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APPENDIX LATEST STATISTICS AVAILABLE IN 1915 ABOUT SOUTH AMERICAN IMPORTS

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Argentine

Articles. From United States. From United Kingdom. From Germany. From France. Total Imports.

Automobiles $543,930 $430,530 $822,315 $2,252,835 $5,159,030

Bagging 13,025 3,299,705 68,130 5,230 8,355,140

Beams, iron 94,440 91,035 1,846,070 495,815 3,276,365

Beverages 46,690 169,155 168,350 129,525 1,149,360

Binder twine 2,729,950 10,655 5,835 8,760 2,765,130

Books and pamphlets 30,515 462,520 58,015 154,900 1,254,810

Book paper 7,395 61,275 947,850 2,900 1,154,760

Brick, paving 8,375 98,520 153,625 109,400 1,055,840

Bridge materials 66,905 776,810 110,240 3,265 997,670

Carriages and cars, accessories and parts of 64,550 350,550 406,335 389,360 1,504,605

Cement, hydraulic 13,545 640,520 258,135 752,880 3,989,340

Cheese 15,825 7,010 73,890 2,074,590

Chemical and pharmaceutical products:

Candles, stearin 1,700 272,460 104,675 9,520 1,094,570

Medicinal preparations 340,680 153,065 206,685 1,154,280 2,191,620

Perfumery 27,550 206,740 86,690 1,043,180 1,411,500

All other 1,982,965 2,086,355 1,764,010 1,101,350 9,083,685

Cigars 32,045 21,605 20,935 8,685 1,415,630

Coal 782,910 23,642,425 381,320 25,047,240

Coffee 585 4,980 7,020 1,631,615

Cotton and silk goods 10,635 430,995 275,395 518,345 1,447,725

Cotton and woolen goods 75 682,520 303,845 76,075 251,842

Cotton goods made up 8,200 157,340 497,315 430,635 1,186,140

Cotton hose 750 22,000 1,101,325 223,015 1,407,220

378Cotton laces $2,810 $559,200 $415,285 $123,525 $1,349,000

Cotton tissues:

White 21,305 4,099,620 133,420 77,075 4,813,065

Unbleached (linen) 12,500 874,610 3,920 4,485 1,127,060

Printed 1,605 2,610,395 460,140 68,935 3,693,435

Dyed 9,370 4,377,675 920,095 244,910 10,315,680

Color not specified 3,015 534,595 170,910 121,190 1,059,655

Cotton yarn:

Colored 2,705 111,845 129,475 20,195 1,003,695

Unbleached 70,735 326,310 52,430 46,420 1,508,790

Cotton goods, all other 301,675 2,568,815 1,064,295 619,455 6,632,860

Ducks 550 493,600 162,180 156,150 1,156,655

Dyes and colors 249,550 997,635 722,980 199,185 2,427,250

Dynamos and motors, electric 28,545 219,935 1,212,775 42,385 1,637,755

Electric and wire cable 102,885 1,205,515 1,227,695 96,465 3,087,700

Furniture, wooden 587,060 513,055 308,515 489,640 2,668,230

Glass and plain crystal 12,145 663,930 201,380 68,860 1,538,850

Harvesting machines 1,948,165 46,200 14 2,712,855

Household and cooking utensils. 52,450 89,910 741,430 95,940 1,210,210

Iron and steel wire, galvanized:

Smooth—

Up to No. 14 638,990 249,100 1,027,250 1,500 2,015,735

No. 15 and higher 625 53,430 13,590 465 75,945

Barbed 635,030 106,320 137,085 2,825 926,250

Twisted 3,599 16,485 3,410 27 25,300

Iron and steel wire, not galvanized:

Up to No. 14 408,200 16,495 213,970 75 720,060

No. 15 and higher 19,645 2,905 15,975 175 41,395

Iron and steel wire, plated (with bronze copper, nickel, or tin) 79 5,750 27,630 307 35,605

Iron axles and wheels 87,685 1,156,005 7,750 1,256,735

Iron bars and sheets 408,135 656,150 2,489,430 80,800 6,288,590

Iron, galvanized 1,398,165 4,088,950 381,955 24,985 6,160,145

379Iron, wrought 321,005 1,156,670 377,870 77,300 2,753,025

Jewelry, fine, except watches and loose precious stones 15,885 180,215 769,525 620,660 1,849,545

Leather and manufactures 1,283,105 758,510 688,340 792,230 3,766,540

Locomotives 1,847,135 293,845 627 2,188,660

Machinery, general 1,119,225 2,022,795 2,572,365 459,975 6,939,140

Machines, spare parts 1,132,290 684,510 692,340 119,950 2,909,925

Malt 59,385 1,074,280

Manufactures of copper and bronze 100,795 402,430 281,845 144,120 1,073,095

Manufactures of stone, earth, glass, etc. 170,240 987,185 2,050,820 616,460 4,667,250

Materials for port works 105 110,280 66,075 14,580 204,035

Materials for sanitary works 962,525 57,135 3,045 1,066,365

Motors:

