Table 3.—Imports for consumption of men's sewed straw hats1from Italy, England, Germany, and other countries, by months, calendar years 1923 and 1924

(Source: Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States)
Month Italy United Kingdom Germany Other countries2 Total
1923 1924 1923 1924 1923 1924 1923 1924 1923 1924
Number Number Number Number Number NumberNumber Number Number Number
January 51,225 35,754 9,734 50,087 2,460 19,829 26,606 34,754 90,025 140,424
February 53,644 114,644 9,235 35,024 8 25,372 4,756 57,429 67,643 232,469
March 54,102 97,899 55,920 46,435 7,420 50,126 51,305 40,669 168,747 235,129
April 66,552 192,007 46,222 119,031 1,931 85,421 84,684 49,935 199,389 446,394
May 78,602 113,593 68,989 54,874 80 85,884 31,888 34,047 179,559 288,398
June 38,658 59,840 42,776 37,208 1,960 6,873 4,414 14,769 87,808 118,690
July 23,049 22,505 6,717 1,533 848 720 11,685 41,367 42,299 66,125
August 1,796 4,000 1,250 820 1,504 2,795 1,041 41,689 5,591 49,304
September 120 427 960 706 1,272 7,377 102 10,550 2,474 19,060
October 53,129 37,809 396 318 3,411 4,541 331 34,528 57,267 77,196
November 77,962 82,313 2,718 2,640 8,929 959 7,524 44,471 97,133 130,383
December 78,372 100,353 1,647 4,723 21,334 5,332 20,415 54,516 121,768 164,924
Total number 577,211 861,144 246,584 353,399 51,157 295,229 244,751 458,724 1,119,703 1,968,496
Dozen 48,101 71,762 20,549 29,450 4,263 24,602 20,396 38,227 93,309 164,041
Total Value $289,215 $427,706 $256,769 $282,402 $32,503 $180,054 $201,502 $289,767 $779,989 $1,179,929
Average value per dozen $6.01 $5.96 $12.50 $9.59 $7.62 $7.32 $9.88 $7.57 $8.36 $7.19
Per cent of hats imported from each country 51.50 43.75 22.00 17.95 4.60 15.00 21.90 23.30 100.0 100.00

1 Including men's, women's, and children's.
2 Including withdrawals from warehouse.

A comparison of the imports for the first four months of 1925 with those for the corresponding period in 1924 is shown in Table 4. A significant feature of this table is the increase in imports from Italy and the decrease of imports from both the United Kingdom and Germany. It should be noted also that the average foreign[a] value per dozen of Italian hats decreased while the average foreign[a] value of hats imported from England and other countries increased.

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a ([return])
Values upon which duties were assessed as computed from data given in Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States.

Table 4.—Imports for consumption of men's sewed straw hats1from Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, and other countries, by months,January-April, inclusive, 1924 and 1925.

(Source: Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States)
Month Italy United Kingdom Germany Other countries2 Total
1924 1925 1924 1925 1924 1925 1924 1925 1924 1925
Number Number Number Number Number NumberNumber Number Number Number
January 35,754 212,292 50,087 8,995 19,829 12,070 34,754 6,104 140,424 239,461
February 114,644 189,736 35,024 31,776 25,372 7,697 57,429 22,580 232,469 251,789
March 97,899 207,218 46,435 61,755 50,126 3,828 40,669 24,482 235,129 297,283
April 192,007 260,145 119,031 45,711 85,421 40,479 49,935 10,545 446,394 356,880
Total number 440,304 869,391 250,577 148,237 180,748 64,074 182,787 63,711 1,054,416 1,145,413
Dozen 36,692 72,449 20,882 12,353 15,062 5,340 15,232 5,309 87,868 95,451
Total value $228,452 $395,298 $201,291 $161,422 $102,366 $40,923 $123,775 $78,222 $655,884 $675,865
Average value per dozen 6.23 5.46 9.64 13.07 6.80 7.66 8.13 14.73 7.46 7.08
Per cent of hats imported from each country 41.76 75.90 23.76 12.94 17.14 5.60 17.34 5.56 100.00 100.00

