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Show BUSINESS I INCREASES I Foreign Trade Figures I Mount Into Billions in I Washington. Jan. 2f. The year 1912 was one of prosperity for the Fnited States insofar as foreign com- I merce is concerned, according to fig- j urcs made public today b the bureau ' rif foreign and domestic commerce. j The imports for that vear totalled $1,-MMnr.. $1,-MMnr.. 355, as compared with SI.".::. H 359,160 uv the corresponding period ol 1911 Tbe?e were balanced by in- u creaseg also in the exports, which In 1912 showed an increase to $2...99,-216,993 $2...99,-216,993 from 2.092,526,740 in the year H previous. During 19U crude materials with H an aggregate value of $6:53.786,671 H ere Imported as against $.")03,87n.4tji; H in 1911, manufactures in an unfin-ished unfin-ished state to the value of $..20.r:88,- H 041, an increase over 1911 of $.:::, Ill - H ;7I and manufacturers In the com- H plete state ro the value of $404,0.",!,- H 843, as against 1356,673,257 Ibe pre- H ceding year. H Tn the inn' tor of exerts crude ma- Bg te.Ial incrcised from $fi62.019.S10 In BE 1911 to .:;790,oo4,it;r, in 912; un- Kg finished manufactures from Si:,,9,95,. ma 685 to $72::.S."4,742 oo El |