Export classifications are provided for about 1,400 different | value indexes have been constructed by the so-called "ideal" commodities, and statistics are compiled to show trade by coun- formula, the essential feature of which is the use of the quantries and by customs districts for each commodity class. Addi- tities of the several articles, for the periods compared, as weighttional classes are provided at the request of Government offices, ing factors of their unit values. About 265 commodities are trade associations, and business concerns, when it can be shown included in the direct calculations for both exports and imports. that new classes are necessary. It is then assumed that the prices of articles not directly covered Import classifications are provided for about 4,500 different in each economic class moved parallel with those covered, and commodities, including a separate class for each commodity | their value, adjusted by the computed price index of the class, designated in the tariff act in force at the time statistics are being compiled. New classes are added when the necessity for such classes appears.

Tonnage in the statements of vessels entered and cleared in the foreign trade of the United States is stated in net tons of 100 cubic feet of cargo-carrying capacity, excluding space for crew, engines, and other ship machinery. Vessels touching at a United States port in distress, or for other temporary cause, without discharging cargo, are not included in the figures.

is included in the aggregative totals from which the indexes of quantity and unit-value of total exports and of total imports are calculated. In constructing the indexes, the data for each year are compared with the data for the year preceding, and the resulting year-to-year percentages are made into a series by the chain method.

Bunker coal and oil laden on vessels engaged in the foreign and domestic trade are not included in the totals of exports from the United States. Statistics for such transactions are compiled separately.

The weight shown in statistical tables represents the net weight of the goods, exclusive of all containers except as noted Foreign merchandise and gold and silver shipped in transit to the contrary. Units of quantity used in the statistical | through the United States from one foreign country to another, statements are as follows, unless otherwise indicated: Ton, or which are received from foreign countries and transshipped 2,240 pounds. Number of pounds to the barrel: Wheat flour, from the ports of the United States to foreign countries, are not barley flour, rye flour, and corn meal, 196 pounds; rosin, tar, included in the regular import or export statistics. Statistics and pitch, 500 pounds gross weight; fish (pickled) and lime, 200 of such trade are shown in separate tables. pounds net weight; cement, 376 pounds (four bags to the barrel). Number of pounds to the bushel: Wheat, 60 pounds; barley and buckwheat, 48 pounds; corn, rye, flaxseed, kafir, and milo, 56 pounds; oats, 32 pounds; malt, 34 pounds. Number of gallons to the barrel: Mineral oil, 42 gallons. Square: 100 square feet coverage. Ream: 480 sheets, 9 by 11 inches.

Trade agreements which in 1935 modified the duties of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, are set forth in the following proclamations of the President:

Other foreign commerce statistics issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce include, in addition to a number of general monthly releases, a series of typewritten and mimeographed statements showing in detail the trade in certain commodities. The Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce of the United States shows the trade in commodities, both on a monthly and on a cumulative monthly basis, and includes a number of summary tables showing total exports and total imports by countries, by customs districts, and by economic classes; exports and imports of gold and silver by countries and customs districts; trade with noncontiguous territories, and other data.

Cuba, T. D. 47232, effective September 3, 1934. Belgium, T. D. 47600, effective May 1, 1935. Haiti, T. D. 47667, effective June 3, 1935. Sweden, T. D. 47785, effective August 5, 1935. Early in each year (generally in March) the Bureau issues a The index numbers of quantity of merchandise exports and Trade Information Bulletin, entitled "Summary of United States imports show the change in the volume of trade-or, more Trade with the World", which contains a brief analysis and specifically, the change in the value of trade adjusted to eliminate summary tables covering the trade in the preceding year. the effect of price changes. While the unit-value indexes are Later (around August) a more comprehensive bulletin is issued unavoidably influenced to some extent by changes from year under the title "United States Foreign Trade." This bulletin to year in the grade or type of merchandise included in the contains, in addition to an analytical summary, statistics of various export and import classes, they reflect fairly well the principal commodities in the trade with leading foreign countries, movement of export and import prices. The quantity and unit-index numbers, charts, graphs, and other information.

CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES (Schedule C)

No.

Titles of countries used in statements

Countries or islands embraced

The Provinces of Scutari and Yanina and parts of Kosova and Monastir.

The Provinces of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Northern Tyrol, Styria, Carinthia, and Vorarlberg;
Burgenland (German Western Hungary), except Odenburg (Sopron).

(Portuguese.)

Eupen, Malmedy, and Luxembourg.

Bulgaria.

Bohemia, Slovakia, Moravia, Austrian Silesia, and Ruthenia (Sub-Carpathian Russia).

Northern Slesvig, the island of Bornholm, and the Faroe Islands.

The former Russian Government of Estland, the northern part of Livonia, the northwestern portion of the Pskoff
Government, part of the Gdov district of the Petrograd Government, and adjacent islands in the Baltic Sea.
Including the Aland Islands.

(British.)

Epirus, Macedonia, and western Thrace (acquired from Turkey); Euboea, Crete, the Ionian Islands, and the
Grecian Archipelago, including Lemnos, Samothrace, Chios, Samos, and Mitylene.

