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Table H. — Commodities a7id types of prices used in determining 

 values of imports and exports by commodity groups — Continued 



Table H. — Commodities and types of prices used in detennining 

 values of imports and exports by commodity ^rowps^Continued 



No. 



470 



Commodities and prices 



506 



509 



GROUP IV. PRODUCTS OF FORESTS— Continued 



Box, crate, and cooperage materials. Idaho 

 Oregon, and Washington— weighted aver- 

 age prices, f. o. b. mills; Montana— average 

 Idabo, Oregon, and Washington mill prices 

 plus freight. 



Veneer and plywood. Idaho, Oregon, and 

 Washington— weighted average price, f. o. b. 

 mills. 



Furniture, wood. Average wholesale price 

 Pacific Northwest. 



Wood plup, sulphite, sulphate, and other. 

 Oregon and Washington — prices, f. o. b. 

 mills. 



Newprint paper. Oregon and Washington- 

 price, f. 0. b. milLs; Idaho and Montana- 

 average Oregon and Washington mill prices, 

 plus freight. 



Paper bags and wrapping paper. Oregon and 

 Washington— price, f. o. b. mills; Idaho and 

 Montana— average Oregon and Washington 

 mill prices, plus freight. 



Paperboard, wallboard (paper), and pulp- 

 board. Oregon and Washington— average 

 wholesale prices, f. o. b. mills; Idaho and 

 Montana— average Oregon and Washington 

 wholesale prices plus freight. 



Book paper, not coated (printing); cover 

 paper; greaseproof and waterproof paper; 

 wrapping paper; surface-coated paper; tissue 

 crepe paper; toilet paper; paper towels 

 and napkins; blotting paper; wallpaper; 

 writing paper; and other paper and paper 

 products. Oregon and Washington— 

 w^eighted average wholesale price, f. o. b. 

 mills; Idaho and Montana— average Oregon 

 and Washington wholesale prices, plus 

 freight. 



Tar and pitch, other gums and resins, pine oil, 

 other essential oils, boat oars, wiigon stocks, 

 hoe, shovel, and rake handles, striking tool 

 handles; and other woodenware. Weighted 

 average wholesale prices— Idaho, Montana, 

 Oregon, and Washington. 



GROUP V. MANUFACTURES AND 

 MISCELLANEOUS 



Illuminating oils, gasoline, naphtha, benzine, 

 and tops. Weighted average price, f. o. b. 

 refinery. Idaho — average for refineries in 

 California, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, 

 and Wyoming, plus freight; Montana- 

 average State refinery price; Oregon and 

 Washington— average for refineries in Cali- 

 fornia, Oklahoma, and Texas, plus freight. 



Fuel oil, average price, f. o. b. refineries. 

 Idaho— average for refineries in Wyoming 

 and Montana; Montana— average State re- 

 finery price. Oregon and Washington- 

 average for refineries in California, Okla- 

 homa, and Texas, plus freight. 



Lubricating oil and greases. Average price, 

 f. o. b. refineries. Idaho and Montana- 

 average for refineries in California, Okla- 

 homa, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wyoming, 

 plus freight; Oregon and Washington— aver- 

 age for refineries in California, Oklahoma, 

 Pennsylvania, and Texas, plus freight. 



Paraffin wax and mineral spirits. Oregon and 

 Washington— average United States whole- 

 sale prices; Idaho and Montana— average 

 United States wholesale price plus freight 

 from Pacific coast. 



Canned fruits, vegetables, milk (powdered, 

 condensed, and evaporated), buttenuilk 

 (powdered and evaporated), clams, salmon, 

 and other fish. Oregon and Washington- 

 weighted average prices, f. o. b. canneries; 

 Idaho and Montana- average Oregon and 

 Washington wholesale prices, plus freight. 



Sugar, beet and cane. Idaho and Montana- 

 average United States wholesale price for 

 beet sugar; Oregon and Washington- 

 weighted averages of United States whole- 

 sale prices for beet and cane sugar. 



Corn sirup and zuixtures of corn and other 

 sirups, cane sirup, cane-refiners sirup, and 

 edible molasses. Weighted average United 

 States wholesale price, plus freight from 

 Midwest points. 



Beet molasses and beet pulp. Montana- 

 weighted average United States price, f. o. b. 

 refinery. Idaho, Oregon, and Washington- 

 weighted average United States price, plus 

 freight. 



Pig hon, basic and Bessemer. Wholesale 

 price, Pittsburgh, plus freight. 



Sources for prices 



Trade associations; Foreign 

 Commerce and Naviga- 

 tion. 1929, Bureau of For- 

 eign and Domestic Com- 

 merce, U. S. Department 

 of Commerce. 



Trade associations. 



Do. 



Census of Manufactures, 

 1929, U. S. Department of 

 Commerce. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Trade associations. 



Trade associations; Foreign 

 Commerce and Navigation 

 1929, Bureau of Foreign 

 and Domestic Commerce, 

 U. S. Department of Com- 

 merce. 



Census of Manufactures, 

 1929, U. S. Department of 

 Commerce. 



Do. 



Wholesale prices, 1929. Bu- 

 reau of Labor Statistics, 

 U. S. Department of Labor. 



Census of Manufactures, 

 1929, U. S. Department of 

 Commerce. 



