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Show Imports and Exports. Imports Into and exports from thu United States In .January, lull, and tlio soven months muling with January were slightly less than Ihoso for correspond-In? correspond-In? periods of the fiscal year 1913, but larger than those for ' any earlier year. Details Just completed by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, department depart-ment of commerce, arc ns follows. Jan- j uary imports, 5154,400,203,. against $163.-0G3.-I33 in January. l'JK:. and fl43,nsc.-J0S fl43,nsc.-J0S In January, 1012; January exports, S203.709.S17. againsL $227,032,930 in January, Jan-uary, I9i:i, and $202.-146.273 in January, 1912. For the seven months ending with January. Imports are. 51,0G7,920,S3S, compared com-pared with 51.00G.1S 1.707 In 1913 and 5912,199.610 In 1912; exports. $1,521,835.-450 $1,521,835.-450 in 1914, against $1,526,631,720 in 1913 and $1,307,152,470 in 1912. The Imports for the four montba nlnco tho new tariff law went Into effect were: Octohor, Sl32.S49.a02; November, $11S,-21C63G; $11S,-21C63G; December, $184,687,571, and January, Jan-uary, $154,469,263. The excess of exports ovor Imports for tho seven months ending January was $453,914,012, and for thp twelve months ending January, $676,640,574. Of the total Imports during tho month, 60.9 per cent entered free of duty, compared com-pared with 55.5 per cent in January, 1913, and 56.1 per cent In January, 1912; during dur-ing tho seven months ending with January, Jan-uary, 5S per cent, against 55.7 per cent in 1913 and 53.7 per cent in 1012. Imports of gold In January wore $10,-451,373, $10,-451,373, against $0,210,300 In January. 1912. and for the seven months. $40,210.-610 $40,210.-610 in tho current period, against $47,-494.790 $47,-494.790 In 1913. Exports of gold were: In January. $6,914,056, against $17,237,64S In January. 1913. and for the seven months, S34.97S.050, against $31,205,654 In 1913. Tmports of silver in January were $2.31S,352, against $4,201,042 In January, 1913, and for the soven months, $20,054,-492, $20,054,-492, against $27,337,879 In tho preceding period. Exports of silver In January were $4,009,539, against $G, 435,914 In January Jan-uary of the preceding year, and for the soven months, $33,461,392, against $44.-72S.417 $44.-72S.417 In tho corresponding period of the preceding year. |