346 REPORT ON COOPERATION IN AMERICAN EXPORT TRADE.

ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING FOREIGN TRADE.—(Question
7, which applied only to class 1 (export commission houses, etc.) and
class 4 (manufacturers), was as follows:

Have you any further suggestions as to what is needed to help you develop
foreign trade?

The total number of those answering and not answering this injuiry
 are shown in the following statement:

Total schedules received. .......
Answered. .....cooeues
Not answered

Total.

1,513
1,186
307

Exporters.


Manufacturers,


103 1,410
82 1,104
2 208

REASONS WHY MANUFACTURERS DO NOT ENGAGE IN FOREIGN TRADE. —
Question 8 of the manufacturers’ schedule was not included on the
schedules sent to the other classes. It read:
If you do not engage in foreign trade, please explain what conditions have
determined your policy in this respect.
The replies to this inquiry developed the number of persons or
companies reporting to be engaged and not engaged in foreign trade,
as shown by the following statement:
Total schedules received... 1,410
Direct replies_ eee 1, 348
Engaged in foreign trade. ____ imeem meee 1, 110
No foreign trade _________________ i SD
No definite information——_—— ue __ 62

FOREIGN COMBINATIONS OF BUYERS AND SELLERS AND OTHER COMPETI-TIVE
 CONDITIONS IN FOREIGN TRADE.—OQther questions on the several
schedules had to do with such subjects as foreign cartels or combinations
 of buyers and sellers, and other competitive conditions affecting
 export business. The general lack of information on these various
 subjects is indicated by the relatively small number that replied
to each question.
Question 9 of manufacturers’, 8 of exporters’, and 7 of other sched-1les
 read

Please give briefly any facts you may have concerning foreign cartels, syndiates,
 or combinations in any form whose competition (you or other) Americans
 encounter in export business.
This inquiry was answered by only 517, representing only a little
more than one-fourth of the number returning schedules.
The replies to question 10 of manufacturers’, 9 of exporters’, and 8
of other schedules only numbered 585, or about 29 per cent of the
total schedules received. This inquiry concerned Foreign buying
rombinations and read:

Please give briefly any facts you may have concerning any combinations of
buyers of (your products or) American exports abroad. such as organizations
of importers, johbers, retailers, or consumers.
Question 11 of the manufacturers’ schedule and the corresponding
questions on the other schedules also show a small percentage of
replies. This question was a general one and read:
Please give briefly any specific information you may have concerning any
other competitive conditions abroad affecting the export business to particular