Show JAPAN BUYS AMERICAN IN UTAH AND IN N ALL THE 48 STATES I Ji A Survey y Shows How Each State Benefited from Trade with Japan in 1957 Don Ir I ATIS 01 0 IN 1 4 z In u s to urAN wail 1111 IOTA U oi S TO 40 WAlf-I. WAlf wul 11 S m I l t Lo fw 10 1 t i UT UTAH'S AUS AU'S SHARE OF THE TIlE JAPANESE MARKET l IN 1957 millions of or dollars Copper ingots 5 Iron steel products products prod prod- 2 Coal 1 Grains 1 Others 2 TOTAL WASHINGTON D D. D C.-A C. report report report re- re port provocatively entitled J Jap apan ap- ap ap an Buys American in All 48 St States tes has just been released by the United States Japan Trade Council The page 12 report leport of charts graphs and text summarizes an exhaustive st state state state-by-state survey The surveys survey's purpose was to estimate estimate esti esti- mate how much each of the the- states shared immediately in the the- benefits from the 5 i worth of commodities exported by the United States to Japan in v 1957 5 Texas with million worth woith- of commodities was the top ex exporter exporter ex y porter porter but every other state state- made substantial shipments see see- map the 1 he report points out that al although although al- al though Japan is fairly well welt known own as our best customer best customer second second sec sec- sec sec- ond only to Canada not many Americans realize the nature and value of exports to Japan from their own state The 10 chief commodities ex exported exported ex- ex ported to Japan in 1957 were m in in i millions of dollars Iron and steel mill products 2411 Raw RaI cotton 2173 Industrial machinery machin- machin machin 1 ery cry Grains Soybeans I other oilseeds 63 Petroleum i products w c Bituminous coal Copper products Chemicals animal oils In releasing these figures the Trade de Council m made ode two import ant points Joints First that Japans Japan's t U. U S. S purchases have shot up dramatically by 20 i per cent since 1950 and not simply in several l but in all categories of 1957 products second that Japan in 1 bought more than twice as much from as it sold to the United States St tes r 5 |