Show II U. S. S EXPORTS 14 OVER IMPORTS COVER Commerce Department Gives Give Final Trade Figures for January B Br ni Press WASHINGTON March 5 The 5 The I United States had a favorable trade balance of in January The commerce department announcing announcing announcing an an- final lInal figures for lor the months month's foreign or trade today fixed exports for January at and Imports at In January 1031 1931 exports exports exports ex ex- ports were and imports The January report disclosed that for or the first time since November 1928 American buyers brought more goods Into this country from soviet Russia than were shipped to that na ne tion p. p SHIPMENTS LISTED The report showed shipment to Russia of as 85 compared with In December and 1745 In January 1931 Imports from Russia were 1 in January as compared with in January 1931 In November 1928 imports from Russia were and ex exports exports exports ex- ex ports Since 1928 exports e to Russia have always alwa's exceeded imports The January change was s said d by officials to have been due largely to virtual completion of shipments of machinery bought in the last year or orso orso orso so for use by Russia in her ber year five-year plan Asiatic trade was still the best in m January b by comparison with other grand divisions Shipments to the orient totaled as compared compared compared com com- pared with In January 1931 The United Kingdom continued Americas America's best customer and this country bought more goods from Canada than from any other country Exports to the United Kingdom were in January compared with in January 1931 and imports imports imports im im- ports from the United Kingdom were against EXPORTS EXCEED IMPORTS Canada took of American Ameri Ameri- can goods and shipped to the United States Exports to Canada Canada Canada Can Can- ada in January 1931 were and Imports China and Japan continued to buy more in this country than a year ago although shipments showed some falling falling falling fall fall- ing of off in iri January as compared with December Exports to China totaled compared with in January 1931 and shipments to Japan were against 14 Shipments to were compared with 1 During the month imports from China were compared with the year before from Japan Japan Japan Ja Ja- Ja- Ja pan against Imports from were against I |