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Table IV. 



-Imports of honey into the United States, 1901-1908, by countries from 

 which consigned. 





Cuba. Mexico. 



Year ending 

 June 30— 



Pounds.^ 



Value. & 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



Percentage 

 of total 

 imports 

 from all 



countries. 



Pounds.o 



Value.'' 



Average 

 price per 



pound 

 in cents. 



Percentage 

 of total 

 imports 

 from all 



countries. 



1901 



809,784 



131,736 



1,565,088 



1,296,912 



1,575,768 



756,312 



915,744 



1,162,872 



$31,591 

 5,807 

 64,867 

 42,597 

 57,918 

 26,239 

 33,380 

 46,726 



3.9 

 4.4 

 4.1 

 3.3 

 3.7 

 3.5 

 3.6 

 4.0 



37.0 

 6.6 

 45.3 

 52.4 

 66.1 

 45.6 

 43.4 

 45.7 



727,728 



1,361,052 



1,166,796 



652,404 



516,804 



724,488 



884,340 



1,045,944 



$25,659 

 33,269 

 31,697 

 12,345 

 10,477 

 18,107 

 27,534 

 37,926 



3.5 

 2.4 

 2.7 

 1.9 

 2.0 

 2.5 

 3.1 

 3.6 



33.3 



1902 



67.8 



1903 



33.8 



1904 



26.3 



1905 



21.7 



1906... 



43.7 



1907... 



42.0 



1908. . . 



41.1 









Santo Domingo. 



Haiti. 



Year ending 

 June 30— 



Pounds. a 



Value. & 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



Percentage 

 of total 

 imports 

 from all 



countries. 



Pounds.a 



Value. & 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



Percentage 

 of total 

 imports 

 from all 



countries. 



1901 



327,876 

 160,440 

 198,204 

 373,212 

 162,792 

 27,840 

 31,272 

 49,068 



$13,091 

 4,853 

 4,897 

 8,982 

 4,063 

 820 

 746 

 1,376 



4.0 

 3.0 

 2.5 

 2.4 

 2.5 

 2.9 

 2.4 

 2.8 



15.0 

 8.0 

 5.8 



15.1 

 6.8 

 1.7 

 1.5 

 1.9 



146,256 

 35,184 



255,588 

 58,476 

 44,052 

 81,444 



$5,086 

 1,173 



5,013 



1,273 



779 



1.703 



3.5 

 3.3 

 2.0 

 2.2 

 1.8 

 2.1 

 2.6 



6.7 



1902 



1.7 



1903 



7.4 



1904... 



2.4 



1905 



1.9 



1906 



4.9 



1907 



188,640 ! 4,849 



8.9 



1908 



106,116 2.8: 



4.2 















All other countries. 



Total. 



Year ending June 30— 



Pounds.a 



Value. & 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



Percentage 

 of total 

 imports 

 from all 



countries. 



Pounds.^ 



Value, b 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



1901 



174,708 

 319,200 

 266,676 

 94,500 

 83,988 

 68,568 

 88,068 

 179,904 



$8,172 

 11,281 

 8,926 

 3,856 

 3,482 

 3,782 

 4,345 

 9,527 



4.7 

 3.5 

 3.3 

 4.1 

 4.1 

 5.5 

 4.9 

 5.3 



8.0 

 15.9 

 7.7 

 3.8 

 3.5 

 4.1 

 4.2 

 7.1 



2,186,352 

 2,007,612 

 3,452,352 

 2,475,504 

 2,383,404 

 1,658,652 

 2,108,064 

 2,543,904 



$83,599 

 56,383 



115,400 

 69,053 

 76,719 

 50,651 

 70,854 

 98,425 



3.8 



1902 



2.8 



1903 



3.3 



1904 



2.8 



1905 



3.2 



1906 



3.1 



1907 



3.4 



1908 



3.9 







a Custom-house returns of honey are given in gallons, assumed here to weigh 12 pounds. 

 b Imports of honey into the United States are subject to a specific duty. 



Values.— The values of all imported articles, whether subject to ad valorem or specific duties or free 

 of duty, are regulated by the act of Congress of June 10, 1890. 



The actual market value or wholesale, price of such merchandise as bought and sold in usual wholesale 

 quantities at the time of exportation to the United States in the principal markets of the country from 

 whence imported, and in the condition in which such merchandise is there bought for exportation to the 

 United States or consigned to the United States for sale, including the value of all cartons, cases, crates. 

 boxes, sacks, and coverings of any kind, and all other cost-;, charges, and expenses incident to placing the 

 merchandise in condition ready for shipment to the United States. 



Valuation deceptions.— The value of imported articles subject to ad valorem duties Is believed to be 

 determined with more accuracy, according to the legal method of valuation, than other Imports, with 

 specific duties or free, and exported articles: the valuation of dutiable imports and of exports dutiable in 

 foreign countries tend to understatement, and the valuations of imports that are free of duty are often 

 inflated for the purpose of trade deception. 



