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The Argentine as a Market

Statistical Appendix.

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IMPORTS, under principal heads—Value in $1000 Gold.

1890. 1895. 1900. 1905.

Live-stock 400 611 364 1,307

Food stuffs

Animal foods =16,411 984 1,755 2,242

Vegetable foods and fruits 539 633 960

Spices and condiments 1,053 590 866

Legumes and cereals 1,607 1,701 2,556

Substances for infusions and hot beverages 5,801 5,335 6,093

Flour, macaroni, fancy breads, fecula 428 436 820

Tobacco and applications 2,554 2,293 3,147 4,455

Drinks— Wines =12,990 7,304 5,637 6,596

Spirits and liquors 1,301 1,284 2,159

Sundries 211 356 411

Textiles, raw and manufactured

Silk =30,024 1,254 2,485 2,602

Wool 7,650 7,141 10,967

Cotton 20,309 19,536 27,066

Sundries 8,238 8,433 5,582

Oils—Vegetable, mineral, etc. — 3,193 4,194 5,556

Chemical, medicinal, and pharmaceutical substances and products 3,875 2,429 3,760 6,275

Paints and dyes — 789 865 1,441

Timber: In bulk =7,399 3,295 5,500 11,799

Wrought 739 1,540 2,368

Paper and applications

Paper and pasteboard =3,628 1,335 1,924 2,272

Applications 678 1,001 1,861

Leather and applications 1,704 641 1,244 1,796

Iron and applications

Raw material =48,109 5,696 9,088 14,814

Machinery and agricultural implements 1,202 1,861 —

Iron and steel manufactures 4,701 8,104 11,357

Agriculture — — — 16,532

Locomotion and Conveyances — — — 23,362

Other metals

Unwrought — 594 1,262 1,896

Manufactured — 846 2,080 3,998

Stone, clay, glass

Raw material =10,385 6,375 7,120 14,355

Manufactured 1,102 1,772 3,111

Electrical supplies — — — 2,034

Sundry articles and manufactures 4,955 1,881 3,321 5,428

Totals 142,402 95,096 113,485 205,154

EXPORTS, under principal heads—Value in $1000 Gold.

1890. 1895. 1900. 1905.

Live-stock products =61,306 74,620 71,253 141,042

Live-stock 9,052 5,942 7,189

Meat, hides, wool, etc. 60,352 61,084 122,026

Manufactured animal products 4,367 3,568 10,148

By-products 857 659 1,642

Agricultural products =34,590 41,448 77,426 170,235

Raw material 39,085 73,045 161,188

Manufactured products 1,960 2,952 5,584

By-products 402 1,428 3,462

Woodland products 1,413 2,161 3,508 7,125

Products of the chase 346 272 990 790

Mineral products 673 338 262 261

Other products and sundries 2,488 1,316 1,158 3,388

Totals 100,818 120,067 154,600 322,843

EXPORTS OF FROZEN MEAT AND JERKED BEEF.

JERKED BEEF. FROZEN BEEF. FROZEN MUTTON. Other frozen and Preserved Meat and Tongues.

Years. Tons. Value $1000 gold. Tons. Value $1000 gold. Tons. Value $1000 gold. Tons. Value $1000 gold.

1896 45,907 3,217 2,997 119 45,105 1,804 3,288 356

1897 36,238 2,466 4,241 169 50,894 2,035 2,414 255

1898 22,242 2,116 5,867 234 50,833 2,393 3,154 313

1899 19,164 2,038 9,079 950 56,627 2,265 3,322 334

1900 16,449 1,979 24,590 2,458 56,412 4,512 3,175 415

1901 24,296 2,879 44,904 4,490 63,013 5,041 3,047 391

1902 22,304 2,647 70,018 7,001 80,073 6,405 4,729 496

1903 12,991 1,542 85,520 8,151 78,149 6,251 7,354 720

1904 11,726 1,391 97,744 9,774 88,816 7,089 7,249 704

1905 25,288 3,738 152,857 15,285 78,351 6,268 8,488 760

EXPORTS OF CATTLE, SKINS, AND WOOL.

