Buss, adu... 1-2-34 14008 CONTENTS SUMMARY TABLES OF FOREIGN COMMERCE I. General foreign trade summary, fiscal years 1910-14, calendar years 1925–32. II. Foreign trade by grand divisions, fiscal years 1910-14, calendar years 1925-32. VI. Total values of exports of foreign merchandise, by customs districts, calendar years 1928-32. VIII. Principal commodities, imported in order of magnitude of value, calendar years 1926–32_. IX. General imports of tropical and subtropical articles, calendar years 1926-32--- XII. Domestic exports, by countries and commodity groups, calendar year 1932 XIII. General imports, by countries and commodity groups, calendar year 1932_ Page XVI. Foreign trade by economic classes, calendar years 1922-32--- XVII. Percentage of foreign trade by economic classes, calendar years 1925-32- XVIII. Domestic exports by economic classes and countries, calendar years 1931–32. XIX. General imports by economic classes and countries, calendar year 1932_- STATISTICAL TABLES OF FOREIGN COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES 1. Imports and exports of gold and silver, by countries and by customs districts, 1932- 2. Exports and general imports of merchandise, by countries and customs districts, 1932- 3. Exports of domestic merchandise, by articles and countries, 1932. 4. General imports of merchandise, by articles and countries, 1932.. 5. Exports of domestic merchandise, by articles and customs districts, 1932. 6. General imports of merchandise, by articles and customs districts, 1932_ 7. Exports of foreign merchandise, by articles and countries, 1932. 8. In-transit and transshipment trade, by countries and customs districts, 1932__ III LETTER OF SUBMITTAL DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE, Washington, April 11, 1933. SIR: The provision of section 336 of the Revised Statutes requiring that the annual statistical report of the commerce and navigation of the United States with foreign countries shall be issued for the fiscal year was amended by the act approved on January 25, 1919, to the extent that the annual report shall hereafter cover the calendar instead of the fiscal year. In order to comply with the provisions of law and to furnish industrial and commercial organizations and firms information concerning our foreign trade, the following statistical tables on the foreign commerce and navigation of the United States during the calendar year ended December 31, 1932, are submitted herewith for publication. Very respectfully, TO HON. DANIEL C. ROPER, FREDERICK M. FEIKER, IV Secretary of Commerce. EXPLANATION OF TABLES The statistics of the foreign commerce of the United States include the trade of the customs districts of Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico with foreign countries, but not the trade of these Territories with the United States, which is shown separately in the "Monthly Summary of the Foreign Commerce of the United States", in the section on "Commerce with noncontiguous Territories." In the statistics of the foreign commerce of the United States the Philippine Islands are treated as a foreign country, while the collectors of customs in the islands are under the jurisdiction of the War Department. The trade of these islands with foreign countries is, therefore, not included in the foreign commerce of the United States, but is published separately by the Philippine government. Kinds, quantities, and values of exports.-The kinds, quantities, and values of exported merchandise are ascertained from the shipper's export declarations filed by the exporters with the collector of customs at the port of exportation. Tables nos. 3 and 5 exhibit the exports of domestic products or manufactures, including commodities of foreign origin which have been changed from the form in which they were imported, or enhanced in value by further manufacture in the United States, such as sugar refined in this country from imported raw sugar, flour ground from imported wheat, and articles and utensils made from imported material. Articles of domestic production when exported "shall be valued at their actual cost, or the values which they may truly bear at the time of exportation in the ports of the United States from which they are exported." Table no. 7 called "foreign exports", exhibits exports of foreign merchandise which had been previously imported and is not changed in conditions. The value of such commodities exported "from warehouse" is their import value. The value of such commodities exported "not from warehouse", comprising free goods mainly, is the same as the value of articles of domestic production. General imports.-Tables nos. 4 and 6 are based on general imports and embrace imported articles entered at the customhouses for immediate consumption and imported articles entered for warehouse. The statement of imports entered for consumption, table no. 9, embraces imported articles entered for immediate consumption and imported articles withdrawn from warehouse for consumption. The statement of general imports and the statement of imports entered for consumption for any period will always differ to the extent that the value of entries for warehouse for the period differs from the value of withdrawals from warehouse for consumption. The term "entry for consumption" is the technical name of the import entry made at the customhouse and implies that the goods have been delivered into the custody of the importer and that the duties have been paid on the dutiable portion. Some of them may be afterwards exported. Kinds, quantities, and values of imports.-The kinds, quantities, and values of imported merchandise are ascertained from the entry filed by the importer at the customhouse. The value of imported merchandise as shown in the statistical tables is the foreign value or the export value, whichever is higher; that is, the market value or the price at which the merchandise, at the time of exportation to the United States, is offered for sale in the principal markets of the country from which exported, including the cost of containers or coverings and all expenses incident to placing the merchandise in condition ready for shipment to the United States, as defined in section 402 of the Tariff Act of 1930. Foreign merchandise in transit or transshipped.-Table no. 8 shows total values of foreign merchandise entered for immediate transit across the territory of the United States to a foreign country, or for transshipment in the ports of the United States to a foreign country which are excluded from the statistics of imports into or exports from the United States. The value of the commodities included in this table is similar to that of imports. Tonnage tables.-Tables nos. 11 and 12 show the number and tonnage of vessels entered and cleared in the foreign trade of the United States. The tons stated represent net tons of 100 cubic feet internal carrying capacity, after deducting space for crew and engines. A vessel is reported as entered at the first port on the United States where the whole or part cargo is unladen, or where she enters in ballast, and as cleared from the port where her outward cargo is completed or where she clears in ballast. A vessel is credited as entered from the country in which is located the first foreign port where she took on cargo for the United States unless the bulk of the cargo was taken at some other port, when the vessel is shown as entered from the country in which that port is located. In clearing, the vessel is credited to the country with the first port for discharge of cargo as shown on the clearance papers, but if the bulk of the cargo is destined for another foreign port the country where that port is located is shown. Weight. In all tables published by the Bureau the measures of quantity are as follows, unless indicated otherwise: ton, 2,240 pounds. Number of pounds to the barrel: wheat flour, rye flour, and corn meal, 196 pounds net weight; resin, tar, and pitch, 500 pounds gross weight; fish, pickled, and lime, 200 pounds net; cement, 376 pounds net (four bags to the barrel). Number of pounds to the bushel is as follows: wheat, beans, dried peas, and potatoes, 60 pounds; onions, 57 pounds; barley and buckwheat, 48 pounds; corn, rye, kafir, milo, and flaxseed, 56 pounds; oats, 32 pounds; malt, 34 pounds; castor beans, 50 pounds. Number of gallons to the barrel: minerals oils, 42 gallons. V |
