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Value of imports and exports of Essential Oils from and into the United States, 
in the second half of the years 1913 and 1912 respectively. 
Imports Exports 
1913 1912 1913 1912 
| Peppermint Oil... . jf 16284 | § 28793 
Jul duty-free . § 455612 | § 104415 july. Other indigenous Oils , 19428 | » 24282 
as dutiable .. , 62927 | , 49926 Foreign Oils, duty-free , 4363 | , 6115 
e » dutiable , 8484 | , 1567 
Peppermint Oil... . , 12994 » 12605 
duty-free . , 297631 | ,, 292200 Other indigenous Oils , 19392 26 587 
August { August . » ” 
ie dutiable .. , 82916] , 92802 | ““8"S Foreign Oils, duty-free , 2712 | , 3179 
Pe eae ditiables) 6259. |) eae 
PeppermingsOil a. » 49 849 SWAG 
duty-free . , 354710 | , 281895 Other indigenous Oils , 15898 18 355 
Septembe : September D 2 
Prem "\| dutiable.. , 115150 | , 84595 | ~°P Foreign Oils, duty-free , 8212 | , 1739 
, , dutiable. , 2330 | , 6055 
Peppermint Oil. 2. .-: 107.078 » 92449 
merhe { payptce - » 4443 | , 357216 Geiahers Other indigenous Oils: , 28783 » 45873 
dutiable .. , 130047 | , 81331 Foreign Oils, duty-free , 5938 | , 2824 
: , dutiable , 6450 | , 7520 
Peppermint Oil. .. . , 45043 | , 69760 
duty-free . , 2018 | , 150497 Other indigenous Oils , 16940 51944 
November : November ye » 
dutiable .. , 128462 | ,, 106356 Foreign Oils, duty-free , 2837 | , 1352 
; Sedutiables, 3." 4.70254, 4 13/020 
: Feppergnint One lest » 40710 
eb. Bary Ecc -y 3273 | , 262914 BAcsabee Other indigenous Oils , 14858 » 19 239 
: dutiable .. , 209061 | , 101 667 Foreign Oils, duty-free , 2477 | , 3937 
i SP dutiabley 112907 HL vey Sas 
Total value of imports for the 2"4 half-year 1913 ,f 1846250 
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» Whole year 1913 , 5619921 
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» Whole year 1913 ,, 748105 
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in expecting a further steady development of our Canadian business connections 
during the current year.” 
Thus far the report of our New York friends. 
In perusing the table dealing with 
the imports and exports of essential oils into and from the United States, it must be 
remembered that the new Customs Tariff Law came into force on October 4, and that 
consequently from that date the relation between the essential oils imported duty-free 
and those which are dutiable assumed altogether different proportions in respect of 
quantity and value from those which had existed in the preceding period. 
Although the U.S. Department of Commerce has already established commercial 
agencies and appointed experts in numerous countries for the purpose of supplying 
1) Chem. Industrie 37 (1914) 93. 
information to manufacturers and traders, t 
these efforts are still to be intensified’), a 
