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an average duty of 2O°/ ad valorem must be paid. It is evident 

 that this preferential treatment will have the effect of again drawing 

 the attention of American business men to this colony, from the 

 possession of which up to the present the United States have not 

 derived much satisfaction. 



Imports and Exports of Essential Oils into and from the U. S. A. in 

 the first six months of 1909 and 1908. 







Imports 





Exports 





1909 



1908 



1909 



1908 



January 



{ 



Duty-free 

 Dutiable 



$ 106229 

 „ 23596 



$ 240624 

 ,, 105 102 



January <! 



Peppermint oil $ 



Other indigenous oils , 



Foreign oils, duty-free , 



,, ,, dutiable , 



18576 

 21 269 



11 587 

 1448 



$ 29411 

 „ 14015 



„ 4 294 

 „ 1023 



Febr. 



{ 



Duty-free 

 Dutiable 



„ 88605 

 » 493 2 3 



,, 204003 

 „ 63302 



Febr. J 



Peppermint oil , 



Other indigenous oils , 



Foreign oils, duty-free , 



,, ,, dutiable , 



16088 

 20222 



2448 

 1446 



,, 21 282 

 ,, 23900 

 ,, 2052 

 11 5i5 



March 



( 



Duty-free 

 Dutiable 



,, 206044 

 ,, 81003 



,,314612 



11 4 J i43 



March J 



Peppermint oil , 



Other indigenous oils , 



Foreign oils, duty-free , 



,, ,, dutiable , 



21674 



30 436 



2828 



448 



» 35078 

 ,, 18529 

 »» 3375 

 11 1336 



April 



{ 



Duty-free 

 Dutiable 



» 39M05 

 ,, 62971 



,,201585 



11 64534 



April J 



Peppermint oil , 



Other indigenous oils , 



Foreign oils , duty-free , 



,, ,, dutiable , 



12 207 



27846 

 2 031 

 1243 



,, 21 222 

 11 24443 

 „ 1 031 

 » 353 



May 



\ 



Duty-free 

 Dutiable 



,, 396076 

 ,, 60721 



,,181043 

 11 79047 



May J 



Peppermint oil , 



Other indigenous oils , 



Foreign oils, duty-free , 



,, ,, dutiable , 



11 983 

 21 611 



5 039 

 621 



,, 17221 



„ 13429 



,, 1214 

 ,, 2068 



June 



r 



\ 



Duty-free 

 Dutiable 



„ 207553 

 11 55 736 



,, 212 671 

 ,, 82306 



Tune < 



\ 



Peppermint oil ,, 



Other indigenous oils , 



Foreign oils, duty-free , 



,, ,, dutiable , 



18264 



19567 



8218 



1358 



„ 15204 

 ,, 16869 

 „ 1682 

 ,i 598 



Total value of imports in the I st six 



>? u » ?) )? ji ?j )y 



„ ,, ,, exports „ „ ,, ,, 



months of 1909: 



„ 1908: 



„ 1909: 



,1 1908: 



$ 1729362 

 „ 1789972 

 » 278458 

 „ 270144 



There is nothing of special interest to report from Argentina and 

 Uruguay. Our manufactures continue to experience a satisfactory de- 

 mand, although no noticeable increase in the requirements for con- 

 sumption can be recorded. Unfortunately the harvest prospects in 

 Argentina, — a country the purchasing power of which depends mainly 

 upon the yield of its agricultural produce, — are said to have been 

 considerably injured by unusual drought, especially in the Southern 

 districts. With regard to Uruguay we have no further reports, but 

 it would seem that the climatic conditions have been more favourable 

 there. The bill for creating the spirit monopoly which has recently 

 been introduced in that Republic is being energetically opposed by all 

 commercial and industrial circles as constituting an economic danger 



