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AMEKICAN EXPOET CORN ( MAIZE ) IN EUROPE. 



CORN PRODUCTION IN EXPORTING COUNTRIES. 



Table XIII shows the percentages of the world's corn crops pro- 

 duced in the five principal corn-exporting countries of the world each 

 year for a period of ten years, from 1898 to 1907, inclusive. During 

 the whole period these countries together produced an average by 

 years of 83.4 per cent, while the United States alone produced an 

 average of 75.18 per cent of the world's corn crops. Argentina stands 

 next to the United States in the production of corn and in showing the 

 most substantial increase in the quantity produced. 



Table XIII. — Percentages of the world's crops of corn produced in the five principal corn- 

 exporting countries during the years from 1898 to 1907, inclusive. 



PERCENTAGES OF CORN CROPS EXPORTED FROM EXPORTING 



COUNTRIES. 



Table XIV shows the percentage of the corn crops exported from 

 the five principal corn-exporting countries of the world each year for 

 a period of ten years, from 1898 to 1907, inclusive. From this table 

 it will be seen that an average, considered by years, of more than one- 

 half of the corn produced in Argentina and more than one-half of 

 that produced in European Russia was exported from those coun- 

 tries during the period; that more than one-third of the crops of Rou- 

 mania and Bulgaria w^as exported; while the exports from the United 

 States for the same period amounted to only 4.86 per cent of the pro- 

 duction, the exports from the United States showing a gradual reduc- 

 tion in the percentage of the yearly exports. In considering this 

 table, however, it must be remembered that the statistics relating to 

 the United States are based upon a year beginning July 1, while those 

 relating to the other countries shown are based upon the calendar 

 year, and also that the crops in Argentina ripen and are exported 

 practically six months before those of the other countries shown. 



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