Census of Distribution, 1929, 

 U. S. Department of Com- 

 merce. 



Do. 



Engineering and Mining 

 Journal. 



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540 



545 



548 



550 



Commodities and prices 



GROUP v. MANUFACTURES AND 



MISCELLANEOUS— continued 



Wholesale price, 



554 



558 



Open hearth steel billets. 

 Pittsburgh, plus freight. 



Steel rails; rail joints and fastenings, tie plates, 

 etc., and railroad spikes; and switches, frogs, 

 and crossings. Weighted average United 

 States price, f. o. b. mill, plus freight from 

 Pittsburgh. 



Car and locomotive wheels and axles, rolled or 

 forged. Weighted average United States 

 price, f. 0. b. mill, plus freight from Pitts- 

 burgh. 



Cast-iron pipe and fittings— Bell and spigot 

 pipe; flanged pipe, culvert pipe; soil and 

 plumber's pipe and fittings; and cast-iron 

 fittings for water, gas, steam, and other pur- 

 poses. Weighted averaged United States 

 price, f. 0. b. mills, plus freight from Pitts- 

 burgh. 



Wrought iron-steel pipes, tubes, and fittings 

 (wrought, welded, and seamless). Weighted 

 average United States price, f. o. b. mill, plus 

 freight from Pittsburgh. 



Plain wire; barbed wire; wire nails; wire tacks; 

 and wire staples. Weighted average United 

 States price, f. o. b. mill, plus freight from 

 Pittsburgh. 



Iron and steel — blooms, billets, and staves; 

 sheet and tin-plate bars; muck and scrap 

 bars; structural shapes, light and heavy (not 

 assembled or fabricated); concrete-reinforc- 

 ing bars; open-hearth or Bessemer steel bars; 

 electric-steel bars; iron bars; wire rods; bolt 

 and nut rods, and spike and chain rods; cru- 

 cible plate steel and saw plates; boiler and 

 other plate; sheets (No. 13 and thinner, not 

 coated)— automobile body, black, and plain; 

 skelp; cotton ties; hot rolled strips f(.r cold 

 rolling; other hoops, bands, and sirii's; pLiIe 

 and armor, ordnance; rolled and forced iron 

 and steel products, n. e. s.; cold rolled strip 

 steel; cold finished steel bars; and tin and 

 terne plate. Weighted average United 

 States price, f. o. b. mill, plus freight from 

 Pittsburgh. 



Scrap iron and scrap steel. Weighted average 

 United States price, f. o. b. mill; plus freight 

 from Pittsburgh. 



Copper, electrolytic, refinery. Idaho and 

 Montana— refinery price; Oregon and Wash- 

 ington—refinery price plus freight. 



Brass and bronze bars; and brass, bronze, and 

 copper cods, tubing (seamless) pipe, and 

 castings. Idaho and Montana— weighted 

 average United States price, f. o. b. mill; 

 Oregon and Washington— weighted average 

 United States price, plus freight from Butte. 



Lead, common, and zinc, prime, western, at 

 East St- Louis. Idaho and Montana- 

 weighted average price at St. Louis less 

 freight; Oregon and Washington— St. Louis 

 price, plus freight. 



Aluminum (No. 1 virgin 98-99 percent). New 

 York. Montana— New York price; Oregon 

 and Washington— New York price, plus 

 freight. 



Cement, Portland. Average United States 

 price, f. 0. b. plants, plus freight. 



Brick, common. Average United States price, 

 f. 0. b. yards, plus freight. 



Vitrified, face, enameled, fire, silica, magnesite, 

 and chrome bricks; and floor, ceramic, mo- 

 saic, enameled, faience, and wall tiles. 

 Weighted average United States price, f. o. b. 

 yards, plus freight. 



Clay sewer pipe and drain tile; concrete drain 

 tile and sewer pipes, plain (4-inch to 24- 

 inch) and reinforced (24-inch to lOS-inch). 

 Weighted average United States price, f . o. b. 

 yards, plus freight. 



Corundum (aluminous abrasives) and con- 

 crete products (brick, cast stone, cistern, and 

 manhole blocks, silo blocks, staves and 

 slabs, monuments and grave markers, burial 

 vaults, and precast paving materials). 

 Weighted average United States price, f. o. b. 

 plants, plus freight. 



Quick and hydrated lime. Weighted average 

 United States price, f. o. b. kilns, plus 

 freight. 



Gypsum plaster, neat plaster (unfibered), 

 sanded plaster, fibered plaster, gaging and 

 finish plaster, plaster of paris, magnesite 

 stucco, portland-cement stucco, and other 

 plasters. Weighted average United States 

 price, f. 0. b. plants, plus freight. 



Sources for prices 



Statistical Abstract, 1930, 

 U. S. Department of Com- 

 merce. 



Census of Distribution, 1929, 

 U. S. Department of Com- 

 merce. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Engineering and Mining 

 Journal. 



Census of Distribution, 1929, 

 U. S. Department of Com- 

 merce. 



Engineering and Mining 

 Journal. 



Do. 



Wholesale prices, 1929, Bu- 

 reau of Labor Statistics, 

 U. S. Department of Labor. 

 Do. 



Census of Distribution, 1929, 

 U. S. Department of Com- 

 merce. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



