EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC FARM AND FOREST PRODUCTS, 



1909-1911 



GENERAL SURVEY. 



The exports of domestic farm and forest products during the year 

 ending June 30, 1911, valued at $1,031,000,000, show an increase 

 over the preceding year of nearly $160,000,000, and, with the excep- 

 tion of 1907, are larger than for any previous year. The farm prod- 

 ucts exported during the year form 51.2 per cent of the total 

 exports of domestic merchandise, as compared with 50.9 per cent in 

 1910 and 55.1 per cent in 1909. The domestic and foreign farm 

 products exported minus the imports of the same commodities show 

 a balance of trade of $365,000,000 in favor of the United States in 

 1911, as compared with $198,000,000 in 1910 and $274,000,000 in 

 1909. Exports of domestic forest products in 1911 show an increase 

 of $18,000,000 compared with the preceding year, and are valued 

 at $103,000,000, which was more than for any previous year. The 

 foreign forest products reexported for the same period were valued 

 at more than $7,600,000. (Tables 1 and 2.) 



Exports of domestic farm products consigned to Europe in 1911 

 were valued at $877,000,000, an increase of $136,000,000 over the 

 preceding year. Consignments to other grand divisions for the same 

 period show an increase of $10,000,000 each to North America and 

 to Asia, and $2,000,000 to South America. Domestic forest products 

 shipped to Europe in 1911 were valued at $56,000,000, an increase 

 of $8,000,000 compared with 1910 and $13,000,000 more than in 

 1909. The same commodities sent to North American countries were 

 valued at nearly $25,000,000, an increase of more than $5,000,000 

 over the preceding year and nearly $11,000,000 more than in 1909. 

 (Table 3.) 



As shown in Table 4, 40 per cent of the consignments of domestic 

 farm products were sent to the United Kingdom; 20 per cent to 

 Germany; and the remaining 40 per cent was consigned to 89 different 

 countries. The farm products consigned to the United Kingdom 

 were valued at $413,000,000 in 1911, as compared with $344,000,000 

 in 1910 and $376,000,000 in 1909. An increase of $69,000,000 is 

 shown in 1911 as compared with the preceding year, due to an 

 increase in shipments of cotton of $81,000,000; corn, $2,000,000. 



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