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‘III) MERCHANDISE EXPORTED ANNUALLY FROM THE UNITED STATES 
(A) WHAT Our ExPorTs ARE 
1879-1883 
1927 
Zz, 
— 
Crass oF Goobps 
Raw materials for manufacturing . 
Foodstuffs, crude . . . . . . . 
Foodstuffs, manufactured . . . . 
Manufactures for further use in man- 
ufacture . . . . . . . . . 
Manufactures ready for consump- 
tion. . . 
Value (in 
millions of 
dollars) 
247 
202 
192 
23 
100 
Per 
cent 
of 
total 
2 
z 
Value (in 
millions of 
dollars) 
TOC 
1981 
Per 
cent 
of 
total 
2 
5 
= 
> 
x 
xr 
‘BY WHERE Our Exports Go 
CONTINENT 
Europe . . . 
North America . 
South America 
Asia . . . . . 
Australia and Oceania 
Africa Lo 
\VERAGE OF 
1879-1883 
‘in millions 
of dollars) 
1927 
in millions 
of dollars) 
GrowTH 
in millions 
of dollars) 
. 
"3 
2 
os 
FROWTH IN 
Per CENT 
269 
1468 
1580 
3910 
1840 
214r 
only slightly protected, manufacturing decreases and the imports of 
wool diminish correspondingly. In that event the wool comes into 
the country, but in the form of cloth manufactured in Europe rather 
than as raw material. 
OUESTIONS, EXERCISES, AND PROBLEMS 
A. The leading imports of the United States. 
1. Table I, on page 293, gives the leading imports of the United States. 
Classify these imports as: 
(a) Foodstuffs 
(b) Vegetable raw materials