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Show AMERICAN CARS ACROSS OCEANS Automobiles From United States Have Big Lead in Japan WASHINGTON April 29. The department de-partment of commerce prints some Interesting facts about the extent to which Amerlcan-mado automobiles monopolize foreign markets Automobiles made in tho United States, for Instance, have a big lend over all other foreign makes Imported into Japa? H. A. Butts, commercial attache of the United States at Tokio, says on thh; subject In a report to the department of commerce. "In 1920, 95 per cent of the number num-ber and 93 per com or the value of motor vehicles imported into Japan ware of American manufacture Imports Im-ports from tho United States in 1921 declined to 77 Dei i -.it of the total number and tjti per .-m pt the value. The decline in Imports from tho United Unit-ed States was especially noticeable In the latter part of 1911, while those from France Increased appreciably." In 1921 the Importations of automobiles auto-mobiles from the United State-i Into Japan amounted to 832 In number and $2,160,038 In value. From England Eng-land 75 automobiles wero Imported, values at $476,480, and from France 83, valued at $353,432. Italy was the only other country whoso automobile auto-mobile product Imported Into Japan exceeded SlOO.uOu in value. Regarding the market fo rAmorican made automobiles at Shanghai. Trado i'niiim:.liiini-r ii using . Hoyt urlt.s as follows. "American automotive interests should put forth every effort to help the good roads movement which has been started in China In the hands of prominent men The Shanghai motor census Illustrates that such t-ndeuvors wouUl doubtless show results. "While Shanghai is but eight miles I in length and there are no motor roads leading out of the city, It had on January i, 1922. a motor population popula-tion of 3,242 passenger cars i of which 30 wero electric and 536 motor trucks. The total 3.778 constitutes an Irion I IC of approximately 30 per cent over the number In use on January 1, 1921. It has been calculated that approximately approxi-mately S7 per cent of these cars are American. Ol which ten well-known makes constitute 71 per cent." According to C. E- Herring, the American commercial attache at Berlin, Ber-lin, the number of motor vehicles In Germany, which In 1920 was only slightly oer 60 per cent of the 1914 number, has again reached and even exceeded tho pre-war level. The report re-port adds: In order to protect tho home Industry In-dustry against competition, there Is a prohibition against the Importation of 1 foreign cars Into Germany." |