MARKET STATISTICS. 
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Table 317. — Cotton (including linters): Exports by countries, calendar years 1909-1920. 
[Thousands of bales; i. e., 000 omitted; bales of 500 pounds gross weight.] 
Exported by- 
Average, 
1909-1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
159 
83 
1,966 
240 
1,442 
316 
232 
145 
118 
87 
•8,731 
169 
51 
56 
1,528 
299 
1,390 
82 
221 
140 
2,791 
188 
1,225 
209 
24 
2,103 
202 
1,430 
40 
5 
2,118 
237 
1,122 
116 
3 
1,588 
232 
844 
89 
1 
781 
360 
1,040 
29 
12,041 
111 
105 
106 
* 8, 931 
111 
181 
2 
4 
8 
97 
* 6, 406 
183 
112 
* 5, 964 
80 
* 4, 587 
99 
<5,664 
183 
7,045 
2 
United States 
6,651 
1 
Total 
13, 688 
13, 917 
10, 666 
19,676 
i 7, 423 
i 7, 974 
110,610 
i 8, 922 
i Incomplete. 
1 Year beginning Mar. 21. 
* Year beginning Sept. 1. 
4 Year beginning Aug. 1. 
Table 318. — Cotton: Imports, by countries, for calendar years 1909-1920. 
[Thousands of bales; i. e., 000 omitted; bales of 500 pounds gross weight.) 
Imported by — 
Average, 
1909-1913. 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
Austria-Hungary 
906 
496 
137 
1,435 
2,258 
896 
1,405 
277 
886 
382 
93 
113 
4,164 
1220 
342 
289 
179 
1,007 
506 
152 
949 
197 
1,052 
205 
1,192 
178 
1,260 
230 
656 
241 
France 
Italy 
879 
1,705 
245 
801 
389 
107 
101 
3,447 
2 364 
287 
1,344 
2,015 
365 
641 
660 
580 
147 
4,820 
2 421 
297 
1,170 
2,299 
177 
57 
471 
130 
123 
4,045 
»288 
828 
1,947 
601 
1,886 
826 
2,190 
114 
1,438 
124 
Spain 
447 
32 
94 
3,163 
2 217 
277 
341 
80 
115 
3,846 
367 
82 
Sweden 
Switzerland 
38 
3,114 
2 197 
United Kingdom 
United States 
Other countries 
3,458 
628 
Total 
14, 010 
9,426 
12,539 
3 10, 157 
3 8, 166 
3 6, 999 
3 9, 436 
»6,395 
Year beginning Sept. 1. 
Year beginning Aug. 1. 
8 Incomplete. 
Table 319. — Index numbers, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, all commodities. 1 
Month. 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
January 
99 
100 
99 
98 
98 
100 
101 
101 
102 
101 
101 
99 
100 
99 
99 
98 
98 
98 
99 
102 
103 
99 
98 
97 
98 
100 
99 
99 
100 
99 
101 
100 
98 
101 
102 
105 
110 
111 
114 
116 
118 
118 
119 
123 
127 
133 
143 
146 
150 
155 
160 
171 
181 
184 
185 
184 
182 
180 
182 
181 
185 
186 
187 
190 
190 
193 
198 
202 
207 
204 
206 
206 
203 
197 
201 
203 
207 
207 
218 
226 
220 
223 
230 
238 
248 
February 
249 
March 
253 
265 
April 
May 
! 
272 
269 
262 
July 
August 
250 
September 
242 
October 
225 
November 
207 
December 
189 
Year 
99 
94 
100 
100 
99 
100 
123 
175 
196 
243 
1 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
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