Argentina and Uruguay

by Gordon Ross

EXPORTS OF PRINCIPAL ARGENTINE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, 1875-1913

Years. $ gold.	Oats. $ gold.	Linseed. $ gold.	Maize. $ gold.	Hay. $ gold.	Wheat. $ gold.	Wheat Flour. $ gold.	Bran. $ gold.	Quebracho.		Totals. $ gold.
								Extract. $ gold.	Logs. $ gold.
1875	—	—	3,714	107,517	—	1,188	2,138	—	—	114,557
1876	—	—	136,986	105,496	997	33,069	4,928	—	—	281,476
1877	—	—	166,889	219,570	7,335	20,419	—	—	—	414,213
1878	—	7,107	290,088	130,648	105,350	300,282	63,802	—	—	897,277
1879	—	20,338	501,857	105,625	1,328,692	160,304	58,070	—	—	2,174,886
1880	—	95,485	288,275	184,695	46,747	100,695	44,353	—	10,121	770,371
1881	—	604,387	541,058	37,283	11,111	105,832	37,439	—	11,016	1,348,126
1882	—	1,650,043	2,141,135	132,683	66,864	39,188	28,320	—	—	4,058,233
1883	—	1,153,087	372,804	137,531	2,430,184	343,099	43,647	—	—	4,480,352
1884	—	1,699,582	2,274,201	142,153	4,339,970	261,406	58,948	—	—	8,776,260
1885	—	3,471,305	3,957,191	165,587	3,139,736	521,295	87,482	—	—	11,342,596
1886	—	1,825,199	4,653,421	149,414	1,510,378	362,807	40,105	—	—	8,541,324
1887	—	4,066,409	7,236,886	148,506	9,514,635	378,076	62,921	—	5,095	21,412,528
1888	—	2,131,813	5,444,464	238,308	8,248,614	639,244	33,132	—	172,700	16,908,275
1889	—	1,607,162	12,977,721	572,153	1,596,446	510,853	69,082	—	485,357	17,818,774
1890	—	1,228,825	14,145,639	198,866	9,836,824	600,894	28,337	—	826,508	26,865,893
1891	—	732,798	1,384,088	420,058	23,733,312	361,230	110,929	—	1,245,628	27,988,043
1892	—	2,546,220	8,561,231	374,428	14,696,089	1,024,041	290,849	—	617,811	28,110,669
1893	19,504	2,887,975	1,578,545	638,640	23,459,926	1,318,590	243,403	—	1,265,942	31,412,525
1894	29,489	3,583,459	1,046,007	456,386	27,118,142	1,019,931	211,551	—	962,687	34,427,652
1895	228,875	8,287,112	10,193,338	432,657	19,471,652	1,882,366	249,830	40,167	1,778,814	42,564,811
1896	38,389	6,856,106	15,994,556	899,781	12,830,027	1,949,556	708,738	68,419	832,718	40,178,290
1897	18,110	4,996,288	5,478,718	933,716	3,470,351	2,411,719	747,551	120,474	1,356,744	19,533,671
1898	20,929	5,420,031	9,274,197	1,246,849	22,368,900	1,592,495	767,972	119,224	1,882,604	42,693,201
1899	88,493	7,402,488	13,042,983	1,158,825	38,078,343	1,938,281	922,916	317,156	1,593,761	64,543,246
1900	127,249	10,674,011	11,933,747	1,282,620	48,627,653	1,718,085	1,163,120	595,701	2,398,362	78,520,548
1901	47,139	16,513,263	18,887,397	961,576	26,240,733	2,711,298	1,454,428	431,004	1,989,195	69,236,033
1902	503,465	17,840,952	22,994,060	1,004,133	18,584,894	1,603,568	1,726,562	909,904	2,477,233	67,644,771
1903	514,267	21,239,894	33,147,249	1,033,244	41,323,099	3,128,525	1,894,693	1,204,049	2,002,010	105,487,030
1904	541,973	28,359,923	44,391,196	616,287	66,947,891	4,757,248	2,409,250	2,011,130	2,527,227	152,562,125
1905	334,349	26,233,851	46,536,402	801,219	85,883,141	5,373,699	3,051,155	2,427,772	4,275,164	174,916,752
1906	1,117,184	25,915,861	53,365,687	1,169,089	66,561,181	4,477,964	3,249,888	2,162,949	3,425,101	161,444,904
1907	3,593,397	36,081,221	29,653,979	769,505	82,727,747	4,696,934	4,552,332	1,811,878	3,132,493	167,019,486
1908	9,697,716	49,004,704	41,556,865	599,937	128,842,610	5,133,335	4,698,879	2,994,922	2,962,184	245,491,152
1909	10,115,161	43,713,358	58,374,430	580,853	106,038,940	5,594,852	4,483,317	4,226,333	4,380,033	237,507,277
1910	8,142,575	44,604,395	60,260,804	478,228	72,202,260	4,947,137	4,521,783	4,429,357	5,604,430	205,190,969
1911	11,666,291	33,579,990	2,766,597	679,425	80,675,066	4,739,421	4,612,292	4,980,027	6,897,435	150,596,544
1912	21,858,517	34,213,565	108,908,193	307,112	97,835,174	6,926,280	5,940,579	4,836,860	3,568,557	284,394,837
1913	20,447,278	49,910,201	112,292,394	312,590	102,631,143	7,224,029	4,740,184	4,974,686	4,988,349	307,520,854
Totals	89,150,350	500,158,408	766,754,992	19,933,193	1,252,532,157	80,909,235	53,414,905	38,662,012	63,675,279	2,865,190,531
£	17,688,561	99,237,780	152,133,927	3,955,000	248,518,285	16,053,419	10,598,195	7,671,034	12,633,983	568,490,184

DEVELOPMENT OF ARGENTINE AGRICULTURE

The total value of the Agricultural Exports during 1914 was some $200,000,000 (gold), but recovery was made in 1915 to some $320,000,000 (gold) during the latter year.

The Argentine harvests of 1915-16 are estimated in round figures at:

Wheat	5,500,000	tons
Linseed	1,300,000	”
Oats	1,360,000	”

The Maize crop is as yet unascertained at the time of writing.

The corresponding Uruguayan figures are as yet unobtainable. The Statistical Department of this Republic was reorganized in 1912, but, no doubt, has had to cope with enormous arrears. Still it is regrettable that authoritative statistics regarding this country are difficult, when not impossible, to obtain.

In 1913 Uruguay exported agricultural products of the value of $(Uruguayan) 1,857,000. 400,000 hectares in Uruguay were under wheat, a slightly less area under maize; the cultivation of oats was increasing rapidly, and that of barley slowly.

As has already been mentioned, the present (1915-16) harvests are reported as generally splendid in both countries though labour presents a serious problem, as do freights and scarcity of ships for export. Such complications have been prevalent and are likely to prevail throughout the war.