Exports AND IMPoRTS 199 
Exports and Imports of Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk 
for the Years 1911 to 1919, inclusive.' 
Exports Imports 
Years Pounds Dollars Pounds Dollars 
1911 12,180,445 936,105 630,308 46,088 
1912 20,642,738 1,651,879 698,176 61,671 
1913 16,525,918 1,432,848 1,778,044 135,724 
1914 16,209,082 1,341,140 14,599,339 1,089,440 
1915 37,235,627 3,066,642 33,624,189 2,556,787 
1916 159,577,620 12,712,952 18,174,505 1,315,354 
1917 259,102,213 25,129,983 18,375,698 1,746,446 
1918 553,439,554 — 29,926,931 — 
1919 852,275,264 a 16,509,239 — 
Prior to 1914 the United States exported condensed milk 
chiefly to North America, Oceanica and Asia, small quantities 
were also exported to South America, Africa and Europe. About 
60 per cent of all the export condensed milk went to countries 
of the North American Continent, Canada and Panama being 
the leading markets. During the last few years, immediately 
preceding the world war, our exports to Canada had fallen off 
very rapidly. In 1911 the exports to Canada amounted to only 
about 15 per cent of the total exports of condensed milk to the 
same country in 1908. The rapid development of the milk con- 
densing industry in Canada. within the last decade was largely 
responsible for this situation. From 1907 to 1911 there was an 
annual decrease in the total exports of the United States. In 
1907 they amounted to $2,191,000.00 as against $936,105.00 in 
1911. 
Prior to 1913, the imports of condensed milk into the United 
States were likewise very limited. This was largely due to the 
protective tariff on imported goods, which was an effective agent 
to exclude foreign brands from American markets. 
In the fall of 1913, Condensed Milk was placed on the “‘free 
list.” This resulted in an immediate and rapidly growing in- 
flux of condensed milk from European countries, such as Switzer- 
land, Denmark, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Germany and Eng- 
1United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau ‘of Statistics 
for 1911 to 1919, 
