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STATISTICS    OF    THE   AMERICAN    IRON    TRADE.
IMPORTS  INTO  AND  EXPORTS  FROM  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF
IRON  AND  STEEL  AND  MANUFACTURES  THEREOF  DURING
THE  FOUR  MONTHS   ENDED   APRIL  30,    1881.
Prepared  from  statistics  furnished  by  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Statistics.
IMPORTS.
Commodities.
Net  tons.
Values.
Pig  iron

Castings

Bar  iron

Boiler  iron

Band,  hoop,  and  scroll  iron

Railroad  bars  or  rails,  of  iron

"  "  "  steel

Sheet  iron

Old  and  scrap  iron

Anchors,  cables,  and  chains

Hardware

Machinery

Fire-arms

Steel  ingots,  bars,  sheets,  and  wire.
Cutlery

Files

Saws  and  tools

Tin  plates

Other  manufactures  not  specified...
137,712

55

6,043

33

10

29,477

39,216

858

39,630

457


§2,332,296

3,554

291,933

1,232

530

780,510

1,321,443

53,610

808,363

42,464

18,872

541,429

295,216

2,270,530

651,961

50,844

7,974

4,867,722

1,504,500


Total.
320,548


815,844,983


DOMESTIC    EXPOKTS.
Commodities.
Values.
Iron,  and  Manufactures  of:

Pig  iron

Bar  iron

Boiler-plate  iron

Railroad  bars  or  rails

Sheet,  band,  and  hoop

Castings,  not  specified

Car-wheels

Stoves,  and  parts  of

Steam-engines,  locomotives

Steam-engines,  stationary

Boilers,  separate  from  engines....
Machinery,  not  specified.
Nails  and  spikes

All  other  manufactures  of  iron..
Steel,  and  Manufactures  of:

Ingots,  bars,  sheets,  and  wire

Cutlery

Edge-tools

Files  and  saws

Fire-arms

Railroad  bars  or  rails

All  other  manufactures  of  steel.
..Net  tons.
.Net  tons.
Total  exports  of  iron  and  steel.
1,306
46


834,982

11,240

3,384

13,412

2,003

92,887

53,316

24,605

330,334

21,328

39,709

1,349,026

88,915

1,706,922

9,032
23,924

332,362
18,245

236,428


138,244


84,530,298


Agricultural  Implements  :

I  'aiming  mills

Horse-powers

Mowers  and  reapers.
Plows  and  cultivators

All  others  not  specified

vni)  Balances

s-machines

Fire-engines  and  Apparatus.
1
2

4,014
6,96S


450
363,099
64,798
661,116
47,127
575,406
4,326


Total  agricultural  implements,  fire-engines,  etc I      81,716,353


STATISTICS   OF    THE    AMERICAN   IRON    TRADE.
