Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1919 — Exports for 1918 Reached Over Six Billion Dollars, Double Value of Imports [ARTICLE]

Exports for 1918 Reached Over Six Billion Dollars, Double Value of Imports

American exports dur!ng the year 1918 amounted to $6,150,000,000, or $83,000,000 below the total for the preceding year, and more Than ilouble The value <>’f Imports. The Import total was $3.031,000.000. compared with $2,952,000,000 in 1917. ~ ~ ’ ~ Heavy exports in December brought the total well beyond early estimates. During December, the first full month J after the signing of the armistice, ex- 1 ports reached a total of $566,000,000, j an increase over the $• >22.000,900 re- J ported for November, although not up to the high mark of .s<^o,<>oo,ooo. for December, 1917. Exports for December were low, being $211,000,000 against $251,000,000 for November, and $288,000,000 for December of the previous year. Imports as well as exports of gold continued to decrease, the Imports amounting to $62,000,000 in 1918, against— in 1917. and the .exports to $41,000,000 and $371,000,000 in the same year. - Imports of stiver increased from JS3.WO2XKLin the calendar year 1917 ■ to $71,000,000 in 1918. The exports of silver during December, 1918, amounted to $58,000,000. a larger amount than Tn any month during the last three years. For the calendar year exports of silver amounted to $253,000,000 in 1918,' against $84,000,000 in 1917.