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Show oo RECORD TONNAGE CLEARED FROM U.S. Washington, Aug. 2 Merchant shipping ship-ping cleared from ports of the United States in tho year ending June 30, sot a new record, notwithstanding tho allied al-lied blockade, the closing of the Black sea and the withdrawal of German and Austrian merchant ships from trade. Bureau of navigation reports made public today, show the tonnage cleared was 25,500,000, of which 2,-500,000 2,-500,000 originated in the United i States and 23.000,000 was foreign. The previous high water mark was 24,-800,000 24,-800,000 tons cleared in the year ending June 30, 1914. Comparin gthe two years, American shipping trpled and European clear- i ances decreased. The American ton- nage to South America was 950,000, nearly five times greater, and to Europe Eu-rope 1,100,000, two and a half times greater. Total clearances to France ! and Italy almost doubled; clearances to Norway, Denmark and Sweden more than doubled, and to Greece Increased In-creased three fold. The in crease In clearances of American shippins to South American countries Is most notable for Argentina, Argen-tina, whose tonnage in 1914 was less than 5,000, and in 191G, 190,000, and for Colombia, which got 2S5 tons of American products In 1914, and 100,-000 100,-000 tons In 1916. Clearings to Brazil were four times greater and to Chile five times. China got 5,000 tons of American goods in 1915, and 37,000 in 191G; for Japan there was a decrease from 6.-000 6.-000 to 13,000. Importations from Europe Eu-rope cleared from American ports for China were one-half as much in 1910 as in 1914, and for Japan about seven-tenths. seven-tenths. oo |