Show EXPORTS EXPORTS AND IMPORTS th the statement for april shown large ir excess of imports import washington may 16 the comparative april statement of 0 the exports and imports of merchandise gold and sil all ver of the united states issued issue aby by the bureau of statistics leso is as follows merchandise domestic exports export increase as compared with april 1890 I 1 imports lot of which nearly SO 50 percent per cent was free of duty As compared with april 1800 1896 there was an increase in dutiable imports of over and of over in non dutiable goods for ten months the exports ol of domestic merchandise exceeded those of the same period of 1898 1896 by over ever the imports of merchandise during the last ten months however were over less than the same period last year the amount of gold cold exported during april was and the imports import during the last ten months month the excess of gold imports over exports export was wa the exports of silver during april amounted to and the imports for the last ten months the exports of silver exceeded the imports by |