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THE PRODUCTION OF VOLATILE OILS AND PEEFUMEEY PLANTS. 



The value of toilet preparations, such as cosmetics, hair washes, 

 dentrifices, pastes, pomades, and powders, into which perfumery sub- 

 stances enter may also be mentioned in this connection. The imports 

 of these preparations for the above year reached a total of 

 $004,258.09." 



For purposes of comparison and to illustrate the remarkable in- 

 crease of consumption of volatile oils of foreign production, the sta- 

 tistics extending over several years are tabulated.'' 



Tablk III. — Itiii)()rl.s of volatile lunl distilled oils for the years ending June 



30, 1!)03 to 1908, inclusive. 



Free imports from — 



Europe 



North America. 

 South America. 



Asia 



Oceania 



Africa 



1903. 



81,253,360 



2,747 



2. 364 



191,730 



129 



1904. 



1905. 



1906. 



1907. 



$1,318,606 

 1,315 



4, 052 

 252, 729 



1,450,330 



290 



1,576,992 



»1, 387, 268 SI, 617, 796 



16,389 5,713 



2,205 I 750 



176,563 308,781 



24 



f 2, 227, 530 



2,431 



4,9d9 



407, 008 



304 



1,582,449 1,933,040 2,642,242 



1908. 



82,215,265 



5, 996 



14,886 



311,688 



2,550,835 



Table IV. — Imi>orts of volatile and distilled oils for the i/ears ending June 30^ 



1U03 to IDOS, inelKsive. 



The steady increase in the importation of perfumery products, 

 as shown in Tables III and IV, indicates that the consumption of 

 volatile oils and scenting materials in America is also increasing. 

 AVith the exception of peppermint, comparatively small quantities 

 of crude oils are distilled and exported from the United States. The 

 exports of peppermint oil, distilled largely in Xew York and ^liclii- 

 gan, for the year ending June 30, 1908, were 141,617 pounds, valued 

 at $357,555," while all other essential oils exported amounted to 

 $214,765. 



The imports of volatile oils and perfumery materials far exceed the 

 exports of the same jiroducts, the principal product of export being 

 peppermint oil, a singular case where the distillation approaches 

 industrial size in the Ignited States. 



Toiiinierce fuid N;iviir:ition of tlio TTnitod States, 100,9. ]i. 019. 

 '' Commerce and Navigation of the Ignited States, 1908, p. 279. 

 c Commerce and Navigation of the United States, 1908, p. 636. 

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