Classification of Imports.
| Wine, | 25 to 30,000 | barrels | $1,000,000 |
| Paper, | 125,000 | reams, | 375,000 |
| Cinnamon, | 100,000 | lbs. | 400,000 |
| Brandy, | 32,000 | barrels, | 1,000,000 |
| Saffron, | 17,000 | lbs. | 350,000 |
| Iron, | 50,000 | quintals, | 600,000 |
| Steel, | 6,000 | " | 110,000 |
| Wax, | 26,000 | arrobas, | 500,000 |
| Cacao, | 20,000 | fanegas, | 1,100,000 |
| Clothing, hardware and other manufactures, | 14,000,000 | ||
| $19,335,000 | |||
From a statement published by the Consulado of Vera Cruz it appears that the Importation from Spain in 1802 was as follows:—
| In national vessels, | $11,539,219 | —$19,600,000 | |
| In foreign" | 8,060,781 | ||
| Exportation in the same year, | 33,866,219 | ||
| Difference in favor of exports, | $14,266,219 | ||
| Commerce of the metropolis, | $53,466,219 | ||
| Importation from America, | $1,607,792 | ||
| Exportation for" | 4,581,148 | ||
| General importation | $21,207,792 | ||
| General exportation, | 38,447,367 | ||
| Total trade of Vera Cruz in 1802, | $59,655,159 | [24] |
From this view of the anti-revolutionary condition of Mexican commerce and financial interests, we pass properly to the examination of the same affairs at the present day. In order to judge this subject fairly, however, we have adopted the commercial standard of the year preceding the war with the United States. During and since that period, the commercial results of the country must naturally have been so greatly disturbed as to afford altogether inadequate tests.
Commerce at the Present Day.
Imports and exports of the Mexican republic for the year ending on the 1st of January, 1845, calculated on the duties collected at the maritime and frontier custom houses.
1st. Imports.
| Duties according to tariff. | Duties collected. | Capital or value of imported articles to which these duties correspond. | |||
| At | 40 | per ct., | there were collected, | $200..45 | $501..12 |
| " | 30 | " | "" | 5,999,282..87 | 19,997,609..56 |
| " | 30 | " | provisions, | 14,592..98 | 48,643..26 |
| " | 30 | " | timber, | 3,539..49 | 11.774..96 |
| " | 25 | " | 152,916..18 | 611,664..72 | |
| " | 12½ | " | 6,190..11 | 49,520..83 | |
| " | 6 | " | jewelry, | 1,171..22 | 19,520..33 |
| 30 | " | advanced to the treasury for permission to import 20,000 quintals of cotton, | 120,000..00 | 400,000..00 | |
| $6,297,886..30 | $21,139,234..83 | ||||