Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-10-11 | Page 10 | Vast Business of Shipping Board

VAST BUSINESS OF t SHIPPING BOARD I 1 Carries Third of Ocean- Ocean borne Commerce of U. U S. S NEW YORK Oct 11 Vessels Vessels of th the United States shipping board carried tons of or export merchandise and tons of imports 3 during the fiscal year ended June 30 according to a statement statement state state- ment mont of shipping board activities made public hero The cargo carried the tho re report re- re i t port states constituted 30 per cent of the country's export business and 27 21 per percent percent percent cent of or the Imports the percentages be being being being be- be ing fixed on the tho return of the total foreign foreign foreign for for- eign commerce of or the United States for tor forthe the fiscal year The business of the tho shipping board was wu handled through nine forty-nine American ports New York ranking first with per cent of tho the exports and per cent of the J imports or per cent en of lh the f total business D Baltimore r and n Philadelphia Philadel hY d phia ranked second each with 10 per percent percent cent and New Orleans th third d with 76 per cent The north Atlantic district Including eleven ports from Baltimore north han han- dIed nearly 48 per cent of ot the export business and 58 51 per cent of the Imports the south Atlantic district handled 19 l tier cr er cent of the tWo combined exports and I imports and the gulf dl district per percent cent The Pacific c division handled 11 per cent Exports were forwarded to twenty foreign foreign for tor- eign trade regions nineteen of which re re turned imports Iceland being the ex ex- ex Included d among the imports handled were tons tone of crude petroleum pe ne- constituting 24 per cent of the tho I total Import business