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Prunes are likewise of only itu.no r importance in the export trade 
of the country. Total exports of all. Commodities from Yugoslavia during 
the four years 1925-1928- averaged $129,353,000 annually. Construction 
,r ood was the most important item in the trade during this period, exports 
under that heading having averaged $17,459,000 annually. Exports of .corn, 
however, ran a close second, having averaged $16,371; 000 annually- %gs, 
wheat, cattle, hogs ^nd fresh meat, in the order named, were the next 
most important agricultural exports. Exports of dried prunes during these 
four years averted only +3,104,000 in value or slightly more than 2 per 
cent of the total annually. In. the preceedin fo four ye>rs, however, dried 
prune exports aver aged .■$3,3 63 ,000 annually or about- 4 per cent of the total. 
The following table gives the average • annual value of the principal 
exports from Yugoslavia during the four" years 1921-1934 =nd 1925-1928. 
YUGOSLAVIA: Value of princiapl exports, average 1921- 1S2-, and 1925-1928 
Commodity 
Average 
value 
1921-1924 
rercentage 
Average 
v 9 lue 
1925-1928 . 
Percentage 
Contraction wood .... . 
Corn 
1,000 
dollars 
13,583 
4,861 
6,106 
5,031 
8 , 156 
4,339 
. 5,150 
2,57 3 
907 
3,363 
1,715 
977 
1,359 
628 
: 30.855 
Fer cent 
. 15.2 
5.4 
6.8 
5.6 
: 9.1 
4.8 
: 5,8 
: 2.9 
; 1.0 
: 3.8 
1.9 
1.1 
1.5 
0.7 
34.4 
1,000 
dollars 
. 17,459 
16,371 
9,607 
8,545 
6 , 170 
5,707 
4 , 834 
4,596 
l 3 , 823 
3,104 
2,403 
1,958 
1,829 
1,622 
41,328 
Per cent 
13.4 
IS. 7 
7.4 
Wheat 
6.6 
Cattle 
4.8 
Ho^s 
4.4 
Fresh meat 
: . 3.7 
3.5 
: 3.0 
Small stock 
2.4 
1.9 
1.5 
Firewood 
Fresh fruit : 
1.4 
: 1.3 
31.9 
Total 
39,518 
100.0 
129,358 
100.0 
Compiled In the Foreign Section of the Division of Statistical and 
Historical Research from "Stat isti oue du Commerce Exterieur" of Yugoslavia. 
