ADec'embrerPbiaQriIJ'  j    American  Trade  in  Perfumeries.  815 
GROWTH  OF  iVMERICAN  TRADE   IX  PERFUMERIES, 
COSMETICS,  AND  TOILET  PREPARATIONS.1 
(Prepared  by  the  Division  of  Statistics,  Bureau  of  Foreign  and  Domestic 
Commerce.) 
A  very  substantial  increase  in  the  foreign  trade  of  the  United 
States  in  perfumeries,  cosmetics,  and  toilet  preparations  occurred 
during  the  first  seven  months  of  1919  as  compared  with  January- 
July  of  last  year,  imports  rising  by  38  per  cent.,  domestic  exports 
by  no  per  cent.,  and  foreign  exports  (reexports)  by  139  per  cent. 
That  this  growth  was  steady  month  by  month  as  compared  with 
the  corresponding  figures  for  the  previous  year  (with  the  exception 
of  reexports  in  January  and  March)  is  clearly  seen  from  the  fol- 
lowing: table : 
Exports. 
Imports. 
Month. 
Domestic. 
Foreign . 
19 18. 
1919. 
1918. 
19 19. 
1918. 
1919. 
Januarv  
$203,695 
$208,855 
$335,873 
§660,504 
$4,844 
§  1,652 
289,532 
349,692 
199.749 
881,045 
217 
I,08l 
March  
243.477 
373,414 
390,303 
804,316 
3.956 
554 
April  
263,427 
391,820 
287,029 
419,200 
2,309 
20,540 
Mav  
394.964 
469,891 
308,813 
591.636 
4.562 
12,591 
June  
324,846 
417.097 
429,409 
7C9.659 
2,286 
9,806 
July  
79,702 
28l;280 
247.047 
481,026 
3,286 
4,968 
Total  
§1,799.643 
$2,492,049 
§2.198,223 
§4,607,386 
§21,442 
§5Li95 
Fiscal  Year  Export  Record :  The  progress  in  this  line  of  foreign 
trade  is  even  more  noticeable  in  the  figures  for  fiscal  years  ending 
June  30.  In  1919  imports  amounted  to  $3,670,577,  domestic  ex- 
ports reached  the  record-breaking  total  of  $6,077,851,  and  foreign 
products  reexported  were  valued  at  $/,g,/r6'/.  As  compared  with 
the  corresponding  figures  for  1918  there  is  an  increase  of  S173.000 
in  imports,  $2,100,000  in  exports,  and  $57,000  in  reexports.  That 
this  gain  is  no  mushroom  growth,  nor  entirely  the  result  of  war- 
time conditions,  is  evidenced  by  the  import  and  export  figures  for 
the  past  eight  fiscal  years  : 
1  From  Commerce  Reports,  October  io,  1919. 
