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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 manufacture
 . . . . . . . . .
Manufactures ready for consumption.
 . .

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