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Show TWO COUNTRIES BUY MORE HERE American Exports to Mexico and Germany Increase While Others Fall Germany and Mexico are the two principal countries of the world to which the United States increase,-! the total malue of her exports in 1921. This is the more remarkable, nays the trade record of the National City bank : New York, in view of the fact thai export prlce.s of 1 ery Urvrc proportion propor-tion of the articles forming that trade are much lower in 1921 than In 1920 In probably four-fifths or the articles sent tn either of thefic countries the Cjuantttttefl m-iov, birge increase over 1120 find the Millies , cry consi.jei -able advance, the total to Or-rinunv in the 11 months ending with November l(l lulitf t 1 r, 1 OOll 1111(1 . r. Ir,.., r,ir Mi'u oOii In the same months of 1920. and 175,000,000 in the corresponding months of 1019, while t0 Mexico the total for the 11 months ending with I November. 192 1 Is I210.O00.000 against I ; 5, 1,000 in the .-ime months of 1020 ami $119,000,000 in the corresponding months of 1919, ItHT.Kt-r.S PRICE DROP To all the other important countries of the world the export totals of 1921 are much below those of the corres-ponding corres-ponding months of 1920. the total to I th I nlted Kingdom being practically one-half that of the same months of the preceding year, to France only .1 limit one-third that of the same months of 1020. to Belgium a fall of more than one-half in value, to the Netherlands a fall of about 33 per cent. Canada n fall of about one-third, to South Americ a as a whole h reduction reduc-tion of approximately ohe-hall occur-ing occur-ing by reason of the lower price o;'l he nuri hnndlse sont to them. To Germ..nv anu Meico. however, there aro large increases in quantities as well a -i v ilues. WHAT GERMANY BUYS The principal articles nent to Germany Ger-many are manufacturing material and foodstuffs, "f cotton the quantity to Germany in the 11 months of 1921 is 7 27 000,000 pounds against 293.000,-00t 293.000,-00t in the s.mie period of 1920; copper cop-per 121.000.000 pounds ugain6t 78,-000,000. 78,-000,000. crude mineral oil $14,000,000 gallons with no record for the prei . i Ing yoar; und paraffin 9,00( pounds against T 1-2 million in the t orresionuing months of 1920. In practically all of the Important foodstuffs food-stuffs the movements to Germany show big gains wheat 37,000 000 bu-h bu-h :s against 8,000,000 in the corresponding corres-ponding months of )ot yMr. flour I,-or'.omi I,-or'.omi barrel.- against !.'34,000; corn 11.000,000 bushels with no record for the year preceding: bncon 53 000,000 pounds agalrust 47,000,000. lard 269,-000.000 269,-000.000 pounds against sT, 000, 000, condeii-ci milk iS.oOO.fmO pounds against 21. 000. 000, oleo oil 20,000,000 pounds against 3,000,000: cottonseed oil a little over 7.000.000 pounds against 1 1-2, and lard compounds 4 1-2 million pounds against less than 1.000,000 In the preceding year. Lu- brlcatlng oil shows a total of 44,000,-: 000 gallons against 28.000 000; lllu-.uin.Ltiner lllu-.uin.Ltiner oil. trasollno anl naDhtha show a material reduction. CHEAT INCREASE SHOWN A considerable number of articles which were not considered of sufficient suffic-ient importanro to include In th' record rec-ord of 1990 show big totals1 for 1921, Inrliidlnu cottonseed , ,1, B'i POO, 000 pounds, linseed cake 32."OO,0O0; crude mineral oil 14.000,000 gallons and leaf tobacco 27,000,000 pounds. Germany stands second In the list of countries taking United States cotton, the total to-tal of that country'. 797,000,000 pounds in the 11 months of 1921, being hut slightlj below that to the I'nlt.-ii Kingdom, King-dom, which stands at 7 40,000,000 pounds for the sumo period. Gerni.m actually heads the list of countries taking United States pig copper, the quantity sent to that country in the f months ending with November r2J, being 212.000.000 pounds against 90.0o0.000 to Kranco and 61,000,000 to the United Kingdom. OA l MEXICO Hi S To Mexico the number und Variety of articles Is greater hut the share which shows larger quantities than in 19 20 Is quite as high as In the case of movements to Germany Corn shows a total of 11 million bushels against less than one-half million in the same months of 1920, cotton cloljis 48,000,000 yards against 16,-000,000 16,-000,000 In tho same months of 1920; cast pipe and fitting 36,000.000 pound against 21,000,000 and wrought pipes 249.000.000 pound' against 1 S3, 000,000 in the name period of 19 20 Barbed wlro shows a. total of practically 6,000 000 pounds against 4.0o0,000 anil other wlro a corresponding correspond-ing Increase ou-r 1 920 lard 37,000.-000 37,000.-000 pounds against 10,000.000; lard compound 9Vb million pounds against million, fuel and ga nil 43,000,-O00 43,000,-O00 gallons against 18.000.000 in 1920. paraffin 16,000,000 pounds against 8,000,000; sugur 24,000.000 pounds against Sj million, locomotives 331, valued at OVr 110,000.000, against 61, aluod at less than $1,000,000; freight cars 940, against 772; commercial automobiles au-tomobiles 1.417 against 1.U93; and passenger machines 6,324 against 3,-828 3,-828 In the same months of 1 920. On tho import side the total values from each of tho countries In qu stlon show a decline. The total of imports from Germany In the 11 months of 1921 stand at $73,000,000 against $83.-000.000 $83.-000.000 In the same months of tho preceding pre-ceding year, and from Mexico $108.-000,000 $108.-000,000 against $l65,ooo.oon in the corresponding months ot 1920 |