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$20,000, which increased to nearly $4,000,000 in 1914. Portugal and 
Spain have supplied about 85 per cent since 1910. The vegetable 
ivory or tagua nuts came from Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama and 
amounted to 27,135,406 pounds, valued at $881,354, in 1914. 
The imports of natural palm leaf were valued at $14,044 in 1914, 
and the exports of moss were valued at $51,006. The exports of 
wood alcohol in 1914 were 1,598,776 gallons, valued at $652,486, of 
which 90 per cent went to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, 
and Germany. 
REEXPORTS. 
" Foreign exports," or reexports, comprise those articles of foreign 
origin imported into this country which are subsequently exported 
without change in their form. 
Farm products. — During the 14-year period from June 30, 1901, 
to June 30, 1914, reexports of farm products averaged 12J million 
dollars yearly, ranging from 9J millions in 1909 to 17| millions in 
1914. In percentage they represent 43 per cent of total foreign ex- 
ports, 2.1 per cent of total agricultural imports, and 1.3 per cent of 
domestic agricultural exports. 
Coffee, toDacco, hides and skins, and bananas, named in the order 
of their importance, were the chief articles of reexport for the period 
named, each averaging over 1 million dollars a year. Coffee averaged 
20,675,000 pounds annually, valued at $1,854,000; tobacco, 2,790,000 
pounds, valued at $1,413,000; hides and skins, 6,334,000 pounds, val- 
ued at $1,333,000; and bananas, $1,280,000. The quantity of ba- 
nanas is not given prior to 1908. 
In 1914 bananas held first place, followed by tobacco, hides and 
skins, and coffee. Reexports of bananas amounted to 2,255,000 
bunches, valued at $2,437,000; tobacco, 2,621,000 pounds, valued at 
$1,538,000; hides and skins, 6,426,000 pounds, valued at $1,408,000. 
Forest products. — Exports of foreign forest products for the 14 
years averaged 5^ million dollars annually. They were lowest in 
1903, at $2,865,000, and highest in 1910, when they reached $9,802,000. 
In percentage they amounted to 17.8 per cent of the total foreign 
exports, 4.5 per cent of the total forest products imported, and 4.7 
per cent of domestic forest products exported. 
India rubber was the chief article of reexport for the 14-year 
period, averaging 4,262,000 pounds annually, valued at $3,559,000, 
and ranging from 2,912,000 pounds in 1903 to 6,493,000 pounds 
in 1910. 
Chicle, the basis of chewing gum, was next in importance, reexports 
averaging 1,875,000 pounds, valued at $481,000. There were violent 
fluctuations in the reexports of this product. Thus the year in which 
