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"Opportunities in Cen 

 ber 17. 



"Foreign Lumber Trade." September 20. Compiled from reports of 

 consuls In the several countries covered, namel.v, China, Denmark, France, 

 Greece, Hungary, Italy, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey in Asia, and 

 United Kingdom. This is a valuable report. 



"Wood Manufacturing in the Netherlands.' Consular Agent .\. C. 

 .Nelson, Schevenlngen, Netherlands. September 20. Valuable. 



•Commercial Activities in the Balearic Islands." Consular Agent .luan 

 .\Iorey, Palma de Majorca, Spain. October 17. 



"Manufacturers of Grape Barrels in Siiain." Consular Agent Hartley 

 1". Yost, Almeria, Spain. October 18. 



"Trade of Australian States." Consul W. C. Magelssen, .Melbourne. 

 Australia. October 21. Imports of wood products from the United States 

 are given. 



"Commercial Review of Syria." October 29. Consular reports for 

 Aleppo, .lerusalim, and Mersina are Included. 



"Tradi- of Misopotamla and Irak." Consul Emll Sauer, Bagdad, Asiatic 

 Turkey. Nov.iiihiT 1. 



"ConinnTc ial ('<indltions in Panama." Consul-General A. C. Snyder, 

 i'anaiiui City. N.ivcniber S. 



"Trade ol" i;( iiiKin South Sea Islands." November (!. Trauslatli>n from 

 the Cennaii V.is>isilie Zeltung of Berlin. 



"Trade I'l-ospec ts in South Africa." I'onsui E. .\. Wakollelil. I'ort 

 Elizaheth. South .vfrica. November 7. 



"Foreign Couiiaerce of Greece." Consul-General William 11. Gale. 

 Athens, .November 11. 



"Sale of American Woodworking Machinery." Coniul John Ball, Havre, 

 France. November 11. A short report without statistics. It relates 

 only to France. ^ 



"American Commercial Organization In Foreign Countries." Consul- 

 (ieneral S. Hie Uavndal, Constantinople. November 18. Prospective 

 exporters ol liiiist products will do well to read thl.s report. 



"Traile r>f West African Colonies." November 22. This Is a complla- 

 tlou covering' Nit;.i-ia, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Gambia, French Guinea. 

 Kamaruii. and To:;oland. Statistics show American trade there. 



"AKrieiiltuial Implements in the Punjab." Consul-General George E. 

 .\ndiTsou, Hongkong. November 27. 



"Trade of Straits Settlements." Consul-General ICdwin S. Cunningham, 

 Singapore. Largely statistical. November 28. 



"Commerce and Industries of Guatemala." Consul-General G. .\. Buck- 

 lln. Guatemala City. December 2. 



"American I'ortaltle Houses in France." .Tohu Ball Osborne, Havre, 

 France. December 4. .\n interesting report. 



"Barrel Staves in Germany." Consul-General Robert 1". Skinner. Ham 

 burg, Gi-rmaiiy. liecember 22. 



1914. 



"Commerce of Southern Chile." Consul Charb 

 Arenas, Chile. January 



Latham. I'unta 

 General W. A. Ha.vgood. 



•Growth of .South .\frican Commerce." 

 (ape Town, .\friea. January 17. - 



■Trade ('..ii.liti..ns in Ecuador." Consul-General Charles F. Baker. 

 Guayaquil. Kiuador. January 19. 



•Changing Conditions in the Shook Trade." Consul W. I. Dawson, 

 Valencia, Spain. January 23. 



"Wood and Lumber Market of Havre. " Consul J. B. Oslxirne, Havre, 

 France. .lanuary 23. 



"Chin.is Import Trade and Industries." Consul-General George E 

 .\mlersoi], Hongkong, China. January 29. 



'•Hardwoods of Panama." Consul James C. Kellogg, Colon, Panama. 



■■.\^-iieiiltnral Implements In Asia Minor." Consul Edwin I. Nathan. 

 Mer^iiia. Turkey. February 9. 



■ Tiaile and Commerce of Bulgaria." Consul-General Charles Campbell, 

 liiicliarest, Roumania. March 5. 



(leneral report on vehicles other than motor. This is in manuscript 

 and can be seen only by calling at branch offices of the Bureau of Foreign 

 ami ttomestic Commerce. 



•I.nmhering Concessions in Philippines." March 10. Report from the 

 Manila Free Press. 



•Comm-rce of Danish West Indies." Consul C. H. Payne. St. Thomas, 

 W. I. March 11. 



•i;-Mit - fiieimi Trade Statistics." Consul Arthur Garrels, Alexandria. 



Irnl. I Ml \ of South America." March 16. The directory 1= 



il.s.ril.Ml :iii,l trims on which it may be procured are stated. 



••.\merican Goods at Hamburg." Consul-General Henry H. Morgan, 

 Hamburg. Germany. Kinds and quantity of logs and lumber are given. 



