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Table V .—Imports of beeswax into the United States, 1901-1908, by countries from 
which consigned. 
Cuba. 
Mexico. 
Year ending 
June 30— 
Pounds. 
Value, a 
Average 
price per 
pound 
in cents. 
Percentage 
of total 
imports 
from all 
countries. 
Pounds. 
Value.o 
Average 
price per 
pound 
in cents. 
Percentage 
of total 
imports 
from all 
countries. 
1901 
110,778 828,539 
157,839 44,364 
147,917 ! 42,357 
98,455 28.682 
79,926 ' 24,006 
158,523 i 48,120 
331,942 93,702 
264,984 76,431 
25.8 
28.1 
28.6 
29.1 
30.0 
-30.4 
28.2 
28.8 
51.8 
38.6 
30.3 
23.1 
21.4 
27.0 
36.2 
39.5 
13,446 ! $3,080 
23,366 1 5,070 
162,332 1 36,476 
167,843 ! 45,673 
87,943 I 23,265 
46,421 ; 13,485 
47,262 i 15,417 
41,489 13,290 
22.9 
21.7 
22.5 
27.2 
26.5 
29.0 
32.6 
32.0 
6.3 
5.7 
33.2 
39.5 
23.5 
7.9 
5.2 
6.2 
1902.. 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1906 
1907 
1908 
Santo Domingo. 
Haiti. 
Year ending 
June 30— 
Pounds. 
Value, a 
Average 
price per 
pound 
in cents. 
Percentage 
of total 
imports 
from all 
countries. 
Pounds. 
Value, a 
Average 
price per 
pound 
in cents. 
Percentage 
of total 
imports 
from all 
countries. 
1901 
41,225 
810,241 
24.8 
28.8 
25.8 
26.1 
23.9 
25.2 
25.2 
23.7 
19.3 
17.9 
16.9 
19.0 
12.5 
5.8 
7.3 
8.2 
11,286 
6,373 
25,276 
38,106 
62,547 
27,311 
48,831 
58,147 
$4,292 
3,013 
7,692 
10,359 
16,047 
7,326 
13,555 
15,379 
38.0 
47.3 
30.4 
27.2 
25.7 
26.8 
27.8 
26.4 
5.3 
1902 
73,364 
21.118 
1.6 
1903 
82,829 21,364 
80,783 21,061 
46,816 1 11,193 
34,052 8.596 
5.2 
1904 
1905 . 
9.0 
16.8 
1906 .. 
4 6 
1907... 
67,264 
55,311 
16,941 
13,085 
5 3 
1908 
8.6 
All other countries. 
Total. 
Year ending June 30— 
Pounds. 
Value.a 
Average 
price per 
pound 
in cents. 
Percentage 
of total 
imports 
from all 
countries. 
Pounds. 
Value.o 
Average 
price per 
pound 
in cents. 
1901 
37,038 
147,764 
70,222 
39,981 
96,337 
321,310 
421,789 
251,595 
$9,732 
42,372 
19,331 
11,103 
26,610 
90,487 
125,022 
76,584 
26.3 
28.7 
27.5 
27.8 
27.6 
28.2 
29.6 
30.4 
17.3 
36.2 
14.4 
9.4 
25.8 
54.7 
46.0 
37.5 
213,773 
408,706 
488,576 
425,168 
373,569 
587,617 
917,088 
671.526 
$55,884 
115,937 
127,220 
116,878 
101 ! 121 
168,014 
264.637 
194,769 
26.1 
1902 
28.4 
1903 . . . 
26.0 
1904... 
27.5 
1905 
27.1 
1906 
28.6 
1907 
28.9 
1908 
29.0 
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a Imports of beeswax into the United States are free of duty. 
Values. — The values of all imported articles, whether subject to ad valorem or specific duties or free of 
duty, are defined by the act of Congress of June 10, 1890, as— 
The actual market value or wholesale price of such merchandise as bought and sold in usual wholesale 
quantities at the time of exportation to the United States in the principal markets of the country from 
whence imported, and in the condition in which such merchandise is there bought for exportation to the 
United States or consigned to the United States for sale, including the value of all cartons, cases, crates, 
boxes, sacks, and coverings of any kind, and all other costs, charges, and expenses incident to placing the 
merchandise in condition ready for shipment to the United States. 
Valuation deceptions.— The value of imported articles subject to ad valorem duties is believed to be 
determined with more accuracy, according to the legal method of valuation, than the value of imports 
with specific duties or free of duty, or the value of exported articles: the valuations of dutiable imports 
and of exports dutiable in foreign countries tend to understatement, and the valuations of imports that 
are free of duty are liable to inflation for the purpose of trade deception. 
