Evening star., 1933-02-09
BRITAIN COUNTS UP
YEARS TRADE GAIN
United Kingdom Betters Its
Position by Cutting Down
UnfavorabIe Balance.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
| LONDON, February 9-The United
Kingdom, emerging SCARED but tri-
umphant from the first full year since
its departure from the traditional pol
| icy of free trade, is able now to count
| its gains and losses.
: Not untouched by the international
shrinkage of commerce in the last year,
it nevertheless improved its position by
closing the books at the year-end with
a diminished unfavorable trade bal
ance.
The balance was the lowest since
1923, preliminary figures now released
by the Board of Trade showing that the
value of imports in excess of exports
in 1882 was f287,08l, BAT (approxi-
mately 1,435. 100000 at par).
In contrast, the unfavorable balance
of 1881 was f406, 1884 approximate
" $2,033, 100000 at par). while in 1880
it was 1886, 384,436
The greater part of this, however,
was accounted for by drastic decrease
minished l8 per cent compared with
1881. Exports decreased per cent in
value in 1882, compared with the pre-
ceding year.
Total imports of the United Kingdom
in 1882 were valued at f703, 3,l32,725 zap
proXimately $3,515, 100000 at par), COM
cared with 1851 ,252 638 in 1881.
Exports Of United Kingdom goods
were valued at f365, ,137,785 (approM-
mately S1,825, 100000 at par) in 1882,
compared with $3.50, ,621 ,598 in 1881.
A Double Barrier.
The decline in total imports may be
laid to a double BARRED to their en-
trance-the tariff as the principal fac
tor and the depreciation Of sterling.
While the value Of all classes OF I'M
ported goods declined in 1882, COM
pared to 1881, there were increases In
a number of sub-claSses.
Increases were marked in grain and
flour, feeding stuffs for animals, raw
cotton and cotton waste, raw silk, un-
dressed hides and skins, coke and man
ufactured fuel and manufactured oils,
fats and resins.
Increases in exports Of United King
dom produce and manufactures were
marked in nonferrous metalliferous
ores and scrap, raw cotton and cotton
waste, raw and waste wool and woolen
rags, some other textile materials, pa
per-making materials. rubber, miscel-
laneous raw materials, cutlery, hard
ware, implements and instruments, cot
lures of certain textile materials, chem
icals. drugs, dyes and colors, and paper
and cardboard.
Affect on U. S. Shown.
How the decrease in imports affected
the United States Is shown by break
down of some of the figures.
Wheat from the United States to-
tailed 4,627,153 hundredweights in 1882,
compared to 11,241,671 hundredweights
in 1881 and 21,035,743 hundredweights
in 1880.
wheat meal and -four from the
United States showed a heavy decline,
the 1882 total being 459,841 hundred
weights. compared to 2,077,58 hundred
weights in 1881 and 3.175,752 hundred
weights in 1890.
Bacon imports from the United
States, which totaled 9,097 hundred
weights in 1880 and l89,027 hundred
weights in 1881, dropped to 63.3l8
hundredweights in 1882.
The total of hams from the United
States in 1882 was 465,21 hundred
weights, compared with 6oo,63l hun
dredweights in 1881, while Canada's
figure Increased from 72,4s8 hundred
weights In 1891 to 143, 800 hundred
weights in 1892.
Unmanufactured tobacco from the
United States totaled 125, 200, 900 pounds
in 1882, compared to 157, ,218, AS pounds
in 1881, and 1877 ,764, ,709 pounds In 1880.
The big increase of the year was IN
the imports of raw cotton, the total
taken from the United States in 1882
being 7,251,783 centals Of 100 pounds.
compared to 4,42l,810 centals In 1881
and 5,903, 1886 centals In 1880.