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Table V .—Imports of beeswax into the United States, 1901-1908, by countries from 



which consigned. 





Cuba. 



Mexico. 



Year ending 

 June 30— 



Pounds. 



Value.a 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



Percentage 

 of total 

 imports 

 from all 



countries. 



Pounds. 



Value. a 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



Percentage 

 of total 



imports 



from all 



countries. 



1901 



110,778 

 157,839 

 147,917 

 98,455 

 79,926 

 158,523 

 331,942 

 264,984 



$28,539 

 44,364 

 42,357 

 28,682 

 24,006 

 48,120 

 93,702 

 76,431 



25.8 

 28.1 

 28.6 

 29.1 

 30.0 

 30.4 

 28.2 

 28.8 



51.8 

 38.6 

 30.3 

 23.1 

 21.4 

 27.0 

 36.2 

 39.5 



13,446 

 23 366 



S3, 080 

 s can 



22.9 

 21.7 

 22.5 

 27.2 

 26.5 

 29.0 

 32. 6 

 32.0 



6.3 



5.7 



33.2 



39.5 



23.5 



7 9 



1902 



1903 



162,332 36,476 

 167,843 1 45,673 

 87,943 . 23,265 

 46,421 13,485 

 47,262 ! 15,417 

 41,489 13,290 



li?04 • 



1905 



1906 



1907 



5 2 



1908 



6 2 









Santo Domingo. 



Haiti. 



Year ending 

 June 30— 



Pounds. 



Value.a 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



Percentage 

 of total 

 imports 

 from all 



countries. 



Pounds. 



Value.a 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



Percentage 

 of total 

 imports 

 from all 



countries. 



1901 



41,225 

 73,364 

 82,829 

 80,783 

 46,816 

 34,052 

 67,264 

 55,311 



$10,241 

 21,118 

 21,364 

 21,061 

 11,193 

 8,596 

 16,941 

 13,085 



24.8 

 28.8 

 25.8 

 26.1 

 23.9 

 25.2 

 25.2 

 23. 7 



19.3 

 17.9 

 16.9 

 19.0 

 12.5 

 5.8 

 7.3 

 8.2 



11,286 

 6,373 

 25,276 

 38,106 

 62,547 

 27,311 

 48,831 

 58, 147 



$4,292 

 3,013 

 7,692 

 10,359 

 16,047 

 7,326 

 13,555 

 15,379 



38.0 

 47.3 

 30.4 

 27.2 

 25.7 

 26.8 

 27.8 

 26.4 



5.3 



1902 



1.6 



1903 



5.2 



1904 



1905 



9.0 

 16.8 



1906 



4 6 



1907 



5 3 



1908.. 



8.6 









All other countries. 



Total. 



Year ending June 30— 



Pounds. 



Value.a 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



Percentage 

 of total 

 imports 

 from all 



countries. 



Pounds. 



Value." 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



1901 



37,038 



147, 764 



70, 222 



39,981 



96,337 



321,310 



421,789 



251,595 



$9,732 

 42,372 

 19,331 

 11,103 

 26,610 

 90,487 

 125,022 

 76,584 



26.3 

 28.7 

 27.5 

 27.8 

 27.6 

 28.2 

 29.6 

 30.4 



17.3 

 36.2 

 14.4 

 9.4 

 25.8 

 54.7 

 46.0 

 37.5 



213,773 

 408,706 

 488,576 

 425,168 

 373,569 

 587,617 

 917,088 

 671,526 



$55,884 

 115,937 

 127,220 

 116,878 

 101,121 

 168,014 

 264,637 

 194,769 



26.1 



1902 



28.4 



1903 



26.0 



1904 



27.5 



1905 



27.1 



1906 



28.6 



1907 



28.9 



1908 



29.0 











a Imports of beeswax into the United States are free of duty. 



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

 duty, are defined by the act of Congress of June 10, 1890, as— 



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, eases, crates. 

 boxes, sacks, and coverings of any kind, and all other costs, 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 the value of imports 

 with specific duties or free of duty, or the value of exported articles: the valuations of dutiable imports 

 and of exports dutiable in foreign countries tend to understatement, and the valuations of imports that 

 are free of duty are liable to inflation for the purpose of trade deception. 



