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Show YANKEE TRADE WITH GERMANY SHOWS IMPROVEMENT Monthly Statement of Commerce Com-merce Department Treats of Foreign Business WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. American trade with tit-rmany contlntiea to Improve, Im-prove, the monthly atatement of tne department of commerce dr. Inn exports laat month of .l.ol.ilH al coTnparea with J.04 4. 1 4 J In the month a year ago. and imports from l-rr-lany of 7.S.'.7.68 aa cumpared with 1.1. n?. 831 in November, run. Both export a and Imporn generally 1 " allowed a falling oft laat month aa compared ith those of the 'O": .ponding; month a year ano. but here were Increases In exporta to South ana r Central America. Mexico, fiilia. Spain and the Netherlands, as well aa Oer- ""- ' lrnniied frnin 13.- 4r,ilyo in November. l'JIit, to $9,0.i.-mr.l $9,0.i.-mr.l laat month, while Imports from Japan fell from $:.1.0liS.147 a ear ago to lt.V&7:U:;3 laat month. Kxlmrls to Krance laat month were I r.s.l'uS.TK an against J7-4y...4!a In ivrml-r lull. Luumrla dropped from lrJ.oll.46i a year aau to till,-i till,-i lft, 5411. . . Italy took only .!.,77J of American Amer-ican itoods Inst nionlh na compare! with i:;i;i, while Imporie from that country fell from lu,KJ.8:7 to i:i.:ijo,4 5j. . , The Netherlands nought gnoda valued val-ued at l33,47.tiol w hile a year ago, the total waa IO:.'a(. lmporta from The Netherlands last month were .7!ll.:i-7 and a year ago they were $. 701. :. American exporta to Oreat Hrltaln dropped nearly $1 IS.OlMt.nod. the total In November. ISIS, being ."JU. 1 4. Jl . while last month l waa only 1-'.-OSO.k72. lmporta from tlreat Hritaln alao, fell from 47.3u to ;.x2a ..17 Bpaln boiiKht American goods valued at J0.448,ln3 lust month as compared with 10,S28,5r.4 a year ago, while lmporta lm-porta from that rountrv totaled I'. -039,735 laat month against ii,:U3,-41 a year aijo. Kxports to Canada dropped from $74.SS7.S'.t to it!).34ii.l:i and imports roe'! to 6:.97.i.:is7 from S "".47 1 Mexico took ;!2.0; worth or American gftoda last month ns against 9 1 ,97.4 1 5 a year ago and the 1'nited Stales bought 116.44::. 630 of Mexican products as compared with l.i,644.4u.i in November, 1919. China bought Cnited States goods valued at li4.'.507, while a year ago tha eaporta totaled I9.I2J.321. Imports amounted to $0,460,234 compared with 14.712,4S. |