0.020 inch thick (item 274.60) accounted for the bulk of imports. During the period 1964-67, Switzerland, Italy, West Germany, the United Kingdom, and Canada, in that order, were the chief foreign sources of the articles here considered, their ranks varying from year to year (table 3). In 1968, Italy and Canada ranked first and second, respectively, with Denmark, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and West Germany following. Canada, the United Kingdom, and West Germany were the only countries in 1968 which were important sources of imports of all four types of the pictorial matter here considered (table 4). In that year the Netherlands was the leading source of imports for item 274.50; Italy, for item 274.60; Japan, for item 274.65; and Denmark, for item 274.70.

Table 1.--Photographic prints: U.S. exports of domestic merchandise, by principal markets, 1965-68

Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of

Commerce.

Note.--The data in this table represent only one of the articles covered by this summary; similar data are not available on the remaining articles.

March 1969

Table 2.--Photographs, engravings, etchings, lithographs, and certain other pictorial matter: U.S. imports for consumption, by types, 1964-68

Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Note.--Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

March 1969

Table 3.--Photographs, engravings, etchings, lithographs, and certain other pictorial matter: U.S. imports for consumption, by principal sources, 1964-68

Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

March 1969

Table 4.--Photographs, engravings, etchings, lithographs, and certain other pictorial matter: U.S. imports for consumption, by types and principal sources, 1964 and 1966-68