Argentina and Brazil divide practically between them the South American export trade of the United States, Argentina taking by far the larger share, and well over one-third of the whole received by all the South American countries put together. The value of the Argentine imports from the United States in 1913 amounted to $52,894,834 (U.S.A.), while Uruguay took U.S.A. goods to the value of $6,531,626 (U.S.A.).
ARGENTINE IMPORTS FROM EUROPE, 1913
During the year 1913 the Argentine Republic purchased in Europe the following amounts:—
Where will these purchases be made in the future?
GOLD (Argentina)
| Years. | Imports. | Exports. | Balance. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 24,917,951 | 1,604,292 | 23,313,659 |
| 1905 | 32,559,540 | 819,375 | 31,740,165 |
| 1906 | 18,212,323 | 1,545,622 | 16,666,701 |
| 1907 | 23,552,726 | 3,133,886 | 20,418,840 |
| 1908 | 28,651,215 | 44,817 | 28,606,398 |
| 1909 | 67,453,816 | 1,247,831 | 66,205,985 |
| 1910 | 37,027,936 | 1,669,892 | 35,358,044 |
| 1911 | 12,764,236 | 3,008,597 | 9,755,639 |
| 1912 | 36,077,807 | 585,621 | 35,492,186 |
| 1913 | 47,941,425 | 43,417,484 | 4,523,941 |
| $ gold | 329,158,975 | 57,077,417 | 272,081,558 |
| = | £65,309,320 | 11,324,884 | 53,984,436 |
It is regrettable, from several points of view, that the National Statistics of Uruguay are not kept and published with the same promptitude and regularity as those of Argentina, to say nothing of the admirable clearness of the forms in which the latter are issued. The Uruguayan authorities should really know that the absence of any complete scheme of statistical information regarding their country is more than apt to preserve a very common though erroneous impression that Uruguay can be of but little account since so little is known or heard of it. Little indeed is known with any accuracy of its production, outside the circle of persons directly interested in its trade; but this obscurity is due only to indifference to and negligence of the art of self-assertion.