•'American Furniture and Office Supplies Abroad." March 21. This 

 consists of reports from various parts of the world. 



"Manufacttirers' Agents in South Africa." Consul E. A. Wakefield. 

 Port Elizabeth, South Africa. March 21. 



■•Kitchen Cabinets in Swiss Homes." Consul Philip Holland, Basel. 

 Switzerland. March 23. 



••Hardwood Timber of the Solomon Islands. '• April 4. This is from 

 British sources. 



"Silos Needed in Venezuela." Minister Preston McGoodwin. Caracas, 

 Venezuela. April 13. 



••Consular Advice in Trade Promotion." Vice-Consul John R. Siiliman, 

 Saltillo, -Mex. April 14. 



"Foreign Lumber Trade." Consul L. Spahr, Breslau, Germany. April 21. 



••.Market for American Corn Planting Machinery." Consul J. H. Grout, 

 (Idessa, Russia. April 21. 



•Trade Review of Armenia. •' April 23. This includes Harput. Dlarbekir 





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1 Robert J. Thompson. .\ix la 

 Mexico.^' Various consular re- 

 Consul Dean B. Mason, .\lgiers, 

 D. Baker, Bombay, India. 



•I'aileni Woods for German Maehin 

 Erpirt. Germany, .\pril 23. 



•■Aiiu'ri<'an Trade with Hongkong." 

 son. Hongkong. April 28. 



••New i'iywood from Japan. • I'oi 

 Chai>elle, Germany. May 2. 



"Commercial Conditions in Northe 

 ports. May 7. 



"Commerce and Industries of Algeria." 

 Africa. May 13. 



"Match Trade of India." Consul He 

 .May 10. 



"Commerce and Industries of Ilie Netherlands." Compiled from consular 

 reports covering Rotterdam, .Amsterdam, Schevenlngen. and Grand Duchy 

 of Luxemburg. May 19. 



••French Market for American Staves." Consul John Ball Osborne, 

 Havre, France. May 21. 



••Basel Market for Imported Lumber." Consul Philip Holland. Basel, 

 Switzerland. May 23. 



"American Wheelbarrows in England." Consul A. E. Ingram. Brad- 

 ford, Eng. May 28. 



"Shooks In the Canary Islands." Consul Homer Brett. Teneriffe, Canar.v 

 Islands. June 5. 



"Hardwood Forests of South America." Compiled from various sources. 

 June 9. 



"Lumber and Timber Products Abroad." This includes only Spain and 

 Burma. June 9. 



"Turkish Market for Agricultural Machinery." Consul George Horton, 

 Smyrna, Syria. June 10. 



"Industry and Trade of Portuguese East Africa." Consul G. A. Cham- 

 iM'rlaln, I.K)urenco Marques, East .\frlca. June 17. 



"Lumber Shipments from New Brunswick." Consul Henry C. Culver. 

 .St. John, N. B. June 25. 



Timber Market Conditions In China. " Consul MyrI S. Myers, Swatow. 

 China. July 14. 



Procuring Consolar Reports 



Lumbermen ami others who wish to consult any of the consular 

 reports in the foregoing list should apply to A. H. Baldwin, Chief of 

 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, D. C, where 

 the separate daily reports are obtainable. They can be had without 

 charge. In eases where the supply of a report for free distribution 

 has been exhausted, it will usually be loaned for a short time. The 

 bound volumes, each covering three months, may be purchased from 

 the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Wash- 

 ington, for $1.50 each. In ordering any copies of the daily reports 

 from the foregoing selected lists, the date of publication should be 

 given, the subject, and the name of the consul who made the report. 

 Foreign Tariffs 



Persons who contemplate entering the export business should care- 

 fully investigate the tariffs levied on imports by the countries with 

 which they expect to trade. This is a matter of first importance, 

 because some countries have prohibitive rates on certain articles. The 

 Daily Consular and Trade Reports give careful and exact informa- 

 tion from time to time on tariffs and tariff changes in all countries. 

 The prospective exporter who wishes to inform himself concerning 

 the tariff laws of any particular country, can doubtless have his ques- 

 tions answered by addressing the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 

 Commerce, and stating explicitly the nature of the information he 

 desires. From the same source, in many instances, names of dealers 

 in foreign countries can be obtained. 



Lumbermen and others who are looking for increase of their busi- 

 ness in foreign countries will do well to avail themselves as soon as 

 possible of the valuable assistance which the Department of Commerce 

 at Washington is able and willing to give. An opportunity like the 

 present may never again come to the American dealer in forest 

 products. 



The foundation can be laid while trade is disorganized in all parts 

 of the world, and when the situation clears, as it must in course of 

 time, the exporters of American forest products will be in a position 

 to increase their business and gain new ground. Though it is not pos- 

 sible to forecast the future exactly, it is certain that America's oppor- 

 tunity to extend its foreign lumber trade is now at hand. 