The old Kingdom of Hungary, except Croatia, Slavonia, Slovakia, and Transylvania, and including Sopron
(Odenburg).

(Under sovereignty of the Danish King.)

All of Ireland except the six counties of Northern Ireland (Londonderry, Antrim, Tyrone, Down, Armagh, and
Fermanagh), for which see United Kingdom.

Including Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, Pantellaria, Lampedusa, Rhodes, etc.; the former Austrian lands of Venezia
Tridentina (Trentino and Alto Adige), Venezia Guilia, Dalmatia, Trieste, Istria, Gorizia, Fiume, and Zara.
Parts of the former Russian Provinces of Courland, Lavonia, and Vitebsk.

Parts of the former Russian Provinces of Vilnius (Vilna), Gardinus (Grodno), Suvalki, and Courland, the whole
of the former Russian Province of Kaunas (Kovno), and Memel.

(British.) In the Mediterranean.

Including Spitzbergen.

Parts of the former Russian Provinces of Grodno, Vilna, Minsk, Podolia, and Volhynia, part of former German
West Prussia and Posen or Posnan, parts of East Prussia, and of Austrian and Upper Silesia, and all of Galicia.
Bessarabia, Transylvania, Bukovina, and parts of Crisana, Maramuresh, and Banat.

Including the Balearic Islands.

Including the islands of Oland and Gothland.

Including Liechtenstein.

Former European Russia, except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Poland, including Georgia, Azer-
baidzhan, the Ukraine, and part of Armenia; Siberia and Middle Asiatic Provinces, including the Far Eastern
Republic (Vladivostok, eastern Siberia, and the northern part of Sakhalin Island); the Uzbek (Bukhara and part
of Khiva), Turkme and Tadzhik Republics.

England, Wales, the Channel Islands, the Isles of Wight and Man, and the Scilly Islands; Scotland, the Hebrides,
Orkney and Shetland Islands; and Northern Ireland, comprising the counties of Londonderry, Antrim, Tyrone,
Down, Armagh, and Fermanagh.

Former Serbia, Montenegro, the former Austro-Hungarian Provinces of Carniola, and parts of adjoining Provinces
(Slovenia), Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia, Bosnia, Herzogovina, part of Banat, the country of Bachka, and part
of the country of Baranya.

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island (including Cape Breton Island and the smaller islands of Grand Nanan, Campobello, etc.); Quebec and Ontario (including Anticosti and the Magdalen Islands); Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta; British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon (including Vancouver Island).

British

Bermuda.

Barbados.

Jamaica..

Trinidad and Tobago.
Other British West Indies..

Cuba.

Dominican Republic.

Netherland West Indies.

French West Indies..
Haiti, Republic of..

SOUTH AMERICA

Including the Turks, the Caicos, and Cayman Islands, and the Morant and Pedro Cays.

The Bahamas (including the Andros and Abaco Islands, Grand Bahama, New Providence, Harbor Islands, Great
Inagua, Eleuthera, Long Islands, and several smaller islands); the Leeward Islands (including Antigua, with
Barbuda and Redonda; St. Kitts, with Nevis and Anguilla; Dominica; Montserrat; and four of the Virgin Islands,
viz, Tortola, Anegada, Jost Van Dykes, and Virgin Gorda); the Windward Islands (Grenada: St. Vincent; the
Grenadines, including Carriacou, Union, Cannouan, etc.; and St. Lucia); and other smaller British islands in the
West Indies not specified.

Including Isle of Pines.

Eastern section of the island of Haiti.

Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, St. Eustache, and St. Martin (southern part).

Desirade, Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Martinique, Marie Galante, St. Martin (northern part), and St. Bartholomew.
Western section of the island of Haiti.

No.

Titles of countries used in statements

Countries or islands embraced

ASIA

British Malaya...

80

Ceylon...

81

China

(British.) Including the islands of Perim, Sokotra, and Khorya-Morya.

The Laccadive, Andaman, Nicobar Islands, and other smaller islands not specified; all of India under the dominion
or protection of Great Britain, including Baluchistan on the west and Burma on the east but excluding French
settlements (for which see French Indochina) and Nepal, Bhutan, and Portuguese possessions (for which see
Other Asia).
Straits Settlements, comprising Penang, Malakka, Singapore, and Labuan, and Christmas Island in Indian Ocean,
and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands; the Federated and Unfederated Malay States; Sarawak, Brunei, and North
Borneo; and other smaller possessions in the East Indies not specified.

Including the Maldive Islands.

Manchuria, Mongolia, East Turkestan, and Tibet; the adjacent islands of Hainan, etc.; Weihaiwel, Kiaochow,
and Kwangchow (leased to France); but excluding Macao, for which see Other Asia; and Port Arthur and Dairen,
for which see Kwantung.

Java and Madura: Sumatra, Borneo (except north coast and Labuan, for which see British Malaya); Celebes, the
Moluccas (including Halmahera and Ceram); Netherland New Guinea; Timor (southwestern part); Bali, Lombok,
Sumbawa, Sumba (Sandalwood), Flores, Solór, Allor, and other islands in Malaysia belonging to the Netherlands.