Windmills, with or without framework, and pumps 372,580 13,980 555 393,275

Other various 631,820 316,015 85,765 6,800 1,142,485

News print paper 727,970 85,595 603,725 7,735 1,610,380

Oil:

Lubricating 1,301,930 787,995 63,980 10,815 2,518,350

Olive 146,075 3,645 5,240 143,525 4,748,915

Kerosene 2,289,115 156 2,289,275

Naphtha, unrefined 5,495,150 126,010 75,895 43 5,710,755

Pine, unplaned:

White 1,728,450 140,350 11,773 23,160 2,130,015

Pitch 8,078,590 3,880 29,170 30 8,164,720

Spruce 1,662,050 76,925 50,635 14,065 3,689,605

Pipes, iron:

Galvanized 229,180 966,955 83,565 3,205 1,294,550

Other 51,460 756,245 238,810 34,290 1,171,965

Railway coaches 117,730 1,073,510 1,191,240

Railway couplings, steel 136,585 485,835 397,810 2,480 1,147,350

Railway freight cars 558,855 2,650,155 74,190 16,095 3,812,510

Railway materials 132,810 4,152,660 237,460 93,345 5,013,430

Rice:

Unhulled 30,685 286,055

Hulled 378 76,860 5,020 2,476,215

Sand for building 115 1,024,380

Sardines 516 27,130 26,120 44,485 1,031,425

380Screws and nuts $170,230 $401,675 $156,050 $183,830 $1,061,980

Seeds:

Alfalfa 482 155,145 73,230 740,945

Flax 1,020 100 1,335

Corn 332 1 100 1,115

Wheat 1,175 39 48 265 7,630

Other kinds 41,510 26,170 281,195 201,115 1,069,415

Silk 635 208,055 428,735 1,287,600 2,341,730

Steel rails 737,685 2,226,600 1,343,315 17,290 5,088,405

Spirits and cordials 12,070 462,545 44,365 1,685,810 3,183,410

Sugar:

Refined 215 467,710 228,260 852,550

Other 1,669 1,110,785 1,575 1,117,385

Tea 230 306,100 18,930 374 1,072,030

Tin plate, unworked 345,530 673,230 5 67 1,036,860

Threshing machines with or without motor 1,182,175 179,385 119,385 97 1,517,030

Tobacco dip 95,545 2,153,045 6,285 520 2,348,005

Tobacco, leaf 378,260 19,495 82,675 4,615 3,485,160

Tramway materials 107,725 506,110 599,020 20,920 1,688,460

Watches:

Gold 2,270 15,420 64,010 209,035 593,300

Other kinds 115,450 26,985 230,270 302,665 1,395,305

Wines 9,160 21,235 39,985 8,031,335 9,830,910

Woolen goods:

Made up 4,150 235,295 586,865 504,855 1,418,170

Tissues, all wool 4,425 3,571,105 1,039,340 888,125 5,957,735

Mixed 3,245 2,018,030 441,055 133,225 2,799,150

Yerba, Brazilian 4,946,085

Imports by parcel post, etc. 3,070 609,945 839,485 944,510 3,308,795

All other articles 12,223,614 19,315,571 21,833,634 11,791,528 90,808,013

Total $57,057,505 $114,515,800 $61,703,550 $36,301,925 $371,383,595

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Bolivia

IMPORTS

Articles. Value.

Animals, live:

Cattle $302,553

Horses 482,528

Arms and ammunition 692,047

Breadstuffs:

Cereals 111,462

Pastes, alimentary 72,617

Rice 194,541

Wheat flour 857,148

Candles 366,220

Cars and carriages:

Railway cars 272,219

Other 102,944

Cement 148,292

Coal and briquettes 674,512

Cotton manufactures, not mixed with other material 1,684,088

Earthenware, tiles, and piping of, and porcelain 151,840

Explosives, including powder 452,490

Fish, fresh, including shellfish 125,027

Fruits 100,636

Gold, coined 107,082

Hats 447,937

Hides and skins, manufactures of 118,023

Instruments, musical and scientific 107,238

Iron and steel and manufactures:

Beaten, drawn, and in sheets 348,456

Machinery and apparatus:

Electric 339,731

Mining 446,881

Other and parts 633,095

Tools 225,340

Iron manufacturers 2,046,497

Jewelry:

Genuine (of precious metals) 105,702

Other 104,271

Leather boots and shoes 155,088

Medicines, prepared 154,297

Oils, mineral, and products 86,315

Paints, colors, and varnishes 99,604

Paper and manufactures 386,503

Soap 97,209

Spirits, wines, and malt liquors:

Beer, cider, and “chicha” 80,160

Spirituous liquors 644,226

Wines 380,603

Sugar, refined 1,195,665

Textile manufactures:

Laces, embroideries, and trimmings 188,666

Knitted goods 174,418

Wearing apparel, ready-made, except waterproof 763,364

Wood and manufactures:

