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BULLETIN 1399, U. B. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Tabi e 23. — Wheat, including wheal flour, in terms of wheat: Foreign trade 1 of the 
wm Republic, 1921 .'..! to 1928-24, compared vith that of the Empire 1909-10 
to 1913-14 
[Thousands of bushels— 000 omitted] 
Years beginning; July 1 
Country 
1909-1913 
1921 
1922 
1923 ■ 
+ 16,595 
+35. 781 
+17, 845 
+6,481 
H •">. 105 
■ 
+ 1,822 
+45, 521 
( 3 ) 
+ 12.051 
+ 1,495 
(») 
+ 25 
-1,213 
+31 
-1 
-4 
+ 23 
( 3 ) 
-8 
+ 145 
+643 
+ 14 
+ 1, 133 
+ 25,204 
(») 
+ 12,337 
( 3 ) 
+2, 375 
(») 
( 3 ) 
+ 145 
-351 
+ 13 
-71 
( 3 ) 
( 3 ) 
( 3 ) 
( 3 ) 
( 3 ) 
+ 313 
+302 
+1,759 
16, 073 
(3) 
( 3 ) 
(») 
( 3 ) 
901 
Saar Distrid 
-90' 
( 3 ) 
( 3 ) 
(3) 
(3) 
-1,255 
-1.372 
-1,737 
-2,470 
-2,805 
-3,733 
-5,210 
C) 
Italy... 
( 3 ) 
Finland . 
( 3 ) 
Denmark. 
( 3 ) 
Netherlands 
1.009 
3,208 
+3,925 
Total... 
+68, 678 
+69, 293 
+42, 053 
29, 590 
Germany, Statistiscbes Reichsamt (formerly Kaiserliches Statistisches Anit), Monatliche Nachweisa 
iiber den Auswiirtigen Handel Deutsehlands. 
i Net imports are indicated by (+) and net exports by (— ). 
2 Imports only, except tor "other countries" and "total." since figures for exports are not complete enough 
to compile a fiscal year by countries. The exports, if any, for the countries given are included in "other 
countries." 
3 If any, included in "other countries." 
Since the war Russia has practically disappeared as a source of 
wheat, and for the first year or two Russia s place in supplying 
Germany's wheat requirements was taken by the United States. 
During the season 1921-22 the German Republic, through advan- 
tageous credits and gifts, imported more wheat than was imported 
by the former Gorman Empire to supply the pre-war needs. The 
next two trade years show a marked falling off. In 1922-23 the total 
import was 42*,000,000 bushels and the next year, 1923-24, only 
30,000,000 bushels. 
GERMANY'S WHEAT TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES 
Before the war Germany took from the United States annually 
about 1(3,600.000 bushels of wheat. In L921-22 the quantity rose to 
45,500,000, but in 1922-23 fell to 25,000,000. In 1923-24 there was 
a further drop to Hi. 073, 000. In the crop year L924 -25 Germany had 
a crop of 89,200,000 bushels, as compared with 106,448,000 bushels in 
the previous season. During the six months July 1 to December Ml, 
L924, imports from the United States had reached 24,410, 33S bushels, 
ns compared with 6,064,836 for the same period during the previous 
season. 
STATISTICAL WHEAT BALANCES OF THE GERMAN REPUBLIC 
To contrast production and consumption of wheat, both before and 
following the war, involves several variable factors. There has been 
a falling oil' in imports, marked decreases in production, and in- 
creases in population, Production had fallen off more than 40,- 