1 Including men's, women's, and children's.
2 Including withdrawals from warehouse.

Table 5.—Imports at the port of New York of men's sewed strawhats from Italy1 classified according to foreign value, includingpacking January-June, 1924

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$3.00-$3.49 6 38 44 ... 219 219 50 ... 50 56 257 313
$3.50-$3.99 255 23 278 1 250 251 570 ... 570 826 273 1,099
$4.00-$4.49 2,518 28 2,546 196 2,909 3,105 622 ... 622 3,336 2,937 6,273
$4.50-$4.99 1,617 24 1,641 61 477 538 680 ... 680 2,358 501 2,859
$5.00-$5.49 1,671 4 1,675 427 711 1,138 1,715 ... 1,715 3,813 715 4,528
$5.50-$5.99 1,687 1 1,688 608 89 697 1,095 58 1,153 3,390 148 3,538
$6.00-$6.49 1,313 ... 1,313 2,831 182 3,013 1,826 10 1,836 5,970 192 6,162
$6.50-$6.99 2,657 1 2,658 2,537 33 2,570 879 1 880 6,073 35 6,108
$7.00-$7.49 740 ... 740 996 15 1,011 433 ... 433 2,169 15 2,184
$7.50-$7.99 255 ... 255 939 3 942 346 17 363 1,540 20 1,560
$8.00-$8.49 147 ... 147 470 6 476 598 ... 598 1,215 6 1,221
$8.50-$8.99 165 ... 165 261 5 266 231 ... 231 657 5 662
$9.00-$9.49 10 ... 10 165 1 166 420 ... 420 595 1 596
$9.50-$9.99 30 ... 30 107 ... 107 46 ... 46 183... 183
$10.00-$10.49 39 ... 39 56 1 57 203 ... 203 298 1 299
$10.50-$10.99 46 ... 46 34 ... 34 56 ... 56 136... 136
$11.00 and over 63 3 66 10 12 22 527 1 528 600 16 616
Total 13,219 140 13,359 9,699 4,973 14,67210,297 87 10,384 33,215 5,200 38,415

1 Taken from original invoices. Fractional dozen omitted in this table.
2 Split, improved, and flatfoot.
3 Fancy straw and sennit, fancy.
4 Including hats the type of which is not specified in the invoice. Probably many sennits and fancies.

In Table 5, imports of Italian hats at the port of New York in the six months January-June, 1924, have been classified according to foreign values shown on consular invoices. There is a marked concentration of imports in the value groups between $4 and $7 per dozen. About 90 per cent of all the sennit hats and 80 per cent of the total importations had foreign values of less than $7 per dozen.

Table 6.—Percentage of men's sewed straw hats imported at theport of New York from Italy with a foreign value less than thatspecified, January-June, 1924

Foreign value less than—Sennits1Fancies2Miscellaneous3Total
Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent
$9.50 98.6 98.5 92.0 96.8
$9.00 98.6 97.4 87.9 95.2
$8.50 97.3 95.6 85.7 93.5
$8.00 91.2 92.3 79.9 90.3
$7.50 94.3 85.9 76.4 86.3
$7.00 88.8 79.0 72.3 80.6
$6.50 68.9 61.5 63.8 64.7
$6.00 9.1 40.9 46.1 48.6
$5.50 46.4 36.2 35.0 39.4
$5.00 33.9 28.4 18.5 27.6
$4.50 21.6 24.8 12.0 20.2

1 Split, improved, and flatfoot.
2 Fancy straw and sennit, fancy.
3 Including hats the type of which is not specified in the invoice.

The imports at the port of New York of hats from England are classified in Table 7. It is evident that the bulk of the English importations are not competitive with Italian hats. Only 28 per cent of the imports from England had a foreign value of less than $7 per dozen.