

CHARACTER 



OF IMPORTS. 



101 







Imports from Mexico. 



Exports to Mexico. 



For year ending 30th Sept., 1839 



3,500,707 



2,164,097 



cc cc 



" 1840 



4,175,001 



2,515,341 



cc cc 



" 1841 



3,484,957 



2,036,620 



CC CC 



" 1842 



1,996,694 



1,534,233 



Last quarter of '42 and first 







two quarters of 



1843 



2,782,406 



1,471,937 



For year ending 30th June, 1844 



2,387,002 



1,794,833 



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" 1845 



1,702,936 



1,152,331 



" war year, 



« 1846 



1,836,621 



1,531,180 



£< war year, 



" 1847 



481,749 



238,004 



cc cc 



" 1848 



1,581,247 



4,054,452 



By this table, covering the commerce between the United States 

 and Mexico for nineteen years, we observe that from having a trade 

 worth, in imports and exports, about nineteen millions and a half, 

 in 1835, it is now reduced, in years undisturbed by war or the re- 

 sults of war, to not more than two millions and a half or three 

 millions. As commerce usually regulates itself, in spite of per- 

 sonal or national prejudices, this fact is doubtless attributable to 

 the lower rates at which European manufacturers and producers 

 are enabled to afford their merchandise in the Mexican market. 

 Nevertheless, we doubt not that the trade might be improved con- 

 siderably by certain modifications of the tariff, especially upon the 

 article of cotton, w T hich as will be seen in our notices of the manu- 

 facturing establishments of Mexico is largely demanded from 

 abroad in consequence of the failure from personal causes to pro- 

 duce an adequate supply within that republic. 



The Imports of Mexico consist chiefly of the following articles : 



Linens ; five-eighths of which are received from Germany, while 

 three-eighths are of Irish, Dutch, French and North American 

 manufacture. The German linens are chiefly obtained from Silesia, 

 and the finest kinds are in great demand. 



Cotton goods are imported largely from England, the United 

 States and France. 



The importation of the best qualities of silks reaches annually 

 about one million of dollars in value, and they are the productions 

 of France and Germany ; about three-fourths of the trade, in this 

 article, belonging exclusively to France. 



For her Woollen fabrics Mexico relies upon England and 

 France, though Germany participates in the importation of some 

 qualities. 



Ornamental Wares, Millinery or articles of personal and 

 fashionable luxury are obtained from France. 



