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, phos 
phate 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