CATTLE. SHEEPSKINS.

Years. 1000’s. Value $1000 gold. 1000 Tons. Value $1000 gold.

1896 382 6,543 36 4,061

1897 238 5,018 37 4,094

1898 359 7,690 42 6,194

1899 312 6,824 41 9,308

1900 150 3,678 37 7,472

1901 119 1,980 41 7,339

1902 118 2,848 41 8,487

1903 181 4,437 41 10,132

1904 129 2,852 37 8,676

1905 262 5,160 30 9,483

WOOL. SALTED CATTLE HIDES. DRY CATTLE HIDES.

Years. 1000 tons. Value $1000 gold. 1000 tons. Value $1000 gold. 1000 tons. Value $1000 gold.

1896 187 33,516 29 4,598 21 6,600

1897 205 37,450 27 4,605 29 8,596

1898 221 45,534 29 5,171 23 6,887

1899 237 71,283 28 5,334 23 8,001

1900 101 27,991 26 5,285 24 8,159

1901 228 44,666 28 5,281 26 8,848

1902 197 45,810 35 6,384 26 8,822

1903 192 50,424 28 5,360 23 7,787

1904 168 48,355 29 5,267 22 8,256

1905 191 64,312 49 9,147 24 9,929

EXPORTS OF WHEAT, MAIZE, AND LINSEED.

WHEAT. MAIZE. LINSEED.

Years. 1000 tons. Value $1000 gold. 1000 tons. Value $1000 gold. 1000 tons. Value $1000 gold.

1896 523 12,830 1,570 15,594 229 6,856

1897 101 3,470 374 5,478 162 4,996

1898 645 22,368 717 9,274 158 5,420

1899 1,713 38,078 1,116 13,042 217 7,402

1900 1,929 48,627 713 11,933 223 10,674

1901 904 26,240 1,112 18,887 338 16,513

1902 644 18,584 1,192 22,994 340 17,840

1903 1,681 41,323 2,104 33,147 593 21,239

1904 2,303 66,947 2,469 44,391 880 28,359

1905 2,868 85,883 2,222 46,537 654 26,233

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY 1895-1905.

CULTIVATED AREA IN THOUSAND HECTARES.8

Years. Wheat. Linseed. Maize. Hay. Other cultivations. Total.

1895 2,049 387 1,244 713 497 4,892

1896 2,500 360 1,400 800 510 5,570

1897 2,600 350 1,000 900 522 5,372

1898 3,200 332 850 1,067 533 5,983

1899 3,250 355 1,009 1,268 545 6,427

1900 3,379 607 1,255 1,511 557 7,311

1901 3,296 782 1,405 1,631 567 7,683

1902 3,695 1,307 1,801 1,730 580 9,114

1903 4,320 1,487 2,100 2,172 606 10,685

1904 4,903 1,082 2,287 2,503 648 11,424

1905 5,675 1,022 2,717 2,983 682 13,081

THE CULTIVATED AREA IN THE YEARS 1895-1905 COMPARED.

Products. Census, 1895. 1000 hectares. Agricultural Statistic, 1905. 1000 hectares. Increase. %

Wheat 2,049 5,675 176·9

Linseed 387 1,022 164·0

Maize 1,244 2,717 118·4

Barley 54 58 7·7

Hay 713 2,983 318·4

Tobacco 15 19 22·7

Sugar cane 61 65 7·3

Vineyards 33 53 59·0

Cotton 1 4 397·4

Pea nut 13 29 119·0

Potatoes 21 40 91·0

Beans 20 24 18·3

Vegetables =48 39 =1·8

Tapioca 5

Spurge 3

Rice =156 3 =57·4

Oats 51

Common rye 2

Canary-seed 21

Coffee 0

Forests 166

Fruits 71 87 21·9

Sundries — 3 —

Total 4,892 13,081 167·4

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