The shipments with which up to this time the United States has been most successful in furnishing Guatemala can be understood from a summary of the articles sent out under a consular invoice from various ports. The exportations from the port of New Orleans during a recent year were as follows:
From the port of Mobile shipments were as follows:
| Wheat flour | $10,196 |
| Cotton goods | 9,916 |
| Canned meats | 2,108 |
| Cornmeal | 1,316 |
| Hardware | 804 |
| Alimentary conserves | 777 |
| Butter | 676 |
| Beer in bottles | 572 |
| Petroleum | 523 |
| Vegetables | 507 |
| Coal | 420 |
| Hay | 405 |
| Dried fish | 376 |
| Footwear | 362 |
| Stearine candles | 317 |
| Matches | 300 |
| Condensed milk | 238 |
| Soap | 228 |
| Lard | 206 |
| Fruit preserves | 204 |
| Cheese | 173 |
| Rice | 168 |
| Miscellaneous food products | 1,700 |
The exports from New York, which average about $75,000 per month, are composed chiefly of the following articles:
From the port of San Francisco the annual shipments amount to approximately $1,000,000. The principal articles are flour, wheat, hops, corn, barley, oats, cotton, furniture, machinery, beers, wines, and whiskies. The articles imported at San Francisco are chiefly coffee, sugar, cacao, rubber, hides and lumber.
How the Commerce is Divided.
While the United States has a fair share of the trade the proportion is not as large as it might be if systematic efforts were made. In the last year for which statistics are available the foreign commerce of Guatemala amounted to $12,593,000, of which $5,041,000 was imports and $7,552,000 exports. Germany, which takes the bulk of the coffee crop, is the largest consumer. In the year quoted it took 53.79% of the total exportations from Guatemala North America (chiefly United States) 25.86%. England, 15.37%, and France 2.4%.
The exportation of the various countries to Guatemala in percentage terms was as follows: United States 36.59%; England, 22.62%; Germany, 19.97%; France, 9.21%; South America, 2.82%; Central America, 1.83%; Mexico, 1.69%; Spain, 1.54%; Italy, 1.32%; Belgium and Holland, 1.27%; other countries, 1.14%.