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Pitch-pine is imported in the form of hewn and sawed timber and boards 

 and deals, particularly boards and deals, and flooring for finer building 

 purposes. A very large sawmill owner in this neighborhood informs me that 

 American pitch-pine is much liked by builders on account of the good quality 

 of the wood and the absence of large and unsound knots. Prime qualities only 

 are bought here. He further states that shippers latterly have sent over a 

 very much inferior quality than formerly contracted for. As the cargoes 

 have to be paid for by acceptance against bill of lading buyers on this side 

 become timid in making new contracts, and a considerable depression in the 

 trade of pitch-pine might be the consequence if shippers do not hold them- 

 selves more to the qualities contracted for. As this American trade with 

 Germany is evidently growing it may be well for me here to warn shippers 

 against sending over qualities inferior to those contracted for. 



The import duty on hewn timber is 25 pfennige (say 6 cents) per 100 

 kilograms, and on sawed timber, boards and deals, i mark (say 23 cents) per 

 100 kilograms. 



American oak is also imported, but not to a large extent. The prices are 

 too high against those of Bavarian and Westphalian oak. Oak bark, oak 

 staves and oak lumber for doors, furniture and floors are imported from 

 Austria. 



Statement showing the amount, in tons, of timber, lumber and building wood imported into, 

 and exported from, the German customs territory, during the years 1884 and 188$, and 

 for the II months ending November 30, 1886. 



Countries. 



Parts of Empire not included in cus- 

 toms territory 



Belgium 



Denmark 



France and Algiers 



Great Britain 



Italy 



Holland 



Sweden and Norway 



Austria and Hungary 



Portugal and Spain 



Russia 



Switzerland 



All other European countries 



United States .'. 



Imports. 



77.635 



7,828 



491 



6,015 



1,649 



787 



9.657 



236,706 



707.391 



862,686 



8,395 



5,519 



20,414 



Exports. 

 76,766 

 108,748 



S.136 

 183,288 



32.479 

 1,358 



nfl9i 



i«93 



41,881 



251 



4,438 



60,996 



442 



5 



1885. 



Imports. 



82,604 



6,635 



1,462 



5,265 



2,280 



730 



5,089 



311,694 



824,444 



1,395,390 

 18,628 

 6,768 

 21,707 



Exports. 



92,699 



95,429 



4,499 



147,109 



40,136 



1,684 



85,797 

 1,020 



32,567 



28 



2,647 



39.437 



449 



6 



II months ending 

 Nov. 30, 1886. 



Imports. 



37.324 



3.217 



404 



3,856 



367 



396 



6,889 



158,900 



512,747 



28 



805,653 



5,457 



849 



15,168 



Exports. 



61,313 



78,348 



3,818 



III, 181 



34,099 



951 



65,358 



811 



23,256 



336 



2,532 



37,3°2 



591 



102 



Total amount,. 



1.945.173 



S94.308 



2,424,696 



1,550,355 



419,998 



WM, 



United States Consulate, 



Cologne, February j, 1887. 



D. WAMER, 



Consul. 



