in 1988 largely by domestic production and by imports from Japan and the United Kingdom. Although exports of United States cotton fabrics mainly remnants) increased somewhat in quantity during both 1987 and 1938, they continued small in comparison with shipmours of these products some years ago.

Table 38.-Principal Commodities in Trade of the United States With British India, Including Burma-Continued

1 Figures for 1929 and 1932 have not been adjusted for minor transfers in classifications of later years.

Household refrigerators only.

Not shown separately.

United States imports of British Indian products in 1938 decreased $9 prout in value, as compared with 1937, to the lowest annual value sire 1934 The weakness in commodity prices was a factor In the decline, mnd United States purchases of practically all leading commodifice were smaller in quantity. The decrease in the quantity of burlaps, nur lending import from British India, was approximately 20 procent, und decreases in carpet wool, shellac, and mica ranged Joom 10 to 50 percent Our imports of only two principal commodities in table a few and titanium ore increased in quantity in 1938.

Although the Province of Burma has been a separate political entity since April 1, 1937, separate statistics of trade with that area www not available prior to 1938. For this reason the data in table 38 show Fruited States trade with British India and Burma. The value pf Fated States exports to Burma totaled $2,322,000 in 1938, while huport hom that country were valued at $224,000.

BRITISH MALAYA

Principally as a wsult of lowered business activity in the United Praga su suports for British Malaya decreased more than 50 po f545, 2,000 in 1987 to $112.274.000 in 1938. The

Table 39.-Principal Commodities in Trade of the United States With British Malaya

NOTE. Data for individual export items include only United States products. Import commodities are "general imports" in 1929 and 1932 and "imports for consumption" in 1937 and 1938.

3

1 Less than 500.

2 Not shown separately.

Figures for 1929 and 1932 have not been adjusted for minor transfers in the classifications of later years.

In the export trade, there were decreases in shipments of some commodities in 1938, including motor trucks and busses, passenger automobiles, tin plate, electric batteries, and lubricating oil; but increases in other exports more than counterbalanced the decreases.

Construction and conveying machinery, well and refinery machinery, natural gasoline, sardines, and medicinals were principal commodities exported in increased quantity and value in 1938 as compared with 1937. While the total exports of the United States to British Malaya continued small in 1938, the 1938 figure of $8,855,000, as compared with $8,836,000 in 1937, was the largest yearly total recorded since

1930.

CEYLON

The value of our total imports (for consumption) from Ceylon in 1988 decreased 21 percent, from $20,673,000 in 1937 to $16,286,000, principally as a result of reductions in United States purchases of rude rubber, Imports of tea were larger in quantity and in value In 1938 than in 1937, and changes in the minor items in the tradewhich, as a group, comprise less than 10 percent of the total-were

polaiaxoly moderate.

Principal United States imports from Ceylon in 1938, with 1937 fos in parentheses, were as follows: Crude rubber, 55,683,000 pounds, valued at $8,323,000 (67.038.000 pounds, $12,859,000); 494 22.145.000 pounds at 86,707,000 (19.967.000 pounds, $6,367,000); pp. 13,000 pounds at $252.000 (121.000 pounds, $135,000); ards and lomon grass oil, 766,000 pounds at $224.000 (832,000 pounds 84.000); graphite, 6,348,000 pounds at $129.000 (15,469,000 888 000), and ennamon and cinnamon chips, unground, 78,000 80,ads at $80.000 (648,000 pounds. $88.000. 2000s 20 the 1 med Sistes to Cexion decreased from $1,724,000 OÀN AND¥ $79an wich tot ses parentheses, were The statistics for principal commodiVreme metadla fobson 128 30 pomis valued at

and related products,

$8000 $88.000); maomobles, in