1 Figures of commerce include bullion and specie. Territory of Papua not included. Commerce exclusive of intercolonial trade. • Figures of commerce include total imports and exports of domestic products. Figures of commerce include merchandise only. Not included in grand totals of area and population. Specle not included in figures of commerce. 10 Year ending Mar. 31. 11 Commerce of Canal Zone not included. 12 Figures of commerce include general trade. 13 Figures of commerce include gold and silver bullion, The exports of the United States for the first time crossed the two billion dollar line at the end of the fiscal year 1911, the total value of domestic merchandise exported being $2,013,000,000, while the foreign merchandise exported also showed a larger total than ever before, $35,771,000, making the grand total of exports $2,049,000,000. Imports amounted to $1,527,000,000 in the fiscal year 1911, against $1,527,000,000 in the immediately preceding year, making the total foreign commerce $3,576,000,000. The excess of exports over imports was $522,000,000, against $188,000,000 in 1910 and $351,000,000 in 1909. stated separately, but is included in "Total America" Exports to" Total America" include $864,000 "for orders." 21 Year ending Mar. 20. Include transit trade figures for Macao. Figures of trade with the United States (see note 7) are for the calendar year 1908. "Figures of commerce include trade of Bangkok only. 24 Figures of commerce do not include imports of war materials, supplies for foreign embassies and consulates, and for religious and educational institutions, agricultural machinery, and material for certain railway companies, harbor works, and factories. The trade with the United States is not stated separately, but is included with "Total America." EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS BY GRAND DIVISIONS AND COUNTRIES. Imports from Europe were valued at 8192 million in the fiscal year 1912, against 768 million in the preceding fiscal year; from North America, 334 million dollars in 1912, against 3052 million in 1911; from South America, 215 million dollars, against 1822 million in the preceding year; from Asia, 2252 million against 213/2 million in the earlier year; from Oceania, 361⁄2 million, against 30 million in 1911; and from Africa, 221⁄2 million in the fiscal year 1912, against 27 million in the preceding year. Turning to exports, the figures of the value of merchandise sent out of the United States show larger totals in exports to practically all the important countries of the world and to all of the grand divisions. To Europe the total for the fiscal year 1912 was 1,341 million dollars, against 1,308 in 1911; to North America, 5164 1 million dollars in 1912, against 457 million in the preceding year; to South America, 132 million, against 109 million in 1911; to Asia, 1172 million, against 85 million in the preceding year; to Oceania, 72 million, against 66 million in 1911; to Africa, 24 million in 1912, against 231⁄2 million in the prior year. FOREIGN CARRYING TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES, 1821-1911. Comparison of the area of all states of the world in English square miles. EUROPE 3,952,846 square miles. Spain Sweden Norway Great Britain 121.510 H 125,430 Bulgaria Portugal Greece Servia 38,080 35,490 25,014 18,650 ASIA 16,905,821 square miles. Dutch Possess. 584,610 Possessions Turkey 310,176 Afghanistan 250,000 (India etc) 693,790 1,928,002 with Araba Philippine Is. Korea (Unit Stat, of Amer) (Jap) AFRICA 11,952,211 square miles. 127,853 83,000 82,000 74,000 ☐ 22,780 • 8,972 (Kiauchau) AUSTRALASIA and OCEANIA 3,458,542 British square miles. German Possess. Possess. 