542 COMMERCE YEARBOOK 
Table 31.—Water-Borne Foreign Commerce: Weight of Cargo by Origin or 
Destination 
[Thousands of long tons; calendar years] 
Country or trade region 
Total _._. 
[Initod Bingaom.. . . pewus posnnmnvnss 
North Atlantic and Baltic Europe... 
Havre-Hamburg range eu. ceeeeen-. 
South Atlantic Europe... mecceuo-... 
West Mediterranean _........_..._... 
Tast Mediterranean and Black Sea... 
West Indies. Fup 
Mexico... a 
Central Ame. o8.. .. cococcmcacnunn. 
North Coast South America -aea_... 
East Coast South America....._._.._ 
West Coast South America... .__ 
West Africa ooo iia. 
South and East Africa. oouoemoeao.._. 
Australasia. RELRRE  ® reEEY 
East Indies Gms 
OTOI cman eemmmnan 
[ndia, Persian Gulf, Red Sea........ 
Canada, via Pacific. ceeoaoooaooao.. 
Canada, via Great Lakes and 
Atlantic. oo ee 
1923 
£3, 2968 
2,611 
1,585 
2,663 
482 
1,196 
291 
5,540 
4,151 
1,085 
368 
1,613 
3,081 
198 
198 
166 
143 
L121 
366 
1, 054 
5.913 
Imports 
1024 | 
1925 
40, 809 
42 686 
1,644 
1,183 
2,763 
443 
803 
317 
5,396 
3,242 
1,103 
48¢ 
1,416 
2, 68¢ 
197 
210 
04 
405 
182 
750 
L197 
1,804 
1,107 
3,306 
474 
1,180 
409 
6,585 
10, 495 
1,202 
724 
1,26¢ 
2,73€ 
206 
187 
102 
505 
1,315 
£04 
L573 
6,002 
5, 280 
Per 
cent in 
Amer- 
ican 
vessels 
1925 
40.4 
12.9 
13.0 
25.3 
7.4 
117% 
1. ¢ 
37.¢ 
16.5 
36 
13 
12. 
0 
Tg 
I8.¢ 
20.5 
4.9 
24.0 
2.4 
71.4 
1923 | 
49 080 
7,302 
£, 706 
3,022 
1,565 
3,749 
690 
3,148 
1,233 
1,223 
193 
2,201 
253 
4 
257 
966 
277 
3, 092 
362 
677 
9,326 | 
Exports 
1024 | 1925 
59 961 
48 091 
8,229 
1,653 
2442 
1,255 
4,29 
625 
3,252 
1,087 
1,105 
259 
3,03C 
1,25¢ 
ie 
30; 
1,283 
229 
5,140 
425 
711 
9,616 | 
7,037 
1,784 
7,689 | 
1,214 
3,401 | 
640 
3,625 
753 
1,476 
344 
2,823 
1,157 
272 
390 
1,386 
264 
3,957 
307 
696 
3.696 | 
rer 
cent in 
Amer- 
ican 
vessels 
1025 
82.0 
20.9 
13.2 
31.8 
21.3 
12.9 
"3.6 
2.7 
8.4 
76.2 
31.8 
"3.7 
13.2 
S 
5.4 
17.4 
16.6 
37.7 
54.7 
63.5 
35.8 
Source: Bureau of Research, United States Shipping Board. 
Table 32. —Ocean-Borne Foreign Commerce: Weight of Cargo by Major 
Commodities 
[In thousands of long tons; Great Lakes traffic excluded; calendar years] 
Commodity 
Vegetables ocucaceana. 
Bananas ...c.esweeoe- 
Jdther fruits and nuts. 
IIRL vows wim mwas 
Molasses. —wemeemnnnn- 
O77 CL 
lute manufactures... 
Dther fibers and grass- 
Total 
CD mm meme mmm 
Paper manufactures... 
Clay. cossusessmssnnn 
Rubber. c...ceacaco.- 
Coal and coke... 
Petroleum. o.oo... 
FOOD vin mows miemion 
Manganese. _..conca-. 
[ron and steel manu- 
factures......ocevene 
Copper and manu- 
factures. o.oo... 
Miscellaneous metals. 
Hides and skins___.._. 
Logs and lumber. _... 
Pulpwood ..ccneeeeuon 
Wood pulp. .coecoon-. 
Sulphur and pyrites. - 
Potash. caccmmnccnan. 
Nitrates... cwnnnenns 
“hemicals, 1. ©, Sea... 
HYDE nin wmmmini = 
All others. ooo... 
Imports 
1922 1 1023 | 1924 | 1925 
2g, 848 138,383 (38, 551 
180 6741 657 712 
[,038 1,045, 1,170 ' 1,283 
316 370 | ‘349 age 
1780 3,318 | 3,631 | 3,876 
501, 963 | 903 1,300 
513 © 851 | 650 606 
ug 310! 304 | 301 
95 305, 270 317 
20 404 | 330 | 208 
3181 344 413 | 381 
290 312 | 308! 307 
J671 | 1,067 | 268 651 
439 14,121 13,614 1,137 
,219 2,816 | 2,036 | 2,327 
341 | 7364 400 | 587 
574 | 
8/08 
178 
Te 
490 | 
517 
255 
1,739 
i 
534 
544 
179 
1.814 
RG 
7 
27 
3% 
992 
540 
424 
4.208 
457 
759 
170 
1.412 
282 
77 
gn 
ii 
4227 
56° 
500 
4,430 
Bid 
5.017 
ORR 
Commodity 
Total. . ... 5 
Wheat. ao oueeeeeuoa.! 
AYO memes 
D103 1 FR, 
logs casa 
Jther grains. oo... 
Wheat flour ......._. 
Vegetables and vege- 
table products. ____. 
Meat, fish, and dairy 
produets......cecene 
Fruits and nuts... 
LRAT oo wim sms 
Tobacco and manu- 
fartures. . cacccmnn-- 
Cotton, raw. .oceaoooo 
Joal and coke_..._... 
Petroleum and prod- 
UB... cums pan mmm 
[ron and steel manu- 
factures, I. €. S.-.-. 
Machinery... .--- 
vehicles... _.... 
Copper and manu- 
factures........ 
LAND casing si 
HPI. conanemauans 
*hosphate__ .___..... 
sther fertilizers... 
Jhemicals, Dn. e. S__... 
aval stores... ..... 
All others. LL 
Exports 
1023 | 1924 | 1925 
1922 
5,504 
5,445 
811 
2,044 
478 
1,972 
1453 
40,718 13,883 41,340 
4,783 5,360 | 3,941 
756 447 | 493 
758 | 204 | 189 
415, 673 | 869 
539 ' 490 507 
1,801 1,866 321 
201! 667 883 
475 47 8d1 
285 | 351 591 
6721 242 | 245 | 
274 300 
1,213 | 1,566 
4.002 | 4 273 
335 
5068 
346 
244 
1,779 
4,676 
222 
, 358 
R41 
R. 028 
11,700 [13,739 112.811 
L272 1,244 1,220 1,010 
221. 337 420 | 448 
1621 404! 450 610 
242 320 452 397 
946 L157 4,540 4,309 
430 429 443 533 
431 840 | 795 | 755 
4 230) 198 | 184 
°06 283] 263 | 260 
199 | 369 | 367 257 
076! 3.846 | 2.031 | 2. 05% 
Source: Bureau of Research, United States Shipping Board.