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to the last-mentioned islands, the Hawaiian group being treated in our 

 foreign-commerce returns as an integral part of the country. 



The statistics of our exports to Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philip- 

 pine Islands show that during 1001 we sent to these three destinations 

 $18,600,000 worth of farm produce, the shipments comprising in value 

 about 53 per cent of all the domestic merchandise marketed in these 

 various islands. As compared with our agricultural exports to Cuba, 

 Porto Rico, and the Philippines, in 1900, valued at $17,551,000, the 

 record for 1901 discloses a slight increase. The gains occurred in the 

 trade with Porto Rico and the Philippines, the value of our agricul- 

 tural exports to the former island advancing during the two years 

 from $2,311,000 to $3,500,000, while in the case of the Philippines there 

 was an increase from $1,657,000 to $2,500,000. Our agricultural 

 exports to Cuba, on the other hand, exhibited a slight falling off in 

 1901, the record for that year being $12,600,000, as against $13,583,000 

 for 1900. 



As regards our import trade with Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philip- 

 pines, the records for 1901 show a large increase in the amount of 

 agricultural produce received from those sources, the value for that 

 year amounting to $48,600,000, while in 1900 it was only $36,162,000. 

 The chief part of this increase took place in our imports from Cuba, 

 which advanced from $27,226,000 in 1900 to $38,700,000 in 1901. There 

 was also a considerable gain in our importations from Porto Rico, the 

 value for 1901 being $5,500,000, as compared with only $2,991,000 for 

 1900. In the case of the Philippines a noticeable decline occurred, 

 the value falling from $5,945,000 in 1900 to $4,400,000 in 1901. 



OUR COMMERCE ON THE PACIFIC. 



In the month of June the chief of the Section of Foreign Markets 

 was detailed to accompany the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of 

 the United States House of Representatives upon its tour of inspec- 

 tion to the ports and waterways of the Pacific coast. This trip afforded 

 a favorable opportunity for the? collection of certain information rela- 

 tive to the agricultural export trade of the various ports visited. The 

 facts gathered will be utilized to advantage in the future work of the 

 office. 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORT TRADE OF THE PACIFIC PORTS. 



During the fiscal year 1900 over $70,000,000 worth of domestic mer- 

 chandise was sent abroad through our Pacific ports. Of this merchan- 

 dise, about $45,000,000 worth, or considerably more than half, consisted 

 of farm produce. 



Among the agricultural exports from the Pacific coast in 1900, 

 breadstuffs formed decidedly the most important item, the shipments 

 under this head amounting in aggregate value to about $28,000,000. 

 Wheat and wheat flour comprised a large part of the item, the exports 

 of wheat in the grain being valued at $13,800,000, and the exports of 

 wheat flour at $8,700,000. Next to wheat, the principal grain exported 

 was barley, of which there were shipments worth $4,300,000. Oats 

 were exported to the value of $208,000. Bran, middlings, and mill 

 feed formed an item of $225,000, and bread and biscuit one of $176,000. 



After breadstuffs the principal agricultural export from the Pacific 

 coast in 1900 was cotton, the shipments of which had a value of nearly 

 $8,000,000. 