3,190,168 151,789 96,160 square miles Brazil Argentine Mexico 767,005 Peru 695,733 3,293,000 square miles Possess, of French the Unit Stat Independ. of America Oceania 5,232 North America 8,060,201 square miles South America 7,425,334 Bolivia 605.400 Colombia Venezuela 490.000 393,976 French Cuba TRADE WITH THE NON-CONTIGUOUS TERRITORIES OF THE The trade of the United States with its noncontiguous territories continued to expand, the figures of 1911 showing a larger amount than ever before. The value of the merchandise forwarded to the non-contiguous territories was: To Hawaii, 22 million dollars, against 20 million in the preceding year; to Porto Rico, 34 million in 1911, against 27 million in 1910; to the Philippines, 20 million, against 17 million in 1910; while to Alaska the figures show a slight decline, being 16 million in the fiscal year 1911, against 18 million in the preceding year. This makes the total value of the merchandise shipped to non-contiguous territories of the United States 92 million dollars in 1911, against 83 million in 1910, and 70 million in 1909. The merchandise entering the United States from its non-contiguous territories shows in the most cases larger totals in 1911 than in the preceding year. From Alaska the value of such shipments was 14 million dollars in 1911, against 12 million in the preceding year; from Porto Rico, 34 million, against 32 million in 1910; from the Philippines, 17 million in 1911, against 17 million in the preceding year; and from Hawaii, 41 million, against 46 million in 1910. Taking the entire group known as "Non-contiguous territories of the United States," the total value of merchandise shipped thereto from the United States was 92 million dollars in the fiscal year 1911, against 83 million in 1910, and 70 million in 1909, and the shipments to the United States from those territories, 107 million in 1911, against 108 million in 1910 and 891 million in 1909. MERCHANDISE IMPORTED: VALUE AND PER CENT. OF TOTAL VALUE, IN SPECIFIED YEARS, Foodstuffs in crude condition, and food animals. Foodstuffs partly or 1821 TO 1911 BY GREAT GROUPS. Crude materials for turing. Manufactures for Manufactures ready Tin in bars blocks, etc. IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES OF PRINCIPAL CRUDE ARTICLES FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING FOR SPECIFIED YEARS, 1870-1911. [These ten groups embrace about three-fourths of the value of crude materials imported for use in manufacturing.] Dollars. 331,573 1875. 6,236,099 4,504, 306 4,675, 490 18, 536, 902 4,530,753 11,726, 955 11,071, 259 408,808 1880. 670, 131 1,895,585 9,392, 8G8 13,837,809 9,606, 239 30,002, 254 2,496, 277 17,859, 662 23,727, 650 591, 120 2,884,579 1885. 12,362, 498 6,223, 176 12,925, 437 9,095, 256 20, 586, 443 1,854,282 12,057,527 8,879, 923 954, 760 3,587,651 1890. 20,541,767 24,331,867 14,854,512 4,283,400 21,881, 886 2,165,213 15, 434, 869 15, 264,083 1,392, 728 4,254,789 1891. 21,286, 705 6,898,909 19,076,081 18,020, 804 27,930,759 2,822, 166 18,605,987 19, 124, 094 21,371,555 1894. 12, 163, 481 13, 282,081 12,870, 694 12,336, 418 ,446, 186 20,300,093 26,373, 805 22,932, 506 31,545,962 25,059, 325 29,836, 986 16, 234, 182 22,626,056 26,763, 428 18,918,283 32, 110, 066 32, 479, 627 45,329,760 30,051, 365 42,635,351 50,011,050 46,100, 500 61,040, 053 54,080, 504 41,049, 434 50,729, 873 46,188,374 60,511, 459 38,030,022 63, 167, 103 103,862, 799 58,011,168 58,031,613 52,006, 070 64, 764, 146 83,882, 167 83, 206, 545 54, 770, 136 19,833, 090 26, 850, 218 3,352, 429 17,211,612 18,231,372 19,688, 108 2,825,004 5,288, 264 7,977,545 3,217,521 5,626, 143 8,667,870 17,964,667 15, 162, 333 18, 475, 382 16,781,533 17,558, 163 25, 545, 391 32,041, 626 28,347,896 4,049, 173 19,538, 444 21,064, 180 4,688, 799 6,705, 798 12,358,9 16,786, 152 2,641,205 14,534,859 6, 107, 438 3,003, 888 6,010, 492 2,640, 770 3,320, 058 3,545,700 15,364,997 25,556, 421 4,714,375 7,374,205 6,787, 424 27,863, 026 2,938, 979 17,794,259 16,314,041 32,451,242 6,578, 212 8,439, 156 37,068,932 ,832, C03 16, 166, 245 41,988, 043 5,645, 731 17,294, 784 53, 243, 191 16,783, 692 8,322,897 5,884,262 8,519,928 5,019, 503 6,434,091 5,013,146 5,849,912 31,792,697 57,935, 698 6,646,807 20, 452, 489 28,835, 178 48, 220, 013 6,238,842 257 25,652,977 9,787,013 861 20, 260,936 12,529, 881 17,711,788 7,960, 945 5,961,456 6,787,828 6,950, 123 31,004,541 8,815, 108 483 22,152,961 9,005, 873 10,502, 907 13, 116, 716 12,911, 434 9,580,323 24,306,604 23,664, 938 78,487, 324 11,653, 586 23,833,946 45,171,994 12, 208, 231 11,698, 653 387,331 10,656,624 12, 235, 634 20,973,255 14,617,734 13, 622, 802 112,247,836 15,589,258 24,609, 326 51,220,844 15,816, 138 506 1911. 30,752,250 74,998,265 90, 575, 643 70,504,980 15,351,001 23,122,846 23,228,005 24,776, 320 14,475, 198 |