Unmanufactured, except dyewood 248,087

Manufactures:

Furniture 130,702

Other 75,794

Wool, pure 689,861

All other articles 1,887,017

Total $19,258,996

EXPORTS

Bismuth $836,366

Coca 286,417

Copper 1,318,389

Rubber 6,032,892

382Silver:

Crude $1,675,940

Coined 168,204

Tin 23,432,658

Wolfram $202,165

All other articles 1,104,816

Total $35,057,841

Brazil

Articles Year United States United Kingdom Germany France Belgium Total

Arms and ammunition:

Ammunition 1912 $457,294 $1,369,956 $197,561 $2,178,121

Firearms 1912 572,302 $21,756 1,111,676 $488,328 2,280,796

Asphalt 1912 39,334 172,889

Belting 1912 44,394 206,090 42,740 49,137 351,719

Bicycles 1912 37,116 103,249 41,287 31,837 258,786

Blacking, boot 1912 19,573 29,039 17,163 72,676

Breadstuffs:

Flours and meals, not wheat 1912 57,540 48,186 214,938

Wheat 1912 213 14,026,977

Wheat flour 1912 4,007,047 11,733,682

Cars, carriages, motor cars, etc.:

Railway cars 1912 1,915,701 991,730 331,761 3,912,337 7,382,069

Axles and wheels, for railway cars 1912 271,653 268,616 431,786 337,014 1,328,604

Carriages, etc. 1912 161,351 31,658 41,716 285,090

Axles, etc., for carriages 1912 26,803 18,790 29,125 93,150

Motor cars 1912 924,045 317,873 1,526,018 1,470,795 186,216 5,368,650

Motor-car accessories 1912 110,530 112,434 320,209 483,508 1,265,430

Cement 1912 275,942 1,138,048 2,525,183 117,025 960,125 5,263,961

Cordage, jute and hemp 1912 12,168 34,919 17,643 11,058 91,014

Cotton manufactures:

Piece goods—

Bleached 1912 12,094 1,310,654 1,457,021

Unbleached 1912 4,386 237,242 255,016

383 Dyed 1912 54,865 2,905,293 74,654 59,781 120,078 3,320,815

Printed 1912 1,195 836,941 935,708

Other 1912 69,650 4,608,054 1,461,724 376,106 438,478 8,329,407

Other 1912 187,005 1,091,231 2,272,635 402,305 3,788,388

Coal 1912 2,788,601 15,490,137 18,482,303

Patent fuel 1912 2,099,247 56,702 2,214,749

Clocks and watches:

Clocks 1912 100,479 93,059 227,530

Watches 1912 10,027 14,586 247,059

Chemicals and drugs:

Calcium carbide 1912 52,939 435,057

Pills, etc. 1912 47,158 72,467

Pharmaceutical goods, etc. 1912 423,164 962,656 1,364,543 1,537,131 4,908,461

Dynamite and other explosives 1912 10,257 417,202 91,324 37,119 563,570

Electrical machinery and supplies:

Cable 1912 250,047 241,369 49,997 579,885

Insulators 1912 55,044 125,582 204,388

Machinery 1912 2,060,944 569,562 1,375,764 537,636 4,811,052

Fishhooks, locks, stirrups, etc. 1912 140,729 106,077 236,351 51,979 559,805

Fish:

Codfish 1912 279,415 449,641 6,537,176

Preserved extracts, etc. 1912 144,028 75,259 1,267,575

Fruits:

Dried 1912 19,544 24,847 703,853

Fresh 1912 212,010 961,797

Preserved, and extracts 1912 33,304 14,359 64,082

Glass and manufactures:

Bottles and tumblers 1912 58,245 564,005 73,050 776,833

Window glass 1912 4,042 135,855 319,055 518,487

Hats 1912 89,217 149,846 756,931

Ink:

Printing 1912 18,148 59,066 32,535 111,969

Writing 1912 2,923 25,160 36,576

Instruments, scientific:

Dental 1912 165,793 34,385 23,810 230,589

Optical, and goods 1912 19,065 25,612 36,965 85,485

Surgical, and goods 1912 36,873 70,598 95,661 216,052

Other 1912 172,381 75,190 191,322 110,639 586,037

384Iron and steel, and manufactures of:

Cutlery 1912 $178,465 $337,214 $576,594 $86,941 $1,193,260

Enameled ware 1912 13,020 59,051 379,110 485,525

Galvanized corrugated sheets 1912 328,994 1,540,600 91,931 2,060,072

Furniture 1912 54,393 51,471 42,635 170,171

Bars, rods, plates, and sheets 1912 114,879 529,803 569,338 $397,021 1,797,435

Cast, pig, and puddled iron 1912 7,019 331,278 372,735

Locomotives 1912 1,871,639 459,850 1,290,737 122,518 3,749,149

Motors and stationary engines 1912 425,918 333,763 507,533 70,511 1,460,513

Machinery—

Agricultural 1912 409,458 84,233 179,056 702,012

Industrial 1912 230,799 2,776,668 1,784,057 354,519 5,758,613

Other 1912 3,556,371 2,379,798 2,249,642 888,227 345,870 10,071,038

Nails, screws, etc. 1912 117,401 143,478 116,929 80,627 547,469

Rails, joints, etc. 1912 1,868,840 751,474 1,344,151 2,071,438 3,318,764 9,384,650

