106 BULLETIN 1399, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
GERMAN IMPORTS OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
In measuring the importance of the German market it is perhaps 
more significant to consider German imports of American agricul- 
tural products rather than our exports to Germany. (Table 95.) 
The German import figures will not agree with American export fig- 
ures for many reasons, one of which is that exports do not always 
actually go to the countries to which they arc originally consigned; 
another reason is the difference between the time of shipment and 
thai of arrival. For this purpose 12 important commodities im- 
ported into Germany from the United States in the calendar years 
1913, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924 are chosen for consideration. 
Table 95. — German imports of 12 American agricultural products 
Commodity 
Unit 
1913 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
Colt on (500 pounds). 
Lard 
Bale. 
Pound 
...do 
1, 9G2, 204 
223, 0C5, 837 
2, 306, 012 
43, 282, 912 
160, 936 
36,941,706 
74, 349 
769, 251 
6, 755, 588 
8, 633, 090 
474,609,286 
16,117,831 
1,215,176 
297, 360, 857 
103, 345, 034 
23, 695, 041 
51, 426, 704 
60, 801, 802 
211,620 
12, 128, 769 
19,897,453 
1, 568, 521 
11,338,258 
20, 937, 086 
1,055,537 
126, 305, 943 
54, 796, 435 
23,009,410 
15, 583, 876 
26, 546, 031 
106, 559 
19,080,166 
35, 068, 861 
2, 051, 965 
17, 790, 681 
15, 979, 602 
746, 060 
242,911,867 
78,933,719 
12, 575, 479 
16, 228, 722 
9, 069, 069 
1,003,628 
23, 323, 009 
5, 961, 823 
2,123,945 
1, 503, 978 
21, 675, 186 
1,085,841 
248,410,360 
53, 440, 827 
...do 
L8, 903, 563 
Pork, fresh or simply pre- 
...do 
25, 085, 923 
w heal 
Bushel 
Barrel 
Bushel 
...do 
18, 389, 325 
3, 561, 756 
Rye 
9, 593, 730 
1,955,291 
...do 
8, 558, 666 
Pound 
...do 
18, 689, 276 
Tobacco, leaf 
30, 234, 105 
Germany, Statistisches Reichsamt, Monatliche Nachweise tiber den Auswartigen Handel Deutsch- 
lands, December, 1913, 1921 to 1924. 
On account of fluctuations in exchange the import values of these 
commodities, recorded in marks in German statistics, are not very 
significant. To arrive at comparable values it is better to multiply 
these quantities by the average export prices as shown in the United 
States export statistics. This process gives results as shown in 
Table 96. 
Table 96. — German imports of 12 American agricultural products, in United 
States currency 
Commodity 
1913 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
Cotton 
Dollars 
115,760,225 
24,983,374 
2N.H.251 
5,107,384 
20, 278 
36,461,464 
375, 537 
535, 399 
3,816,907 
6, 024. 458 
6,643* 130 
2,046,965 
Dollars 
86, 085, 498 
38,002, 190 
13,951,580 
2, 630, 1.50 
8,279,699 
100. 748, 586 
1,454,253 
20, 594, 6.50 
16,037,347 
1,312,852 
226. 765 
3,998,983 
Dollars 
105, 738, 418 
1 I, 777, 795 
6,246,794 
2, 369, 969 
1,870,065 
33,341,815 
562, 951 
19, 022, 926 
25, 214,5 11 
1, 526. 662 
373,604 
2,364,981 
Dollars 
100, 714, 184 
29, 878, 160 
'.», 156,311 
1, 171,331 
2, 385, 622 
10,574,534 
5,061,296 
22, 016, 920 
6,079,473 
1,618,446 
33,088 
3, 142, 902 
Dollars 
145, 303, 985 
33, 038, 578 
6, 680, 103 
2, 627, 595 
Pork, fresh and simply prepared 
Wheat 
2, 985, 225 
26, 278, 345 
Wheat Hour 
20,569,141 
10, 332, 447 

< 'orn 
1, 884, 901 
Barley 
8,704,163 
Oil cake and meal 
386,868 
4, 897, 925 
Total 
201, 063, 372 
293, 382, 553 
213,410,491 
197, 132, 267 
263, 689, 276 
Table 98 gives a more accurate picture of the position of American 
agricultural products in German markets than docs Table 96. It 
will be noted that German imports of American grain are generally 
