Exports and Imports to and from the Belligerent Countries, 1914.
Exports and Imports to and from the Belligerent Countries, 1914.—The following figures are taken from the “Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1915.”
|
Exports to— |
Imports from— | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria-Hungary |
1913 1915 |
$23,320,696 1,238,669 |
$19,192,414 9,794,418 |
| France |
1914 1915 |
159,818,924 369,397,170 |
141,446,252 77,158,740 |
| Germany |
1914 1915 |
344,794,276 28,863,354 |
189,919,136 91,372,710 |
| Italy |
1914 1915 |
74,235,012 184,819,688 |
56,407,671 54,973,726 |
| Russia |
1914 1915 |
31,303,149 60,827,531 |
23,320,157 3,394,040 |
| United Kingdom |
1914 1915 |
594,271,863 911,794,954 |
293,661,304 256,351,675 |
| Canada |
1913 1914 1915 |
415,449,457 344,716,081 300,686,812 |
120,571,180 160,689,790 159,571,712 |
The table shows that the normal trade with Germany was the largest next to that with the United Kingdom, and that Germany took more of our products than Canada. It shows that Germany was not only one of our best customers but that the balance of trade was largely in our favor, the excess of American exports to Germany over imports in 1914 amounting to $154,875,140, or nearly as much as our entire exports to France in 1914.
The following table shows how the British arbitrary rule of the seas cut down our trade with the Scandinavian countries, all but that of Norway, whose neutrality was largely in favor of England. The figures are for the nine months ending March.
| 1915 | 1916 | |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark, exports and imports | $63,103,962 | $44,046,752 |
| Netherlands, exports and imports | 101,892,382 | 72,469,008 |
| Norway, exports and imports | 32,401,556 | 37,259,135 |
| Sweden, exports and imports | 65,880,749 | 43,156,027 |