n8 Condensed Milk and Milk Powder 



Exports and Imports of Condensed Milk in the United States in 191 1 



The United States export condensed milk chiefly to North 

 America, Oceanica, and Asia, small quantities are also exported to 

 South America, Africa and Europe. About 60 per cent, of all the 

 export condensed milk goes to countries of the North American 

 Continent, Canada and Panama being the leading markets. Of late 

 years our exports to Canada have fallen off very rapidly. In 191 1, 

 the total exports to Canada amounted to only about 15 per cent, of 

 the total exports to the same country in 1908. The rapid develop- 

 ment of the milk condensing industry in Canada within the last few 

 years is largely responsible for this condition. The total exports of 

 the United States are decreasing every year. In 1907, they amount- 

 ed to $2,191,000 as y against $936,105 in 191 1. 



The imports of condensed milk in 'the United States are very 

 limited. Condensed milk can be manufactured in this country prac- 

 tically as cheaply as anywhere else. The availability of large quan- 

 tities of cane sugar, which can be purchased practically as cheaply 

 and in many cases more cheaply than sucrose in foreign lands, the 

 fact that prices of fresh milk in America compare very favorably 

 with those elsewhere, and that the higher cost of American labor is 

 largely offset by the more general use of labor-saving machinery, 

 put the cost of manufacture of American condensed milk practically 

 on a par with that of other countries. The high protective tariff 

 on imported condensed milk is an additional effective agent to 

 exclude foreign brands from American markets. The duty on 

 imported condensed milk is two cents per pound or $1.00 per case. 1 ' 



Another cause of the limited imports lies in the fact that the 

 agreement under which the leading European milk condensing com- 

 pany, the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, which consoli- 

 dated with the Nestle Condensed Milk Company,, in 1904, and sold 



1 In 1913 the United States by Act of Congress removed the tariff from condensed milk 

 so that foreign brands of condensed milk may now be imported free from duty 



