Foreign Countries and World Markets

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COUNTRY

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IMPORTS
(IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)

Exports
(IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)

Total

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States

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"» United
states

Porto Rico . .
Portugal . . .
Rumania
Russia. .
Siam. . .
Spain . . .
Sweden .
Switzerland .
Turkey . . . . .
Union of South Africa
United Kingdom . .
United States . . .
Uruguay . . . . .
Venezuela . .
Yugoslavia

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202
367
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158
125
383
123
343
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228
397
88
369
133
386

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B. The change in the kind of goods exported by the United States.
‘Compare this problem with Problem D, page 297. Use Figure 117.)
Supply the figures for the last column of Table III, A (page 295), by finding
 the percentage by which each class of exports has increased or decreased.
 Why have some classes changed more than others?
[n 1880 about 23 per cent of the population of the United States lived
in cities, while in 1920 this number had risen to 53. What has this to do
with the change in our exports of (a) foodstuffs? (b) manufactures ?
Name four of the foodstuffs that are exported most largely from the
United States. From what part of the country do they chiefly
come ?
How has the increase in our city population prevented our decrease in
exports of foods from causing a lowering of prices in the United States?
Name three countries that are gradually taking our place in supplying
the world’s market with foods. What geographical conditions make it
possible for them to do this?
Name three nations that call on us to help feed them. Describe the
geographical conditions that lead them to do this.
Compare the changes in the percentages of foodstuffs and of manufactures
 exported by the United States (Table III, A).
What parts of the world do we endeavor to supply with manufactured
products ?
With what nations do we compete for these sales? What are the conditions
 that enable them to comvpete with us?