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



which consigned. 



Year ending 

 June 30— 



1901. 

 1902. 

 1903. 

 1904. 

 1905. 

 1906. 

 1907. 

 1908. 



Cuba. 



Mexico. 







Average 



Pounds." 



Value. >> 



price pci- 

 pound 

 in cents. 







809,784 



$31,591 



3.9 



131,736 



5,807 



4.4 



1,565,088 



64,867 



4.1 



1,296,912 



42,597 



3.3 



1,575,768 



57,918 



3.7 



756,312 



26,239 



3.5 



915,744 



33,380 



3.6 



1,162,872 



46,726 



4.0 



Percentage 



of total 



imports Pounds/' 



from all 

 countries. 



37. 

 6.6 



45.3 

 52. 4 



66. 1 

 4.">. 6 

 43.4 

 4.-,. 7 



727,728 

 1,361,052 



1,166,796 

 652,404 

 516,804 

 724,488 

 884,340 



1,045,944 





1 



Average 



Value.'- 



price pel 

 pound 





in cents. , 



3. 5 



125,659 



33,269 



2.4 i 



31,697 



2.7 



12,345 



1.9 



10,477 



2.0 



18,107 



2. .'» 



27,534 



3.1 



37,926 



i. 



Percentage 



of total 



imports 



from all 



countries. 



33. 3 

 67.8 

 33. s 

 26. 3 

 21.7 

 43. 7 

 42.0 

 41.1 



Year ending 

 June 30— 



Santo Domingo. 



Haiti. 



Pounds." 



1901 ! 327,876 



1902 .....; 160,440 



1903 198,204 



1904 373,212 



1905 ! 162,792 



1906 1 27,840 



1907 ! 31,272 



1908 < 49,068 





Average 



Value.'- 



price per 

 pound 





in cents. 



$13,091 



4.0 



4,853 



3.0 



4,897 



2.5 



8,982 



2.4 



4,063 



2.5 



820 



2.9 



746 



2.4 



1,376 



2.8 



Percentage 



of total 



imports Pounds. 



from all 

 countries. 



Valued 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



Percentage 

 of total 

 imports 

 from all 



countries. 



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 



188,640 



106,116 



$5,086 

 1,173 

 5,013 

 1,273 

 779 

 1,703 

 4,849 

 2,870 



3.5 

 3.3 

 2.0 

 2.2 

 1.8 

 2.1 

 2.6 

 2.7 



6.7 

 1.7 

 7.4 

 2.4 

 1.9 

 4.9 

 8.9 

 4.2 



Year ending June 30— 



1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 



All other countries. 



174,708 

 319,200 

 266,676 

 94,500 

 83,988 

 68,568 

 88,068 

 179,904 





Average 



r . ^ 



price per 



' 



pound 





in cents. 



$8, 172 



4.7 



11,281 



3.5 



8,926 



3.3 



3,856 



4.1 



3,482 



4.1 



3,782 



5.5 



4,345 



4.9 



9,527 



5.3 



Percentage 

 of total 

 imports 

 from all 



countries. 



8.0 

 15.9 

 7.7 

 3.8 

 3.5 

 4.1 

 4.2 

 7.1 



Total. 



Pounds." 



Value. b 



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 | 



Average 



price per 



pound 



in cents. 



3.8 

 2.8 

 3.3 

 2.8 

 3.2 

 3.1 

 3.4 

 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 Stabs for sale, including the value of all cartons, cases, crates. 

 boxes, sacks, and coverings of any kind, and all oilier 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 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. 



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