the
first three customers maintained the
same ranking as a year ago. with Can
ada first the United Kingdom second
and Germany third, according to the
chamber.
Canada sustained the greatest dollar
decrease. $2O8,834 900, or 80 per cent it
is brought out. The United Kingdom
was next with an actual decline in pur-
Chases of S169 ,225 000 or 81 per cent,
while Germany's decrease was $84 ,437,-
900, or 40 per cent. The combined de-
cline in exports to these three amount
ed to Al per cent of the total decline in
the value of all export trade. ApproXi-
mately 70 per cent of the decline is ac-
counted for by adding to these de-
Creases the declines of France, amount
ang to S62,954 900, or 40 per cent; Mex
leo, $48,087000. or SO per cent; Argen-
tina. s58,57S,oO0, or SO per cent; Italy,
S37,820,000, or SO per cent; Cuba, $39,-
O07o0O or 81 per cent; Australia, SAL
100000, or 66 per cent, and Brazil S23,-
$4,000, or SO per cent.
Exports to Russia Unchanged.
Exports to Russia for the nine months
of 1881 were approximately the same in
value as year ago. Shipments to
China were off only per cent, India
only 9 per cent, Japan IA per cent,
Hongkong Is per cent, Switzerland Is
per cent, CZechoSlovakia q per cent,
Philippines 25 per cent, Sweden 26 per
cent, South Africa % per cent, Colom-
bia % per cent and Denmark 80 per
cent.
That some slackening occurred in the
heavy decreases in imports from every
grand division, except Oceanica, is in
dicated by comparison of the percent
ages of decline in the three quarters of
1881 with the corresponding quarters of
1890, the review says
Canada, Japan. United Kingdom and
Germany maintained their positions in
the first three quarters of 1881 as the
four leading sources of supply for the
United States.
The value of imports from Canada
was smaller than a year ago by S1O7,-
dollar decline among those supplying
this country. Imports from Japan de-
clined 5,007,000, or 27 per cent; those
from the United Kingdom S59.078, 900,
or SO per cent; those from Germany
$38,224,000, or % per cent; those from
France S29,545, 900. or "a per cent,
British Malaga s521O4,O 900. or A per
cent; China S32 879 900, or 38 per cent;
India S38,319,000, or AS per cent; Mex
ico, S26,951 900, or 4l per cent, and
Argentina S35,771 900, or Sc per cent.
The declines of these 10 countries,
amounting to S475,000,000, were the
q 4NSV ullIOli IIIC CIIIGl SOuICtS vi sup
ply and accounted for so per cent of
the total import decline.
The best showing among leading
sources of supply, as indicated by the
rather moderate percentages of decline.
included the following countries: Brazil
Sl2.653,000, or 13 per cent; Cuba S18,-
252,000, or 20 per cent: Philippines,
$13,173,00O. or IS per cent; Norway,
$740,000, or 5 per cent, and Greece
$580,0oOO, or 7 per cent, the report says.