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ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 



from the mint 5,755,257 coins (gold, silver, 

 and copper), representing an aggregate of $4,- 

 154,519.16, and most of which was to replace 

 the fractional paper currency, the withdrawal 

 of which from circulation was decreed on Nov. 

 5, 1881. 



The following tables exhibit the sources, 

 destinations, and values respectively of the Ar- 

 gentine imports and exports for the year 1882 : 



FROM IMPORTS. Value.. 



Belgium $2.775,735 



Bolivia 128,688 



Brazil 2,084,298 



Chili 15.185 



France 1 1 ,798,701 



Great Britain' !! ! .... is!924'l28 



Holland 978,011 



Italy 2.822,301 



Paraguay 1404.347 



Portugal 85,555 



Spain 2,812,409 



United States 4,930,417 



Uruguay 2,799,592 



West Indies 120,367 



Other countries 8,839,712 



Total (for 1832) $59.270,866 



Against (for 1881) 54,029,649 



Increase in 1882 $5,240,717 



TO EXPORTS. values. 



Belgium $13,901,460 



Bolivia 318,605 



Brazil 2,092,219 



Chili 1,463,078 



France 15,869,992 



Germany 4,648,995 



GreatBritain 7,879,582 



Holland 65,660 



Italy 1,620,931 



Paraguay 70,341 



Portugal 28,780 



South Africa 



Siain 



United States ! ! 



Other countries I" *"M." "!.*ill.'!i 8|3I2l223 



$58,440,905 



56,069,104 



Increase (in 1882) $2,371^801 



The exports and imports for the first ten 

 months of 1883 were of the respective values 

 of $35,532,486 and $50,176,456. against $34,- 

 325,245 and $41,217,972 respectively for the 

 corresponding period of 1882. 



The trade in transitu for 1882 was as follows : 



TOIE8 - 



Totala 



Inward - 



$12,888,585 



$17,057,917 



0nt L 



$1,802180 

 i',287,059 



$17,057,917 



Argentine territory, unburdened by any such 

 tax as Peru used and Chili continues to exact, 

 and with the great additional advantage of 

 ready access to the Atlantic seaboard. In 

 November, 1883, Bolivian explorers announced 

 the navigability of the Pilcomayo river through- 

 out, which circumstance, with the completion 

 of the Northern Central Railway, will establish 

 easy communication between the two countries. 

 The export branch of this trade consists chiefly 

 of bismuth, tin, silver, silver-ore, etc., while 

 the imports are European manufactures. 



Thus, the foreign commerce of the republic 

 for 1882 was of the aggregate value of $117,- 

 711,271, constituting an increase of $7,612,518 

 as compared with 1881. On comparing the 

 value of the imports and exports for each of 

 these two years, it will be seen that the bal- 

 ance of trade for 1882 ($829,461) was against, 

 while that for 1881 ($1,039,455) was in favor 

 of the republic. It has been officially objected, 

 however, that the unfavorable showing for 

 1882 is rather apparent than real, since of the 

 value of the imports $4,513,638 were for " ar- 

 ticles of a productive character, such as rail- 

 way materials, machinery for industrial pur- 

 poses, and a large quantity of tools and agricul- 

 tural implements." Among the more extensive 

 consumers of Argentine products, as shown by 

 the foregoing table of exports, France stands 

 first, Belgium second, Great Britain third, 

 Germany fourth, and the United States fifth. 

 In the table of imports, those same countries 

 range in the following order as shippers to the 

 republic: Great Britain first, France second, 

 the United States third, Germany fourth, and 

 Belgium fifth. The imports from Germany, 

 the United States, and Great Britain are steadi- 

 ly increasing, while those from Belgium and 

 France fluctuate from year to year ; and the 

 exports to Germany and France, and particu- 

 larly to the former, have increased, while 

 those to the other three countries have fluctu- 

 ated during the seven years 1876-'82. 



Of the aggregate trade imports and exports 

 of the republic with all countries for the sep- 

 tennial period 1876-'82, the subjoined table ex- 

 hibits the proportions represented by each of 

 the five countries just referred to : 



Chief among the competitors of the United 

 States, as a supplier of the Argentine Republic, 

 is Great Britain. 



The American articles shipped most exten- 



Bolivia, now 



agricultural instruments ($528,046, the total 

 from al1 COUI1 tries having been $727,807) ; ker- 



, ow an , 



channe forLr f,S ** C l emer1 *' osene ($363,139) ; books and other printed mat- 



ier foreign commeroe_ftrougfater98,826); machinery ($126,588); manufact- 



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Belgium 

 France 

 Germany 

 Great Britati 





S-4 



1878. 





P" cent. 



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 22'4 



8'9 



188O. 



Percent. 



16 ' 2 

 28-4 



4'7 



Percent. 



15 ' 5 



23'7 



6'6 



Percent. 



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