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Show Net Exports Increase lolly inFoodstulfs Despite 'War Order Sales of Amerl. can Manufactures Abroad Have Declined Wnshlngton, Juno ".Despite tho socalled "war orders," says an official offi-cial analysis of foreign trade Issued today by the department of commerce, com-merce, "tho exports of manufactures of nil kinds, other than foodstuffs, have been less than In tho similar period heforo tho war." Tho stntoment refers to the foreign trndo for the ten months ended In April which shows n trndo balanco of nlmost $1,000,000,000. "Tho normal sales of manufactures during pence," the statement says, "wero greater than those under existing ex-isting war conditions. Ilccnusu of this fact and tho extraordinary shrink ago of exports ot crude mnterials It is found that tho net Increase in our total exports has been wholly In food stuffs. "Ono of tho outstanding features of the analysis is that more thai ?48,-000,000 ?48,-000,000 worth of Amorlcan horses and almost $10,000,000 worth of mules havo been fed to tho battle-llelds. battle-llelds. Ten million dollars' worth were sent to Kurope in April nlono." In Kuropo alone of tho world's grand divisions has Amerlian forolgn trade Increased. European nations took $287,000,000 more of American goods during the ten months than during the same period tho provtous year. North American nations took $53,000,000 less; South American nations na-tions $33,000,000 leas; Asiatic nn-tlons nn-tlons $8,600,000 less; African cout-tries cout-tries $900,000 less and Oceania countries coun-tries $9,200,000 less. I Groat Britain took $204,800,000 moire during the period than in tho previous year's period; Kranco $133,-000,000 $133,-000,000 more; Italy $94,000,000 more; Sweden $59,700,000 more; Nether-lands Nether-lands $29,400,000 more, and Norway $28,000,000 moro. Exports to Germany showed a $290,000,000 decrease, Aus-tra Aus-tra Hungary $18,500,000 decrease and Belgium a $34,000,000 decrease. |