$29,588,000 to $20,834,000; to Japan from 

 $7,732,000 to $6,414,000. 



Coming to imports, those from the United 

 States increased by $55,516,112; from the 

 United Kingdom by $87,148,000; from British 

 Guiana by $1,676,000; from British South 

 Africa by $690,000; from the British West 

 Indies by $2,769,000; from Newfoundland by 

 $640,000; from New Zealand by nearly $800,000; 

 from Belgium by $3,750,000; from China by 

 $683,000; from Cuba by $13,000,000; from 

 France by $8,376,000; from Italy by $750,000; 

 from the Netherlands by $2,000,000. Imports 

 from the British East Indies declined to the 

 extent of $2,000,000; Argentine by $1,000,000 

 and Japan by $1,878,000. 



Imports from British Empire 



In the year just closed, Canada imported 

 from the British Empire $265,877,691 of 'com- 

 modities out of a total of $1,240,125,056 from 

 all countries; in the year 1919-20, the amount 

 was $174,351,659 out of a total of $1,064,528,123 ; 

 in 1918-19, it was $123,671,540 out of a total of 

 $919,711,705. In other words, whereas in 1918- 

 19, 13 per cent of Canada's imports were drawn 

 from the British Empire, last year the per- 

 centage was 20. At present it seems improbable 

 that this percentage will be maintained. The 

 marked increase during the year just closed was 

 due to heavy buying in Britain during part of 

 the year, which has since fallen off. The extent 

 of the decline is to be seen in the trade returns 

 for March, when the imports from the United 

 Kingdom were $16,373,874, as compared with 

 $25,460,316 for the preceding March. 



Wheat supplied over 25 per cent of the total 

 value of the exports, or $310,952,138 worth, 

 other grains being valued at $33,000,000. 

 Unmanufactured wood came next with $115,- 

 684,475 ; followed by printing paper, $78,922,137; 

 wood pulp, $71,552,037; flour, $66,520,000; iron 

 and steel, $56,680,000; cheese, $37,146,000; fish, 

 $33,130,000; bacon and ham, $31,492,000; and 

 animals living, $25,883,663. 



Among the imports, iron and steel easily led 

 with $208,288,669, cotton being next with 

 $99,816,594. Then followed sugar and molasses, 

 $86,070,230; bituminous coal, $72,239,952; wool, 

 $67,017,640; anthracite coal, $39,058,148; silk, 

 $29,720,792; vehicles, $27,694,577; wood, $30,- 

 237,528; chemicals, $24,621,000; and breadstuffs, 

 $21,014,801. 



Country's Trade Widening 



On the whole, the returns show that the basis 

 of the country's trade is widening. It is true 

 that last year approximately two-thirds of its 

 total value was with the United States; but on 

 the other hand, the proportion of trade with 

 foreign countries generally increased. While the 

 volume of trade generally with the Mother 

 Country has declined, still more is being done 



with the other portions of the Empire. The 

 premium on American funds has strongly stimu- 

 lated commercial intercourse with the United 

 States, and as the premium will undoubtedly 

 continue for some time, it is reasonable to con- 

 clude that, in spite of the temporary obstacles, 

 the volume of trade between the two countries 

 will continue to be large. The indications at 

 present are that the value of imports from the 

 United States will appreciably decline during the 

 current year, that process now being well under 

 way. 



Shipbuilding in 1920 



With a coast line of such tremendous length 

 on both Atlantic and Pacific, and the most 

 extensive fishing grounds in the world, it is but 

 natural that shipbuilding should be an important 

 industry to the Dominion of Canada. At the 

 end of the year 1918, when a survey was con- 

 ducted by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics of 

 figures of manufacture, it came within the first 

 ten industries with capitalization of $56,229,033 

 and an output of $74,799,411, and has doubtless 

 since that time assumed a higher place relatively, 

 due to the decline of what were purely war 

 activities which had developed abnormally, and 

 the successful building years of 1919' and 1920. 

 Canada has now attained third place amongst 

 the nations of the world as a shipbuilding 

 country. 



According to announcement by the Depart- 

 ment of Marine and Fisheries, the gross tonnage 

 built in 1920 was 204,635 tons, representing 351 

 vessels of one kind and another. Vessels built 

 and registered in Canada during 1920 numbered 

 329, of which 121 were sailing vessels, 53 wooden 

 steam vessels, 119 wooden gas vessels, 35 steam 

 metal vessels and one gas metal vessel. Steam 

 metal vessels accounted for 120,127 tons; 

 wooden sailing vessels, 22,758; steam wooden 

 vessels, 12,829 tons; gas wooden vessels, 3,495 

 tons; gas metal vessels, 116 tons a total of 

 159,325 gas tons. 



Quebec Led in Tonnage 



Vessels built but not registered in Canada 

 during the year were 22 in number. Thirteen 

 were wooden steam vessels of 13,829 tons; 

 9 steel steam vessels of 31,135 tons; and one 

 wooden sailing vessel of 348 tons. 



British Columbia with 138 vessels to her 

 credit led the provinces in the number turned out, 

 but Quebec, though credited with only 96 vessels, 

 led in gross tonnage with 103,339 tons as com- 

 pared with British Columbia's 66,561 tons. 

 Nova Scotia turned out 90 vessels, almost all 

 small; Ontario is credited with 17 vessels; New 

 Brunswick accounted for 5; Prince Edward 

 Island, 4; and Saskatchewan, 1. Alberta and 

 Manitoba do not appear at all in these returns, 



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