Table 24.-Exports (Including Reexports) and General Imports of

6 Palestine included with Syria prior to 1930.

7 Includes Tripolitania and Cirenaica (Libya), Eritrea on the Red Sea, and Italian Somaliland.

Merchandise, by Continents and Countries, 1926–38—Continued

NOTE.-Countries with which reciprocal trade agreements are in effect are indicated by one asterisk (*). Those with which reciprocal trade agreements became effective Jan. 1, 1939, are indicated by two asterisks (**).

1,252

1,270

22, 268

6, 559

AFRICA

2,556

4, 761

5, 527

14, 402

15,983

4, 551

2,977

21, 562

6,725

13, 302

4,077

984

608

13, 533
625

4, 772

Egypt.

239

Table 25.-Balance of United States Trade, by Continents and Regions, 1926-38

1 Based on figures shown in table 24. For adjusted export totals, in which grain accredited as exported to Canada, but actually destined for Europe, has been transferred from northern North America to Europe, see table 31.

118.2 138.8
164. 4 126.6

110.3 86.0

Table 26.-Distribution of Trade With Continents, by Quarters, 1936-38

Continent

1936

[Millions of dollars]

1937

1938

Jan.- Apr.-July- Oct.- Jan.- Apr.-July- Oct.- Jan.- Apr.- July- Oct.-
Mar. June Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec.

1 Exports to Northern North America include grain accredited as exported to Canada but actually destined for Europe. (See table 31 for adjusted annual totals of United States merchandise.)

Table 27.-Trade With Agreement Countries and With Nonagreement Countries, 1937-38

1 Including the 17 countries (and colonies) with which agreements were in operation during all or the greater part of 1938. The effective dates of the agreements follow: Cuba, Sept. 3, 1934; Belgium, May 1, 1935; Haiti, June 3, 1935; Sweden, Aug. 5, 1935; Brazil, Jan. 1, 1936; Canada, Jan. 1, 1936 (revised in amplified scope Jan. 1, 1939); Kingdom of the Netherlands (Netherlands in Europe, Netherlands Indies, Surinam, and Curaçao), Feb. 1, 1936; Switzerland, Feb. 15, 1936; Honduras, Mar. 2, 1936; Colombia, May 20, 1936; Guatemala, June 15, 1936; France and its Colonies, dependencies, and protectorates other than Morocco June 15, 1936; Nicaragua, Oct. 1, 1936; Finland, Nov. 2, 1936; El Salvador, May 31, 1937; Costa Rica, Aug. 2, 1937; Czechoslovakia, Apr. 16, 1938.

Table 28.-Trade With Agreement Countries, and With Countries Announced for Negotiation

[Values in millions and tenths of millions of dollars]

Includes, in addition to the 17 countries covered in table 27, Ecuador, with which the agreement became effective Oct. 23, 1938; and the United Kingdom (including Newfoundland and the non-self-governing British Colonies), with which the agreement became effective Jan. 1, 1939.

(Commerce Reports carries a section each week devoted to an up-to-date list of all countries with which trade agreements have been concluded by the United States, together with the official texts of any current announcements as to new countries with which negotiations have been announced, and details as to dates and directions or presentation of views to the Committee for Reciprocity Information.)