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COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 



- REPORT BY CONSUL BAKER OF BUENOS AIRES. 



All cotton goods consumed in the Argentine Republic are imported 

 from abroad excepting a very small amount manufactured by hand looms 

 in a few of the upper interior provinces, and which to some extent 

 supplies the local demand. And as but little of the cotton fiber is 

 raised in the country, and as there are no facilities for its fabrication 

 I presume the Argentine Eepublic will go on receiving its supplies from 

 other countries, l - to the end of the chapter." The annual supply, how- 

 ever, does not vary very greatly in quantity or value. The following 

 figures show the amount of the cotton imports for the last ten years: 



IMPORTATIONS OF COTTON GOODS. 



The following table gives a comparison of the kinds, quantities, and 

 values of the importations for the years 1886 and 1887 : 



Since 1886 the duties on cottons have been assessed entirely accord- 

 ing to their weights. 



I regret that I am not able to give the figures for the last year, but 

 the custom-house statistics of the country for 1888 have not yet been 

 published. 



WHENCE IMPORTED. 



As to the countries from which the cottons consumed in the Argen- 

 tine Republic are imported, it is hardly necessary to say that the great 

 bulk was from the British islands. Years ago Great Britain, by its su- 

 perior trade methods, succeeded in securing the monopoly of the tex- 



