Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Sweden Enters Market
For War Supplies;
France Tops LIST
scandinavian Country
Buys $4,578,372 Worth
Of Planes and Ports

Sweden entered the market for
American military airplanes in a
big way last month while France
continued as the largest customer
for American war planes and other
munitions, State Department re-
port disclosed today.
The report showed licenses were
issued during December for export
of $4,578,372 worth of fighting
planes and parts to Sweden, one of
the Scandinavian countries menaced
by Russia's drive against Finland.
This brought Sweden's military
purchases here during 1899 to a
total of 1896 ,4O6.
BY far the largest amount of
planes and other implements of war
licensed for export during the month
were destined for France. The
French licenses in December
amounted to $15,055 642, bringing
the total for 1889 to $122,12O,267.
A total of $35,262,3l3 worth of
munitions were licensed for export
to all countries during December,
the report showed. The total licen-
ses for the year amounted to $2O4,-
555, 780, as compared with $83, OOO, 900
in 1898.
Total Is $4O2, 1885, 9s.
Actual exports of fighting mate
rails during 1889 amounted to SlO2.-
298 ,298, with December exports val
ued at $26,21s,147.
Most of the December exports also
went to France, shipments to that
country being valued at $17,857 28l.
Great Britain, for which export
licenses during December amounted
to only s66,840, was listed as receiv-
ing actual exports aggregating s4,-
184,377 during the month. Total
exports to France during 1899 were
valued at $38,020,923, and to Great
Britain at $3l, 436, 389.
Australia, one of the dominions
fighting with England and France
against Germany, was another new
entry into the market for military
supplies in major way here. De-
cember licenses authorizing arms
exports to Australia amounted to
S7,265 1852, bringing her total for the
year to $1l ,469 1884 Actual exports
to Australia during December were
valued at S1,684,839 out of a total of
81 1873 ,024 for the year.
The military airplanes and other
arms licensed for export to Finland
during December were valued at
S3,154616. The total for the year
was 81 ,487 900.
Actual exports to Finland last
month amounted to only S73,9l9
consisting of airplane engines and
parts. The total arms exports to
Finland during 1899 were valued at
$347, 448.
Russia Buys Engines.
The report showed that airplane
engines valued at Sl07,50O were
licensed for export to Russia duri~S
the month. officials explained -
these were contracted for before
President Roosevelt's statement OF
December 2, which, in effect, ex-
| tended to Russia the moral embargo
against shipment of American
planes and parts to nations guilty
of unprovoked bombing of civilians
Total licenses for shipments tc
Russia during 1899 were listed at
81 ,l78,062. Actual arms exports to
Russia were valued at $50, 1913 during
December and at $l,097,Ol5 for the
year.
Canada was fifth among the ma jor
arms customers here last month. the
report showing licenses for ship
ments to Canada aggregated $2,909,-
1872. Actual shipments to Canada
were valued at $493,13O during De-
cember, and at s2,97O,8OO for the
year.
| Licenses for arms exports to China
last month amounted to only $780,
while actual December exports were
valued at $514,502 Total licenses
for Chinese shipments during 1899
amounted to s5.062,617, while actual
exports were valued at s2,O12,727
leaving approximately half of the
authorized orders still to be shipped.