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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...is exported annually to the extent of about 20,000 tons, Germany taking one-half, United States one-fourth, and Italy, France, and other European countries the remainder of the output. The value of this product shipped to the United States in 1908 was $142,000, as compared with $204,350 for the year 1907. In addition to the large shipments of cacao from Guayaquil in 1908 there were exported 68.241 hides of neat cattle valued at $135,000; 4,964,000 pounds of coffee valued at $273,000; 3,400,000 pounds of vegetable ivory worth $102,000, and 470,000 pounds of rubber valued at $235,000. Of the hides exported the United States took 54,982; Great Britain, 6,114; France, 4,265; and Germany, 2,880. The imports from the United States were chiefly flour, wine, rope, machinery, codfish and salmon, sugar, brooms, and lumber. For 1907 the total exports amounted to $11,793,213, and imports to $9,849,987. As compared with the preceding year exports showed a gain of $102,970, and imports the remarkable increase of $1,344,187. The principal articles of export were: Cacao, 43,348,369 pounds, worth $6,934,257; ivory nuts, 47,131,627 pounds, worth $1,358,056; hats to the value of $1,171,043; rubber, 1,031,510 pounds, worth $777,544; hides, 2,622,497 pounds, worth $351,344; gold coin, $117,550; and toquilla straw, to the value of $90,253. The leading items of the import list were: Textiles other than silk, $2,622,885; food products, $1,535,907; gold and silver coin, $1,084,444; iron and hardware, $640,886; wines and liquors, $444,063; minerals (coal), $413,284; machinery, $363,634; clothing, $327,583; drugs and medicines, $292,147; and shoes and findings, $166,387. The distribution of this trade showed the following values: United States, exports $3,347,185, imports $2,349,182;...
