VENEZUELA  135

exported  goods  to  the  value  of  $25,260,908
and  imported  articles  worth  $20,568,940.
She  purchases  agricultural  implements,
arms,  ammunition,  bags  for  coffee  and  cocoa,
beer,  butter,  canned  goods,  confectionery,
chemicals,  drugs,  medicines,  flour,  glassware,
iron-ware,  lard,  leather,  oils,  paints,  paper,
perfumery,  railroad  material  (chiefly  from
Europe),  wall-paper,  wines,  textiles,  cotton
and  woolen  goods,  shoes,  hats,  and  exports
coffee,  cocoa,  hides,  skins,  horns,  feathers,  dye
woods,  tonka  beans,  gold,  pearls,  guano,  phosphate ­
  rock,  fish-sounds  and  ballata.
There  are  no  fees  or  taxes  assessed  on  the
commercial  traveler,  and  samples  are  as  a  rule
admitted  duty  free.
The  following  cities  should  be  visited:

Caracas
Valencia
Barquisimeto  ..
Maracaibo
Puerto  Cabello
Ciudad  Bolivar
La  Guaira  ...

Population
.  100,000
.  65,000
.  60,000
.  50,000
.  40,000
.  40,000
.  20,000