The data given in this circular, except Tables 16, 17, 18, and 19, are taken from the report of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor upon "The Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1906." Tables 16 and 17 are from the reports of the Lumber Record Bureau, San Francisco, and Tables 18 and 19 from the Pacific Lumber Trade Journal of January, 1907. The years given in these four tables are calendar years ending December 31, whereas those given in the other tables are fiscal years, ending June 30. The classifications of the Department of Commerce and Labor have been strictly followed.

EXPORTS OF FOREST PRODUCTS.

SUMMARY OF EXPORTS OF FOREST PRODUCTS, 1903-1906.

A summary of the exports of forest products from the United States for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906 is given in Table 1. The total value of these exports was $70,906,994 in 1903, $81,888,068 in 1904, $74,686,008 in 1905, and $89,602,637 in 1906; the increase in value from 1903 to 1906 was over 26 per cent. The increase in value does not necessarily indicate an increase in the quantity of forest products exported. For instance, the total quantity of rosin exported in 1906 was but little more than that exported in 1903, yet the total value was more than doubled, because the export value of rosin rose from $2 per barrel in 1903 to a little more than $4 in 1906. There was a decrease of 487,534 gallons in the export of spirits of turpentine from 1903 to 1906, yet the total value increased over $2,000,000, because the value per gallon rose from 49 cents in 1903 to 63 cents in 1906. The total quantity of sawed timber exported in 1906 was but little greater than that exported in 1903; the value per thousand, however, was $14.07 in 1903 and $19.17 in 1906. There was relatively little change in the quantity of hewed timber exported in the various years; the average value per cubic foot was 23.9 cents in 1903 and 24.9 cents in 1906. In 1903, 1,065,771,000 feet of boards, deals, and planks, having an average value of $19.68 per M, were exported, while in 1906 the amount was 1,344,607,000 feet, having an average value of $21.34 per M. The average value of shingles exported was $2.26 per M in 1903 and $2.80 in 1906. Staves furnish the only important item which does not show an increase in value in the past four years. 1903, 55,879,010 staves were exported, having an average value of $84.83 per M, while in 1906, 57,586,378 were exported, having an average value of $81.63 per M.

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TABLE 1.—Summary of exports of forest products for the fiscal years 1903, 1904, 1905,

EXPORTS OF FOREST PRODUCTS BY PORTS, 1906.

Table 2 gives the exports of forest products for 1906 by regional ports. The Atlantic ports are those from Maine to the east coast of Florida; the Gulf ports, those from Key West to Galveston; the Mexican border ports, those from Corpus Christi to Arizona; the Pacific ports, those from San Diego to Alaska; and the northern border and lake ports, those from Idaho to Vermont.

TABLE 2.-Exports of forest products for the year ending June 30, 1906.

TABLE 2.-Exports of forest products for the year ending June 30, 1906-Continued.

The Atlantic ports lead in importance, 45 per cent of the total value of forest products exported going from them. The Gulf ports shipped 36.1 per cent of the total, the Northern border and Lake ports, 8.7 per cent, the Pacific ports, 6.7 per cent, and the Mexican border ports, 3.5 per cent.

The most important single item of exports is that of boards, deals, and planks. The larger proportion goes from the Atlantic and Gulf ports, and the value for all ports is 32 per cent of the total value of the exports of all forest products. Sawed timber, with nearly 12 per cent of the total value of all exports, is the item of next importance. Over half of the sawed timber is shipped from the Gulf ports. It consists principally of yellow pine; this is also true of the lumber and hewed timber shipped from these ports. Spirits of turpentine ranks third, with over 11 per cent of the total value of all exports. Most of this is shipped from the South Atlantic ports, principally from Savannah, Ga., and Fernandina, Fla. About two-thirds of the exports of staves go from the Gulf ports, to be used for alcoholic packages. The staves are almost exclusively of white oak and form nearly one quarter of the annual production of white oak staves in the United States.

ROSIN.

Table 3 gives the exports of rosin for the year ending June 30, 1906. The total amount exported was 2,438,556 barrels, of which more than three-fourths went to Europe, one-eighth to South America, and small amounts to North America, Asia, and Oceania.

TABLE 3.-Exports of rosin for the year ending June 30, 1906.

Of the total quantity of rosin shipped to Europe, Germany took 36.8 per cent; the United Kingdom, 29.6 per cent; the Netherlands, 13.2 per cent; Austria-Hungrary, 7.1 per cent, and Italy, 5.9 per cent. In South America, Brazil took 47 per cent; Argentina, 30.4 per cent; Uruguay, 8.1 per cent, and Chile, 6.3 per cent. Of the shipments of rosin to other portions of North America, Canada took 70.5 per cent; British West Indies, 14.3 per cent, and Santo Domingo, 4.2 per cent. Most of the rosin exported to Asia went to the Dutch East Indies and Japan, and nearly all of that shipped to Oceania went to British Australasia.

SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE.

The exports of spirits of turpentine for 1906 are given in Table 4. The total quantity was 15,981,253 gallons. By far the largest part of this, or more than four-fifths, went to Europe; most of the remainder to North America, South America, and Oceania, and small amounts to Africa and Asia.

TABLE 4.-Exports of spirits of turpentine for the year ending June 30, 1906.

The United Kingdom took 48.7 per cent of the spirits of turpentine exported to Europe; Germany, 19.3 per cent; Belgium, 16 per cent, and the Netherlands 13 per cent. Of North America, Canada took 79.6 per cent; Cuba, 11.2 per cent, and Panama 4.1 per cent. Argentina received 50 per cent of the South American exports; Brazil, 22.6 per cent; Chile, 15.6 per cent, and Uruguay 5.2 per cent. Nearly all of the exports to Oceania were taken by British Australasia.