UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



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BULLETIN No. 296 



Contribution from the Bureau of Crop Estimates 

 LEON M. ESTABROOK, Chief 



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Washington, D. C. 



October 25, 1915 



OUR FOREIGN TRADE IN FARM AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 



Prepared under the direction of Perry Elliott, Division of Crop Records. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Summary 1 



Live animals 5 



Dairy products 7 



Packing-house products 9 



Other animal products 18 



Cotton 23 



Grain and grain products 24 



Sugar 29 



Coffee and coffee substitutes 30 



Cocoa and chocolate 31 



Tea 31 



Tobacco 32 



Oil cake and vegetable oils 33 



Nuts 35 



Alcoholic liquors 36 



Seeds 3S 



Spices 39 



Vegetables 40 



Fruits 41 



Vegetable fibers 44 



Minor agricultural products 45 



Logs, lumber, and timber ' 46 



Naval stores 47 



Gums 47 



Minor forest products 48 



Reexports 49 



Transportation 50 



Pu blications relating to exports and imports . 50 



SUMMARY. 



The foreign trade of the United States has increased more than 

 tenfold during the last 64 years, the products interchanged with 

 foreign countries being valued at 400 million dollars in 1851 and 

 4,259 million dollars in 1914. The exports of domestic merchandise 

 were valued at 179 million dollars in 1851, of which 147 million 

 dollars, or 82.1 per cent, were agricultural products; the exports of 

 domestic merchandise increased to 2,330 million dollars in 1914, of 

 which the agricultural value was 1,114 million dollars, or 47.8 per 

 cent. 



The imports of merchandise in 1851 were 211 million dollars, of 

 which 61 million dollars, or 28.7 per cent, were agricultural products ; 

 this trade increased to a grand total of 1,894 million dollars in 

 1914, of which the agricultural portion was 924 million dollars, or 



Note. — This bulletin is a summary of the leading features of the foreign trade of the 

 United States in farm and forest products. It is intended for general circulation. 

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