The countries with which the United States have their chief commercial intercourse are Spain, Portugal, France, Great Britain, the United Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden, and their American possessions; and the articles of export, which constitute the basis of that commerce, with their respective amounts, are,

Bread-stuff, that is to say, bread grains, meals, and bread, to the annual amount of$7,649,887
Tobacco4,349,567
Rice1,753,796
Wood1,263,534
Salted fish941,696
Pot and pearl ash839,093
Salted meats599,130
Indigo537,379
Horses and mules339,753
Whale oil252,591
Flax seed236,072
Tar, pitch and turpentine217,177
Live provisions137,743
Ships
Foreign goods620,274

To descend to articles of smaller value than these, would lead into a minuteness of detail neither necessary nor useful to the present object.

The proportions of our exports, which go to the nations before mentioned, and to their dominions, respectively, are as follows:

To Spain and its dominions$2,005,907
Portugal and its dominions1,283,462
France and its dominions4,698,735
Great Britain and its dominions9,363,416
The United Netherlands and their dominions1,963,880
Denmark and its dominions224,415
Sweden and its dominions47,240

Our imports from the same countries, are,

Spain and its dominions335,110
Portugal and its dominions595,763
France and its dominions2,068,348
Great Britain and its dominions15,285,428
United Netherlands and their dominions1,172,692
Denmark and its dominions351,364
Sweden and its dominions14,325

These imports consist mostly of articles on which industry has been exhausted.

Our navigation, depending on the same commerce, will appear by the following statement of the tonnage of our own vessels, entering in our ports, from those several nations and their possessions, in one year; that is to say; from October, 1789, to September, 1790, inclusive, as follows:

Tons.
Spain19,695
Portugal23,576
France116,410
Great Britain43,580
United Netherlands58,858
Denmark14,655
Sweden750