CHARACTER AND IMPORTANCE OF AMERICAN FOREIGN TRADE. 19
TABLE 1.—United States: Imports and exports, average ennuel value in millions
of dollars, 1911-19183; 1901-1903—Continued.
[Percentages and totals based on actual figures.}
Classes and commodities
Manufactures
ready for consumption.
....
Manufactures of fiber...
Manufactures of cotton. .
ALL WOTkS.eveunr -uonnes
Manufactures of silk.....
Paper and manufactures
Of vain,
ron and steel, manutures
of sv eeaeennoe...
Wogl, manufactures of . ui
Iraports.
1911-~
1913
1901-1903
391
244
67 38
66 &
a 4
28) 33
201 5
al 1
161 18
Per cent
of increase
decrease
“© __ ay,
61
78
42
096
~-15
348
88
- 8
Classes and commodities
Manufactures
ready for consumption.....
(ron and steel..........
Machinery.........
Engines and
parts of......
Metal-working .
Sewing machines........
Typewriters....
Gasoline eniNOS.
vrunnans
Mining.........
Pipes and fittings. .
Structural iron and
gotl.ouveineviine
Rails for railways...
Tools, not elsewhere
specified...
Wir-Oils...
. © .
luminating.......
Lubricating, ete....
Naphthas.........
Cars, carriages, and
other vehicles. .... oe
Automobiles and
parts... i.
CAI. vv icnn ge vpuwvus
Setton, manufactures
Of yuvmmpnp por
Cloths. ..ovuvacunsne
Froring apparel...
Agricultural imple-MONS.
enenaaanannn.
Mowers and reap-Ow
mimnmgm mw gin
Plows and culti-TORTS
nna gunsnn
Flectrical machinery,
Em
Bigxher, manufactures
Of eaviinreininnneas
Boots and shoes. ...
Paper and manufactures
of.evneeneen....
Books, musie,
maps, ete........
Wood, manufactures of.
Furniture..........
Chemicals, drugs, ete...
Medicines, patent......
Indiarubber, manufacfactures
of............
Fibers, vegetable, ete...
PING. co uroronspns
Turpentine, spirits of...
Photog goods....
Jousehold and personal
effects. coo...
911
1913
718
230
117
21
ul
11 |
11
9
9
15
14
i3
i2
11
16
65
27 |
20
47
27
12
43 |
30
10 |
38 |
10
8
bY |
20
17
0
9
i8
7
i7
7
12
11
8
9
¢
Exports.
1901-1903
Per cent
of increase
‘decrease
6 Yo
320
95
44
7
3
5
4
124
142
166
219
345
136
204
)
®
5
THA
435
241
3
4
4
5
67
51
1
2
1
170
109
73
27
140
1,190
344
1
v's
2,086
oy
28
22
2
19
10
56
37
324
96
89
167
159
150
157
3
B
7
11
78
4
12
4
9
3
26
51
56
83
116
204
112
157
6
{ Not separately reported.
Manufacturers’ materials constituted the most valuable group of
commodities entering into foreign trade, the annual imports just
prior to the present war averaging nearly $900,000,000 and the ex-
