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Show EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. Increasing .Ualance In I avor of the United States. Washington. Nov. 12. The details of the reduction of 113,000,000 in our imports im-ports and of the increase of !?123,000,000 in our exports in the nine months ending end-ing September 30, 1808, are shown by the monthly summary of commerce and finance, just issued by the treasury treas-ury bureau of statistics. To Europe we in-creased our sales from 8503,805.150 to $060,980,539, while our purchases were cut down from $332,394,943 to 8240,803,714. To North America our sales increased from $9-1,-843,800 to 5108, 981, S37, while our purchases pur-chases fell from 84,511,400 to $70,048,-519. $70,048,-519. To South America our exports increased from $34,871,545 to $35,333,-942, $35,333,-942, while our imports from that part of the world fell from $78,050,643 to $03,513,873. To Asia and Oceaniea our exports increased from $45,784,340 to $54,495,383; our imports also increased from $85,004,807 to $88,350,900, this being- mostly due to an increase in imports im-ports of raw silks for use in the factories factor-ies of the United States. To Africa our sales increased from $11,934,338 to $13,555,075, while our imports decreased from $8,180,980 to $11,074,327. |