$751; Io.s7ssls 1902! so7 i2,lss,sso o.ss7.aae
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Exc exports. s52.7ss a4os -. s7l.s5i 7l2.ss4


In only one year of the past FIVE has the value Of the
po exceeded the value Of the exports This shows
very favorable state Of trade Any countrexporting
greater value than imports must be steadily increasing
10 prosperity end wealth The value OF the imports into
Porto Rico have within the past lew years fuctuaed
much while the value of the exports have from year TO
year been uniform. Tho expora ion Of sugar IL
lsA3 was only about two thirds that OF 842 and but r
fe more than the export Of 1899 The exports Of rum
co molasses and tobacco in S4s much less thar
in sA2 he difference will be reference the table
above There sppears TO have been great de line in
the trade Of the lsnd but cannot be considered una
yorabe the interests Of those engaged In the business
of the island The exports of Porto Rico depend in
great upon he season staple productions OF
the slsnd such sugar coffee snd moiasses may from
to another be increased reduced the
her influences and the exports governed accordingly
The foreign trade is regulated principally by the quan
ty and value Of the exports and not any regular de-
rand may be- from any disposition to speculate
any Of the necessary articles of Importation The de-
cline n the Of cotton ths
dec in the demand for consumption, simultaneously
follows decline in the productions OF the island andhe
ability to pay. The foreign trade of every country
should be controlled by the ability pay, with exports
the liabilities contracted by the imports


The annexed statement shows the amount Of duties
levied imports and EXPORTS with the tonnage and
chorage dues received each year. The falling of in
foreign trade of the island has, Of course reducsd the
venue from this source.


