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Show Record Is Broken in the Foreign Trade of United States Washington, Jan. 17. Exports from the United States for the calendar year 1911, amounting to $2,092,373,-141, $2,092,373,-141, exceeded the total of any preceding pre-ceding year, according to a 'report made public today by the bureau of statistics, dopaitment of commerce and labor. The value of imports was $1;532,-931.S61, $1;532,-931.S61, a larger total than in any year with the exception of 19,10, when imports amounted to $1,562,904,151. The excess of exports over imports was $559,441,280, a larger excess than in any year since 1908, when;the total to-tal was $636,000,000. The dutiable Imports were $738,481,-025 $738,481,-025 in value and those free of duty $794,J50,S36, the share entering dutyfree duty-free being 51 82 per cent of the to-tal. to-tal. nn . |