Show UNITED STATES STILL LEADS IN WORLD GASOLINE TRADE proportionate share ol of international business however shows steady decline in recent years commerce department part ment survey reveals increased consumption shown for practically all coun countr trIs ls that this country still retains its dominant position in the worlds gasoline trade is revealed in a survey of international trade in that product during the past ten years which has just been mado made by the commerce departments MInS minerals rals division however Ilo wever it Is pointed out that although the volume of united states exports has increased steadily the ratio of these exports to total world trade has as steadily fallen in 1930 united states gasoline shipped abroad reached a total at 0 barrels international trade in gasoline la is handled almost entirely by ten countries countr lea in 1921 the tha united states share of 0 this trade amounted to 73 72 per cent of 0 the total exports of 0 the group the highest proportion ever reached in 1930 the ratio for tho the united states had fallen to 49 per cent a figure still tar far in excess of its nearest completion com petion however |