Scales 1912 67,337 24,013 31,839 135,175

Sewing machines 1912 1,563,131 105,297 963,594 2,548,510

Steel bars and rods 1912 94,276 518,345 81,098 944,537

Stills, boilers, etc. 1912 77,836 466,263 78,623 716,563

Structural material 1912 196,928 648,719 1,223,603 384,630 564,202 3,099,101

Tubes, pipes, fittings 1912 419,678 1,988,125 985,359 354,521 3,973,039

Typewriters and accessories 1912 354,833 60,116 423,494

Tools 1912 694,927 1,537,651 661,834 299,377 3,311,443

Telegraph poles, bridge and fence material 1912 328,901 391,635 360,880 25,509 469,437 1,478,680

Leather, and manufactures of:

Boots and shoes 1912 333,285 27,181 531,639

Sole leather 1912 40 20,150 20,842

Other leather 1912 561,458 224,854 1,585,747 896,943 3,587,909

Manufactures of leather and skins 1912 35,724 92,322 120,066 76,573 412,719

Lighting apparatus 1912 60,656 107,021 223,470 465,826

Meats and products:

Bacon 1912 157,373 187,414

385 Hams 1912 15,210 458,846 525,627

Lard 1912 92,275 111,526

Preserved, and extracts 1912 25,202 35,156 308,424

Milk, condensed 1912 18,541 1,396,423

Mills 1912 15,332 48,325 42,722 128,429

Musical instruments:

Phonographs and accessories 1912 138,602 303,147 458,952

Pianos 1912 126,894 607,091 79,795 866,547

Oils:

Gasoline 1912 1,164,021 1,185,084

Kerosene 1912 4,383,101 4,424,901

Lubricating 1912 812,756 152,101 129,294 1,262,449

Paper, and manufactures of:

Card and mill board 1912 4,413 261,009 451,045

Playing cards 1912 4,414 2,451 9,058

Printing paper 1912 13,595 61,101 881,228 111,916 2,107,646

Stationery, etc. 1912 57,291 115,605 261,500 74,376 525,185

Writing paper 1912 12,974 220,869 425,648

Paraffine 1912 13,151 29,405 14,266 65,229

Photographic apparatus and accessories 1912 51,521 72,405 51,663 224,255

Presses 1912 6,333 14,712 10,237 37,519

Pumps, hydraulic, and parts 1912 92,776 118,906 86,698 365,636

Pipe, lead 1912 1,776 45,491 51,542

Plated ware 1912 3,368 32,398 26,423 72,960

Perfumery, dyes, etc., and materials for 1912 277,532 620,696 301,905 1,041,177 1,964 2,829,581

Paints, prepared 1912 130,806 394,256 127,948 43,801 753,872

Resin 1912 1,547,214 1,593,017

Rubber manufacture 1912 182,828 278,553 288,933 111,358 962,267

Soap, unscented 1912 35,734 198,953 56,998 289,575

Starch 1912 1,502 59,796 69,984 56,828 212,972

Salt 1912 137,923 731,785

Tallow and grease 1912 2,871 15,137 80,022

Tin plates, in sheets 1912 271,451 1,112,935 1,421,649

Tinware 1912 6,678 47,953 29,369 100,931

Tents 1912 2,054 13,480 14,226 41,336

Type, printers’ 1912 2,089 107,021 37,188 233,373

Tobacco leaf 1912 44,602 343,987

386Varnishes 1912 $49,260 $115,833 $198,527

Vegetables:

Dried 1912 815 $9,859 35,413

Preserved and extracts 1912 15,389 $118,861 611,043

Wire:

Copper 1912 851,550 65,115 285,042 1,293,638

Other 1912 823,876 227,990 1,403,714 $344,331 2,880,837

Wearing apparel 1912 40,577 214,689 222,144 247,057 1,140,662

Wood, and manufactures of:

Furniture 1912 137,340 76,271 115,560 108,453 871,002

Pine blocks and boards 1912 2,302,576 2,768,805

Staves and hoops 1912 7,886 28,931 112,666 186,883

Rough, sawed, planed, and veneered 1912 33,123 25,621 464,835

Chile

Articles From United States From United Kingdom From Germany Total

Bottles for liquor $498 $523,145 $525,154

Cars for portable and aerial railways $18,727 335,521 393,922 850,535

Cement, Roman 72,917 313,012 1,168,373 1,703,032

Coal 502,787 7,103,652 278,210 11,129,959

Coffee, grain 1,293 12,640 21,785 770,292

Coke 155,402 176,455 383,753

Colors, common, prepared with waters and oil 13,893 306,272 84,326 409,157

Cotton goods 770,188 6,923,309 3,413,980 14,161,177

Cotton yarn 38,558 621,476 522,450 1,593,200

Glassware 30,858 27,682 274,723 391,455

Iron and steel, and manufactures of 3,521,167 4,447,775 4,446,738 13,448,154

Wire 465,300 28,459 146,187 694,661

Iron articles for domestic use 26,599 125,583 510,028 689,537

387 Pipes, tubes, tools, etc. 152,906 813,813 568,463 1,883,638

Nails 216,655 58,493 205,515 525,819

Railway couplings and plates 37,157 49,141 145,620 276,940

Iron and steel, unworked, in bars, plates, and other forms 240,183 149,994 413,660 1,153,087

