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Show FOREIGN TRADE TO REACH HUGE FIGURE NEW YORK, Doc. 13. Tho foreign trade of the -United States for 1919, the first year following the war, will probably proba-bly exceed eleven billion dollars, as compared com-pared with ?-l, 259,000,000 for the tiscal year of 19H. ail of which preceded the war, according to approximate rigures compiled by the National City hank and made public today. -Despite this reat ?ain, which Is partly due to increased prices, Great Britain still retains the leadership lead-ership in wor;d trade-, according to 'the I bank's statistics, with a total for- 1919 : that will probably exceed that of the United States, possibly reaching the 000,000,000 mark. |