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Since these reports were for the season of 1925-26, in which the foreign 

 trade in winter apples was injured by the appearance on some ship- 

 nitnts of arsenic spray residue, it is probable that there is a larger propor- 

 tion of fall apples than wovild appear in most reasons. 



Boxed and Barreled Exports 



In the season of 1925-26 about 40 per cent of all apples exported 

 were boxed. Shipments from Eastern ports were 70 per cent barreled and 

 only boxed apples were shipped from the Western ports. 



The proportions of boxed and barreled apples consumed by different 

 countries is of interest to the export trade. During the three seasons 

 from 1922 to 1924, England, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Brazil 

 and Argentina increased the proportion of barreled apples from the United 

 States. Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Mexico, and Cuba show declining 

 receipts of barreled apples, with corresponding increases in boxed apples. 

 Germany, despite her irregular imports since the war, shows an increasing 

 demand for boxed apples. China and The Philippines take few if any 

 apples in barrels. 



The total percentage of boxed apples exported has increased almost 

 steadily since the season of 1900-1901. During the first five years of the 

 period, the average was about 5 per cent of the total exports from the 

 United States. The five years immediately preceding the war showed 

 that this had risen to 25 per cent, and since the war it has reached an 

 average of 54 per cent. 



Tariffs 



Great Britain imposes no tariff on imported apples, but continental 

 governments impose tariffs varying from 6 cents, the minimum per 100 

 pounds, for apples in bulk, to $11.00 per hundred-weight for "fresh fruits 

 in fancy packing" in Belgium. On apples for table use, France imposes 

 an import duty varying from 21 cents to 85 cents per 100 pounds, while 

 apples for cider are taxed from 9 cents to 34 cents. 



Germany has a new tariff which varies according to the season, im- 

 posing on unpacked apples a lower rate during the last three months of 

 the year. This has the effect of restricting the trade in American apples 

 during that period, because of the obvious impossibility of successful ocean 

 shipment of unpacked apples. The German tariff on American apples is 

 33 cents a box and $1.09 a barrel. This places barreled fruit at a disad- 

 vantage if exported to Germany, but the German market shows a growing 

 preference for boxed apples, most of the best native fruit being now so 

 packed. The tariff on Canadian apples shipped to Germany is $1.59 per 

 100 pounds, Canada not being included in the "favored nation" clause of 

 German treaties. Hence Canada exports few apples to Germany. 