Sheet iron, corrugated, galvanized 967,402 776,490 4,150 1,748,128

Rails for railways 516,384 488,551 443,247 1,516,485

Live animals 3,919,088

Cattle 3,286,871

Locomotives and tenders 107,932 337,791 656,819 1,119,018

Machinery, implements, etc.:

For arts and sciences 327,923 169,531 762,327 1,369,415

Mining 99,827 250,047 296,913 652,828

Agricultural 915,971 683,360 342,550 1,979,586

Industrial 226,647 867,627 1,049,792 2,345,184

Motors 81,737 1,022,549 304,967 1,471,558

Parts 153,672 494,480 613,277 1,122,020

Materials for Longitudinal Railway 316,032 148,954 201,036 666,022

Metals, other than iron and steel 155,706 840,196 932,125 2,249,211

Mineral water 9,450 145,113 90,612 401,054

Olive and other edible oils 560,434 28,040 162,025 1,244,117

Paper, unsized, for printing 225,398 40,477 893,543 1,220,867

Paraffine in paste form 87,808 94,811 440,909 634,204

Paraffine and petroleum, naphtha, gasoline, etc. 1,134,728 10,102 186 1,144,624

Petroleum, fixed, impure 273,881 58,466 34,337 365,026

Petroleum, crude 1,240,221 2,527,758

Pine lumber, rough 1,252,359 76,335 3,079 148,949

Railway freight cars 13,205 187,866 62,022 430,473

Rice 720 5,352 380,485 820,954

Sacks, empty 220,705 1,105 3,285,198

Salmon 373,640 10,613 12,292 401,314

Silk thread and manufactures 2,716 24,903 333,584 1,183,838

Sugar:

Refined 205 890 167,733 199,417

White 409 19,618 81,182

Granulated 5,460 52,151 2,261,793

Raw 346 501 23,220

Tea 5,700 829,158 60,937 933,672

Woolen goods 8,920 3,211,547 2,445,224 7,047,551

388Woolen yarn $10,168 $54,294 $621,698 $705,738

Yerba maté 790 78,150 23,503 689,646

Colombia

Articles From United States Total

Animals $1,608 $26,016

Arms and accessories 27,203 57,439

Ceramics, crockery, etc. 157,674 503,579

Drugs and medicines 390,546 838,347

Electric machinery and equipment 110,922 175,638

Explosives 48,876 94,116

Food products 1,573,257 3,054,952

Metals 1,060,274 2,916,924

Machinery:

Agricultural and mining 182,017 381,587

Locomotive 876,863 1,031,711

For arts and sciences 349,060 620,251

Musical instruments 17,398 69,622

Oils and fat products 94,457 171,733

Perfumes, soaps, etc. 92,064 152,169

Paper and cardboard 96,629 477,522

Textiles 1,667,131 10,547,134

Varnishes, paints, etc. 48,824 125,862

Wines, liquors, etc. 68,172 835,772

All other articles 749,062 1,884,249

Total $7,612,037 $23,964,623

Ecuador

Articles Value

Animals, live $47,111

Arms and ammunition 49,521

Boats, launches, etc. 10,390

Books, blank and printed 34,135

Boots, shoes, and findings 234,302

Candles 155,938

Carriages in general 76,809

Cement, stone, and earth 56,423

Clothing, ready-made 624,959

Cordage, twine, and thread 166,328

389Crockery and glassware 161,102

Drugs and medicines 430,229

Foodstuffs 1,849,847

Gold and silver coins 285,333

Hats and caps 140,185

Iron and steel, and manufactures of:

Hardware 798,971

Machinery 620,554

Jewelry 19,807

Leather 26,569

Lumber, rough and finished 94,594

Matches 26,917

Mineral products 206,445

Musical instruments 53,699

Oils in general 115,092

Paints and varnishes 41,063

Paper in general 171,167

Perfumery 79,065

Textiles:

