The imports and exports from the United States in 1917 amounted to over
nine billion dollars. The exports amounted to six billion, two hundred
and thirty-one million; the imports to two billion, nine hundred and
fifty-two million, with a favorable balance of trade to the United
States of approximately three billion, one hundred and eighty million.
I submit on the following pages a table of these imports and exports:
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| Month of December— | 12 months ended December—
Exports to— +------------+------------+--------------+--------------
| 1917 | 1916 | 1917 | 1916
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Grand | | | |
divisions: | | | |
Europe |$323,690,436|$349,558,509|$4,054,362,029|$3,813,278,324
North America| 155,135,812| 93,285,797| 1,264,688,666| 924,553,649
South America| 33,700,646| 22,787,859| 312,420,985| 220,266,818
Asia | 60,465,901| 42,447,145| 431,149,591| 364,959,155
Oceania | 14,591,876| 9,751,896| 117,158,921| 105,572,649
Africa | 6,279,609| 5,402,574| 51,464,784| 54,010,506
|------------+------------+--------------+--------------
Total | 593,864,280| 523,233,780| 6,231,244,976| 5,482,641,101
|------------+------------+--------------+--------------
Principal | | | |
countries: | | | |
Austria- | | | |
Hungary | .... | .... | .... | 61,771
Belgium | 8,400| 6,691,023| 22,628,659| 30,998,928
Denmark | 134,363| 4,165,928| 32,388,864| 56,329,490
France | 73,564,381| 58,706,507| 940,810,070| 860,821,006
Germany | .... | 1,142,353| 3,275| 2,260,634
Greece | 1,030,494| 1,431,702| 8,477,603| 33,685,689
Italy | 46,162,066| 37,974,651| 419,095,473| 303,530,476
Netherlands | 7,899,931| 11,345,624| 90,520,301| 113,730,162
Norway | 1,668,338| 4,234,745| 62,866,850| 66,209,717
Russia | | | |
in Europe | 816,462| 23,097,932| 314,639,528| 309,806,581
Spain | 10,159,988| 6,577,521| 92,409,320| 64,316,888
Sweden | 503,364| 5,900,309| 20,900,854| 47,967,590
United Kingdom| 177,433,009| 185,209,430| 2,001,031,104| 1,887,380,665
Canada | 101,767,255| 60,939,523| 829,972,331| 604,908,190
Central | | | |
America | 4,861,129| 4,008,658| 52,206,466| 46,531,841
Mexico | 15,485,408| 4,415,374| 111,111,541| 54,270,283
Cuba | 24,652,166| 18,846,295| 196,350,315| 164,666,037
Argentina | 11,553,945| 7,192,128| 107,641,905| 76,874,258
Brazil | 6,566,030| 5,210,987| 66,207,970| 47,669,050
Chile | 7,586,866| 3,919,899| 57,483,996| 33,392,887
China | 6,366,898| 3,645,538| 40,208,612| 31,516,140
British East | | | |
Indies | 7,290,060| 3,775,091| 42,746,749| 30,799,916
Japan | 40,199,201| 14,821,946| 186,347,941| 109,156,490
Russia in Asia| 525,675| 16,540,391| 109,169,243| 160,701,673
Australia and | | | |
New Zealand | 6,474,755| 7,351,503| 76,909,225| 81,305,968
Philippine | | | |
Islands | 7,804,316| 2,268,853| 38,148,726| 22,775,491
British Africa| 5,215,449| 2,508,294| 39,023,443| 32,448,177
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_Statement of imports and exports,_
_12 months ended December, 1917._
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| Exports. | Imports. | Balance in
| | | our favor.
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Netherlands | $90,520,301 | $22,744,504 | $67,775,797
Norway | 62,866,850 | 6,280,233 | 56,586,617
Spain | 92,469,320 | 36,881,630 | 55,587,690
Sweden | 20,900,854 | 18,069,487 | 2,881,367
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE,
_Washington, February 4, 1918_.