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TABLE IX.

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STATEMENT EXHIBITING THE VALUE OF FOREIGN GOODS IMPORTED AND TAKEN FOR CONSUMPTION, IN THE UNITED STATES; THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPORTED, EXCLUSIVE OF SPECIE; THE VALUE OF SPECIE AND BULLION IMPORTED, AND THE VALUE OF SPECIE AND BULLION EXPORTED, FROM 1821 TO 1859 INCLUSIVE: THE YEAR FROM 1821 TO 1842 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, AND FROM 1844 TO 1859 ENDING JUNE 30,—THE YEAR 1843 INCLUDING ONLY NINE MONTHS.

Years.Imports entered for Consumption, exclusive of Specie.Domestic Produce Exported, exclusive of Specie.Specie and Bullion.

Imported.Exported.

1821$43,696,405$43,671,894$8,064,890$10,477,969

182268,367,42549,874,0793,369,84610,810,180

182351,308,93647,155,4085,097,8966,372,987

182453,846,56750,649,5008,379,8357,014,552

182566,375,72266,944,7456,150,7658,787,659

182657,652,57752,449,8556,880,9664,704,533

182754,901,10857,878,1178,151,1308,014,880

182866,975,47549,976,6327,489,7418,243,476

182954,741,57155,087,3077,403,6124,924,020

183049,575,00958,524,8788,155,9642,178,773

183182,808,11059,218,5837,305,9459,014,931

183275,327,68861,726,5295,907,5045,656,340

183383,470,06769,950,8567,070,3682,611,701

183486,973,14780,623,66217,911,6322,076,758

1835122,007,974100,459,48113,131,4476,477,775

1836158,811,392106,570,94213,400,8814,324,336

1837113,310,57194,280,89510,516,4145,976,249

183886,552,59895,560,88017,747,1163,508,046

1839145,870,816101,625,5338,595,1768,776,743

184086,250,335111,660,5618,882,8138,417,014

1841114,776,309103,636,2364,988,63310,034,332

184287,996,31891,798,2424,087,0164,813,539

184337,294,12977,686,35422,390,5591,520,791

184496,390,54899,531,7745,830,4295,454,214

1845105,599,54198,455,3304,070,2428,606,495

1846110,048,859101,718,0423,777,7323,905,268

1847116,257,595150,574,84424,121,2891,907,024

1848140,651,902130,203,7096,360,22415,841,616

1849132,565,168131,710,0816,651,2405,404,648

1850164,032,033134,900,2334,628,7927,522,994

1851200,476,219178,620,1385,453,59229,472,752

1852195,072,695154,931,1475,505,04442,674,135

1853251,071,358189,869,1624,201,38227,486,875

1854275,955,893215,156,3046,958,18441,436,456

1855231,650,340192,751,1353,659,81256,247,343

1856295,650,938266,438,0514,207,63245,745,485

1857333,511,295278,906,71312,461,79969,136,922

1858242,678,413251,351,03319,274,49652,633,147

1859 324,258,159 278,392,080 7,434,789 63,887,411

$5,064,761,199$4,540,620,945$332,476,827$522,100,369

Note. There is usually re-exported from twenty to thirty million dollars worth of the foreign articles imported. In 1859 the re-exports were to the value of $14,509,971; in 1858 they were $30,886,142; in 1857 they were $23,975,617; and in 1856, but $16,378,578. By adding the re-exports to the imports entered for consumption, the product will show the whole amount of the imports. The above figures are from the Congressional Report on Finances, 1857-8, and the Report on Commerce and Navigation, 1859.

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