Silk fabrics, pure and mixed 18,143

All other 2,784,944

Vegetable products 54,899

Wines and liquors 375,574

Miscellaneous 830,728

Total $10,652,843

Paraguay

Articles and countries Value

Beverages $281,844

France 60,636

Italy 61,203

Spain 123,670

Drugs 215,039

United States 42,134

Argentine 14,191

France 33,084

Germany 48,936

United Kingdom 44,202

Government supplies (for public works) 119,499

United States 18,070

Argentine 24,414

Germany 62,351

Haberdashery (small wares sold by dry goods stores) 380,518

Argentine 19,865

France 84,109

Germany 171,797

Italy $16,289

Spain 18,640

United Kingdom 60,874

Hardware 836,621

United States 103,467

Germany 368,286

United Kingdom 268,886

Provisions 1,171,578

United States 81,795

Argentine 448,602

Austria 106,492

Germany 205,870

Italy 64,926

Spain 105,738

Textiles 1,462,367

France 64,441

Germany 396,413

Italy 83,121

United Kingdom 835,666

390

Peru

Articles and countries 1910 1911

Cotton textiles and manufactures:

United Kingdom $1,770,615 $2,131,482

Germany 438,676 535,076

Italy 224,175 404,303

Belgium 132,222 169,378

United States 149,202 139,605

Spain 60,811 130,091

France 59,629 99,281

Japan 11,986 8,189

Other countries 14,337 12,064

Total $2,861,653 $3,629,469

Wool and animal hair and manufactures:

United Kingdom $532,944 $638,459

Germany 277,565 577,760

Belgium 92,726 159,246

Italy 61,532 84,559

France 42,153 77,513

Spain 8,189

United States 2,501 6,856

Other countries 29,026 10,138

Total $1,038,447 $1,562,720

Linen, hemp, jute, and other textile fibers and manufactures:

United Kingdom $249,441 $280,042

British India 88,969 188,683

Germany 31,194 55,531

Australia 19,636 42,027

France 16,088 20,113

Belgium 13,820 16,998

United States 5,133 13,971

Spain 10,390

Italy $11,338 $10,283

Chile 16,321 6,910

Other countries 4,245 1,230

Total $456,185 $646,178

Silk, animal and vegetable, and manufactures:

Germany $121,146 $161,299

United Kingdom 63,633 66,792

France 58,120 63,964

Italy 23,539 20,157

Belgium 7,425 19,032

Hongkong 10,399

Japan 5,742

United States $4,847

Other countries $26,613 4,053

Total $300,476 $356,285

Hides, skins, and leather goods:

United Kingdom $58,957 $163,144

United States 37,481 139,040

Germany 40,727 100,897

France 14,108 52,626

Japan 22,814

Italy 10,745

Spain 4,618

Other countries 17,988 13,935

Total $169,261 $507,819

Wearing apparel and notions:

Italy $108,746 $47,705

France 124,469 26,166

Germany 118,796 12,472

United Kingdom 258,955 10,769

391 United States 58,081 2,331

Other countries 145,483 3,526

Total $814,530 $102,969

Furniture:

Germany $53,574 $49,516

United States 40,226 45,004

United Kingdom 44,007 42,912

France 10,818 22,123

Hongkong 4,540

Other countries 6,732 7,536

Total $155,357 $171,631

Metals and manufactures:

United Kingdom $1,270,759 $1,948,984

United States 498,529 1,579,651

Germany 205,570 616,240

Belgium 165,188 490,747

France 36,814 182,843

Brazil 24,424

Italy 18,925

Other countries 9,166 12,432

Total $2,186,026 $4,874,246

Stones, earth, coal, glass, and chinaware:

United Kingdom $272,100 $935,964

Germany 142,845 476,249

Belgium 67,955 237,524

United States 51,925 127,507

Australia 26,916 59,604

France 15,178 60,305

Chile 33,194

Japan 32,011

Italy 14,044

Other countries 17,237 12,672

Total $594,156 $1,989,074

Woods, lumber, and manufacturers:

United States $322,726 $1,530,689

Chile 17,421 49,034

Germany 15,183 53,137

Ecuador 16,059 36,035

France 23,943

Japan 17,601

United Kingdom 17,333 16,063

Hongkong 8,939

Belgium 5,999

Spain 5,693

Italy 5,596

Other countries 48,542 13,187

Total $437,264 $1,765,916

Paints, dyes, varnishes, bitumen, gum:

United States $213,200 $491,146

Germany 67,604 223,551

United Kingdom 62,403 152,262

Belgium 16,433 72,282

Salvador 15,985 43,812

Mexico $22,760

France 19,397

Italy 6,467

Other countries $12,896 4,960

Total $388,521 $1,036,637

Live animals:

Chile $10,088 $44,425

Ecuador 10,292

United States 5,313

392 Germany $3,309

United Kingdom 1,747

Other countries 35,218 786

Total $45,306 $65,872

Stationery, paper, and cardboard:

Germany $154,574 $422,898

Spain 21,689 108,503

United Kingdom 35,680 98,794

United States 46,829 97,310

Belgium $28,424 $57,458

France 16,706 36,999

Italy 11,733

Hongkong 4,550

Other countries 4,897 5,880

Total $323,466 $859,404

Tools, ships’ stores, machines and vehicles:

