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in 1906 amounted to nearly 2^ million gallons, which increased to 

 more than 6 million gallons in 1914. About two-thirds of this grade 

 of olive oil came from Italy, that country supplying 1,626,692 gal- 

 lons in 1906, which increased to 4,319,567 gallons in 1914. Three 

 other countries, France, Greece, and Spain, have each supplied large 

 quantities of this oil. The olive oil used for manufacturing pur- 

 poses amounted to 2f million gallons in 1906 and decreased to 

 763,924 gallons in 1914. During the last five years this product 

 has been supplied chiefly by Italy, Spain, and Turkey in Europe. 



Palm oil. — The palm oil imported in 1907 amounted to nearly 30 

 million pounds, increasing to 93 million pounds in 1910, and decreas- 

 ing to 58 million pounds in 1914. Practically all of this oil has been 

 forwarded to this country by way of Germany and the United King- 

 dom, the imports in 1907 being more than 14 million pounds from 

 Germany and 15^ million pounds from the United Kingdom. In 

 1914 Germany supplied 13 million pounds and the United Kingdom 

 44 million pounds. 



Palm kernel oil. — The palm-kernel oil imported in 1912 amounted 

 to more than 26 million pounds and in 1913 decreased to 24 million 

 pounds, and increased to 34 million pounds in 1914. About 77 per 

 cent of this product was consigned from Germany, and the greater 

 portion of the remainder came by way of the United Kingdom. 



Rapeseed oil. — The rapeseed oil imported during the last three 

 years averaged a little over 1 million gallons annually, valued at 

 $588,138 in 1912 and $704,655 in 1914. More than half of this prod- 

 uct came from the United Kingdom. France was next in importance, 

 supplying over 100,000 gallons during each of the three years 1912- 

 1914. 



Soya-bean oil. — The imports of soya-bean oil in 1912 amounted to 

 more than 28 million pounds, 12 million pounds for 1913, and 16 mil- 

 lion pounds for 1914. About one-half of this product came from 

 Japan. The remainder was supplied by Belgium, the United King- 

 dom, and China. The import value was $1,577,131 in 1912, $635,888 

 in 1913, and $830,790 in 1914. 



Lemon oil.- — The imports of oil of lemon in 1910 amounted to 

 415,501 pounds, valued at $309,383, which decreased to 385,959 

 pounds, valued at $858,220, in 1914, of which about 90 per cent was 

 supplied by Italy. The average import price of this oil increased 

 from 74 cents per pound in 1910 to $2.22 per pound in 1914. 



NUTS. 



The imports of almonds since 1884 have ranged from nearly 4 

 million pounds in 1884 to 19 million pounds in 1914. This product 

 has been supplied during the last 20 years chiefly by three countries, 

 France, Italy, and Spain. 



