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IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1896 TO 1898 [Preliminary figures for 1898, corrected to Jan. 14, 1899]
Twelve Months ending December Increase (+) or decrease (— ) Twelve Months 1897 and 1898 1896 1897 1898 Merchandise Imports — Free of Dntv . Dutiable . ' . Total . Exports — Domestic Foreign . Total . Excess of imports . Excess of exports . Gold Imports .... Expcu'ts .... Excess of imports. Excess of exports . Silver Imports .... Exports .... Excess of imports . Excess of exports . Dollars 322,952,457 358.627.090 Dollars 377,288,396
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Dollars 207,797,915 365,sC,r),719 Dollars -109,490,481 + 559,886 681,579,556 742,5!t5,22'J 6;33,(;64,634 -108,930,595 986,830,080 19.007,161 1,079,834,296 19.874.749 1,233,600,630 21.324.533 + 153,766,340 + 1,449,784 1,005,837,241 1,099,709,045 1,254,925,109 + 155,216,124 324,257,685 357,113,816 621,200,535 + 264,146,719 104,731,259 58.256,s90 34,020,592 34.276.401 158,030,252 lO.i94.9r4 + 124,015,660 -18,081,447 46,474,369 255,809 141,841,298 30,279,740 64,056,741 33,082,302 58,661,292 29,029,724 53,797.104 -4,052,578 -4,864,188 33,777,001 25,578,990 24,767,380 -811,610
EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, GROUPED BY ARTICLES ACCORDING TO SOURCES OF PRODUCTION, 1893 TO 1898 Products of Agriculture
Values Articles 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 Animals : Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Cattle 26,032,428 33,461,922 30,603,796 34,560,672 30,357,451 37,827,500 Hogs 397,162 14,753 72,424 227,297 295,998 110,487 Horses 718,607 1,108,995 2,209,298 3,5:30,703 4.769,265 6,176,569 Mules 210,278 240,961 186,452 406,161 545,331 664,789 Sheep 126,394 832,763 2,630,686 3,076,384 1,531,(545 1,213,886 All other, and fowls Total .... Bones, hoofs, horns, horn tips. 4;3,116 53,247 51,389 39,752 0,8.771 250,175 27,527.985 35,712,641 35,754,045 41,840,909 4^3,568,401 40.248,406 strips, and waste Breadstuffs : Barley 319.848 260,675 288,084 321,680 280,140 174,861 1,468,843 2,379,714 767,228 3,100,311 7,040,384 5,542,040 Bread and biscuit 752,353 723,873 634,600 694,323 097,695 788,264 Buckwheat .... 678,959 589,285 Corn 24,587,511 30,211,154 14,650,767 37,836,862 W,087,152 74,196,850 Corn meal .... 793,081 770,526 648,844 0M,121 902,061 1,766,068 Oats 951.920 2,027,934 200,793 3,497,011 S.756,207 20,032,914 Oatmeal .... 100,600 238,528 566,321 939,502 1,071,340 1,757,978 Rye 1,002,790 126,532 5,340 445,075 3,667,505 8,825,709 Rve flour .... 10,290 4,273 12,062 11,103 7,800 11,815 Wheat 93,534,970 59,407,041 43.805, 6C);3 39.709.80^ 50.920,17s 145,084.659 A\ heat flour .... 75,494,347 69,271,770 51,651,92-^ 52,(125,217 55.914,347 69.2(W,71& All other breadstuffs, etc. . Total .... 1,555,88;^ 1,610,8S4 1,661,234 2,442,940 4,508,025 4,-837,759 200,312,654 166,777,229 114,604,780 141.356.993 197,857,219 383,897,119