United States $436,758 $749,864

United Kingdom 269,136 809,800

Germany 77,644 225,503

Belgium 35,685 172,842

France 57,998 49,253

Italy 11,733

Hongkong 4,550

Other countries 17,066 10,725

Total $894,287 $2,034,270

Musical instruments:

Germany $19,986 $75,960

United States 7,936 30,532

United Kingdom $11,373

France 5,499

Other countries 8,187 14,168

Total $36,109 $137,532

Arms, ammunition, and explosives:

Germany $17,333 $172,171

United Kingdom 67,225 123,851

United States 39,331 102,317

France 76,569

Hongkong 27,009 57,847

Belgium 8,968

Other countries 34,778 9,076

Total $185,676 $550,799

Dry goods and miscellaneous articles:

United Kingdom $2,583,430 $336,527

Germany 1,490,550 255,510

United States 1,801,962 205,638

France 1,495,523 142,928

Chile 143,322 134,417

Belgium 561,506 96,239

Cuba 35,374 78,049

Italy 62,563 17,509

Mexico 16,020

Ecuador 55,146 11,927

Japan 11,810

Hongkong 42,353 9,425

Spain 37,349 7,922

Other countries 156,830 3,314

Total $8,465,908 $1,327,235

393Beverages:

France $160,715 $173,850

Germany 88,049 87,241

United Kingdom 82,375 118,708

Portugal 69,449 63,736

Italy 45,447 43,350

Spain 31,919 51,224

Belgium 25,111 25,417

United States 16,394 10,331

Hongkong 4,185

Other countries 42,752 1,878

Total $562,211 $579,920

Comestibles and condiments:

Australia $801,639 $1,013,886

Hongkong 507,400 626,795

United States 547,456 568,416

United Kingdom 370,549 322,906

Germany 345,219 273,677

Italy 182,726 185,579

Chile 497,755 94,935

France 89,290

Belgium 38,065 59,390

Spain 40,552

Portugal 56,154 28,181

Brazil 14,331

Japan 7,586

Other countries 227,306 6,466

Total $3,574,269 $3,331,990

Medicines and pharmaceutical products:

United States $118,766 $212,933

Germany 131,346 210,426

France 76,106 177,568

United Kingdom 144,568 143,950

Italy 49,701 53,793

Belgium 12,983

Hongkong 10,321

Other countries 30,877 48,925

Total $551,364 $870,899

Articles not classified:

Germany $16,224

United Kingdom 14,959

United States $94,696 14,725

France 51,229 7,494

Other countries 52,453 10,888

Total $198,378 $64,290

Uruguay

Articles Value

Beverages $2,224,582

Chemical products, etc. 1,433,804

Chalk 52,661

Cement, Portland 981,279

Coal 2,742,100

Chinaware 187,546

Food products:

Cheese 113,573

Coffee 365,174

Codfish 90,894

Chocolate 129,899

Sardines 91,011

Canned goods 89,599

Fruits 370,006

Indian corn 317,804

Oils 737,926

394 Potatoes $978,165

Peas 113,028

Wheat 109,620

Yerba maté 1,236,542

Sugar, refined and unrefined 2,338,379

Rice 637,092

Glass bottles and flask 97,323

Glass, window 307,585

Hides and skins and manufactures 66,805

Iron, steel and manufactures:

Agricultural machinery and implements 552,319

Beams 555,211

Carriage springs 76,135

Enameled ware 150,108

Cutlery 63,195

Fence wire 848,326

Galvanized iron—

Bars and sheets 144,958

For roofs 692,365

Hoops 76,279

Iron in bars and sheets 697,835

Machinery, for trades 634,419

Nails 38,933

Pipes—

Iron 82,818

Galvanized iron 81,450

Rails 53,998

Screws and nuts 50,125

Live animals 905,318

Metals (other than iron and steel and manufactures of) 749,770

Oils:

Benzine 283,636

Lubricating 129,168

Gasoline 45,009

Kerosene $85,784

Paints, dyes, inks, etc. 378,382

Paper, and manufactures of 1,031,812

Porcelain 59,749

Sulphur 79,996

Textile goods:

Cotton 5,370,078

Linen 249,387

Silk 318,090

Woolen 1,773,931

Tobacco 1,321,860

Wood and manufactures of:

Furniture 258,841

Other 2,680,597

Imported from Value

United Kingdom $12,648,379

Germany 7,894,644

United States 5,671,318

Argentine 4,173,155

France 3,952,473

Italy 3,348,233

Belgium 3,333,938

Spain 2,143,455

Brazil 2,071,535

Chile 312,828

Australia 297,341

Netherlands 242,552

Cuba 186,004

Paraguay 166,601

Austria-Hungary 116,079

Portugal 31,567

Total $46,590,102

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Articles United States United Kingdom Germany France Netherlands All Other Total

Agricultural implements, accessories $98,438 $166,525 $36,159 $408 $34,770 $29 $336,329