French Indochina (including French India)... Possessions in Cochinchina, Cambodia, Tongking, Laos, and Annam, in Farther India, and 4 ports on the Mekong

Hong Kong..

90 Iran (Persia)

86 Iraq (Mesopotamia)..

Japan...

Kwantung.

89

Palestine..

93

Philippine Islands.

77

Saudi Arabia..

held in perpetual lease from Siam; the French settlements in India, Pondicherry, Karikal, Chandernagor, and
Yanaon on the east coast, and the settlement of Mahe on the west coast.
(British.)

(Former British mandate, including Mosul.)

Including Chosen and Taiwan (Formosa); the Nansei (Luchu), Kurile Islands, Bonin, and Pescadores Islands; the southern part of Sakhalin Island; and mandate over the Marianas, Caroline, Pelew, and Marshall Islands. Japanese leased territory on the Liaotung Peninsula, comprising Port Arthur and Dairen.

Including the former Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd, and its dependencies, Yemen, Hadhramaut, Oman, and Kuwait.
(French mandate.) Including Lebanese Republic.

Asia Minor (including the vilayet of Izmir Smyrna, Turkish Armenia with the vilayets of Kars and Ardahan, and
Kurdistan), and the Imbros, Tenedos, and Rabbit Islands, and eastern Thrace between the Maritza River and
the Black Sea, including Istanbul (Constantinople) and Adrianople.
Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Portuguese Timor, Macao, Goa, Damao, and Diu.

Tasmania; Territory of Papua (the southeastern section of New Guinea), with the islands of D'Entrecasteau, Wood-
lark (Murua), and Louisiade groups; Norfolk Island; the Macquaire Islands; mandate over former Kaiser Wil-
helms Land in northeastern New Guinea; the Bismarck Archipelago (including New Britain (New Pommern),
New Ireland (New Mechlenburg), Admiralty (Manus), and other smaller islands), and Bougainville and Buka
of the Solomon Islands.
Fiji, Gilbert, Ellice, Solomon, Tonga, Union (Tokelau), and Phoenix Islands, and other small islands not specified;
mandate over former German Nauru; and the New Hebrides, which are under Anglo-French condominium.
New Caledonia and dependencies in Australasia; Society Islands (including Tahiti and Raiatea); Rapa, Tuamotu,
Austral (including Tubuai), Marquesas and Gambier Islands; Wallis Archipelagos; Clipperton Island in Poly-
nesia; and all other French possessions not specified.
Including Chatham, Kermadec, Antipodes, Bounty, Auckland, and Campbell Islands, and other small islands
in the South Pacific not specified; and mandate over former German Samoa.

Abyssinia.

Including mandate over Ruanda and Urundi (part of former German East Africa).

Kenya Colony (British East Africa) and Protectorate; Uganda Protectorate; British Somaliland; the islands of
Zanzibar, Pemba, Mauritius, and the Seychelles; mandate over Tanganyika Territory (former German East
Africa); and other East Coast possessions not specified.

Union of South Africa (comprising the Provinces of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Transvaal, the Orange Free
State, and mandate over former German South-West Africa); Basutoland, and Swaziland.
Rhodesia (Northern and Southern). Bechuanaland, and Nyasaland Protectorates.
(British.)

(British.)

Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ascension, St. Helena, Tristan do Cunha Islands, and all other West Coast possessions
and mandates not specified.
Including condominium of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.

Including the islands of Mayotte, Comoro, Nosy-Be, and Ste. Marie.

Senegal, the Ivory Coast, French Guinea (including the island of Tombo and the Los Islands), Dahomey, Upper
Senegal-Niger (French Sudan), Upper Volta, Mauritania, Niger Territory, French Equatorial Africa (French
Congo), French Somaliland (including the Musha Islands), Reunion Island, and mandate over parts of former
German Togoland and Cameroon.

Tripolitania and Cirenaica, Eritrea on the Red Sea, and Italian Somaliland (with the port of Kismayu).

(French Protectorate.) Including Tangier, but excluding Spanish possessions in El Rif and Ifni.

The colonies of the Mozambique and Nyasa companies.

Cape Verde Islands, Portuguese Guinea (including the Bissagos Islands and the islands of Principe and Sao Thomas, and Angola (Portuguese West Africa).

El Rif (including the Alhucema and Chafarina Islands), Ifni, Rio do Oro, Rio Muni on the Gulf of Guinea, and
Fernando Po (Spanish Guinea); and the islands of Annobon, Corisco, and the Elobeys.

Classification of Noncontiguous Territories of United States follow:

27. Alaska (Juneau).

51. Puerto Rico (San Juan).

NOTES

In tables nos. 11 and 12, "Vessels entered and cleared in the foreign trade", certain countries are subdivided as follows:

95. Wake Island (radio station).

39b. Panama, Pacific.
43a. Mexico, Gulf.

43b. Mexico, Pacific.
66a. Colombia, Caribbean.
66b. Colombia, Pacific,

1 In the statistics of United States foregin trade, the Virgin Islands are considered as a customs district However, duties collected in the Virgin Islands are not included. See headnote, table 1.

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