Arms and ammunition 201,728 10,067 38,391 16,429 17,816 74,834 359,265

Automobiles and accessories 96,593 1,930 3,049 16,304 117,876

Bags and bagging 6,677 215,460 12,213 101 10,135 2,658 247,244

Beer 77 8,638 58,708 7 17,617 85,047

Biscuits 96,547 20,563 12,111 1,912 2,577 987 134,697

Bottles 493 6,884 129,871 93 1,643 316 139,300

Butter 137,977 2,692 168,080 47,443 33,718 1,001 390,911

Canned meats 95,892 17,050 20,418 16,950 10,156 21,483 181,949

Carbonic acid gas 1,022 939 4,585 49 2,853 9,448

Cement 66,461 23,246 25,954 17 13,874 96 129,648

Cheese 990 461 5,436 1,454 55,255 3,678 67,274

Coal 11,365 81,103 11,742 4,009 4,298 112,517

Confectionery 32,978 23,480 6,132 12,546 6,374 16,522 98,032

Cotton goods 449,663 2,745,304 378,992 75,396 325,087 388,695 4,363,137

Cotton knit goods 1,363 17,826 114,133 26,110 44,657 226,667 430,756

Drugs and medicines 287,718 32,625 111,579 130,989 37,817 34,170 634,898

Earthenware and crockery 3,324 11,602 46,280 1,387 11,147 641 74,381

Electrical apparatus and accessories 120,585 2,626 8,530 76 2,625 2,285 136,727

Flour 1,085,821 11,697 289 1,097,807

Glassware 22,828 1,929 39,681 5,998 8,244 744 79,424

Hams 72,697 795 679 20 309 58 74,558

Hats 8,150 2,619 203,438 7,980 12,026 31,247 265,460

Iron, and manufacturers of:

Domestic wares 18,609 23,054 118,941 803 25,872 331 187,610

Manufactures 176,498 99,154 55,367 14,311 11,011 7,152 363,493

Tubes 40,410 17,486 7,034 714 65,644

Unfinished 42,356 17,708 10,400 214 501 434 71,613

Lamps, lanterns, and accessories 7,345 461 7,442 1,221 1,290 327 18,086

Lard 382,184 6,199 17 388,400

Leather 95,488 6,607 44,448 68,008 9,736 1,099 225,386

Machinery 289,850 90,596 62,944 20,200 16,052 7,932 487,574

396Malt $125 $48,381 $170 $48,676

Nails, iron 16,931 $7,528 17,130 103 2,808 1,437 45,937

Oils:

Benzine, gasoline, and naphtha 14,957 672 1,677 32 47 17,385

Crude petroleum 970 427 2,203 3,600

Engine 15,755 5,739 2,908 99 312 1,932 26,745

Kerosene 160,958 2,523 163,481

Linseed 4,298 1,597 14,548 57 2,374 22,874

Olive 279 4,035 2,799 8,749 5,382 180,728 201,972

Other 3,265 58 1,946 34 90 360 5,753

Olives and capers 1,286 1,268 918 5,072 891 13,746 23,181

Paints:

Ordinary 31,644 4,852 15,035 407 1,751 2,332 56,021

Enamel and colors 7,368 180 11,257 1,363 2,073 254 22,495

Paper:

Printing 41,368 110 617 3 157 522 42,777

Other 26,427 5,999 53,263 2,045 27,465 23,068 138,267

Perfumery 54,518 16,664 22,800 66,381 28,527 3,971 192,861

Powder and dynamite 17,095 426 3,021 1,955 22,497

Railroad material 41,974 82,754 23,090 16,078 1,000 164,896

Rice 17,969 28,589 253,946 58 311,139 3,030 614,731

Sardines 1,663 8,241 81,780 11,349 38,743 108,475 250,251

Spices 27,115 268 5,708 123 2,398 3,129 38,741

Stearin and suet 5,205 1,938 1,098 1,507 291,085 17,236 318,069

Tobacco and products 5,171 2,392 2,946 106 205 2,699 13,519

Turpentine 8,063 133 668 15 8,879

Vegetables, dried 6,756 609 161 274 95 1,257 9,152

Wall paper 4,698 200 3,695 317 335 26 9,271

Window glass 942 207 4,088 569 2,260 666 8,732

Wines and liquors 13,024 84,255 66,239 159,342 27,981 213,335 564,176

397Wire:

Barbed 138,388 994 3,755 143,137

Galvanized and plain 13,762 2,537 4,982 794 22,075

Woolen goods 4,526 170,149 40,553 49,002 14,167 13,885 292,282

All other articles 1,079,696 178,356 767,354 987,960 167,868 541,239 3,722,473

Total $5,718,323 $4,281,026 $3,199,389 $1,761,410 $1,666,354 $1,962,895 $18,589,387

Coin:

Gold 1,114,115 3,860 78,744 4,648 1,201,367

Silver 778,176 778,176

Total, 1912 $6,832,438 $4,284,886 $3,199,389 $2,618,330 $1,671,002 $1,962,895 $20,568,940

Total, 1911 5,219,577 5,253,865 3,195,945 1,857,564 1,340,904 1,527,034 18,394,889

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