Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Foreign Crops and Markets, Vol. 64: March 31, 1952
On a value basis, cotton was far in the lead of all other agricultural exports, total shipments for the month being valued at an increase of 110 percent over the worth exported in January last year. 'wheat and wheat flour were second, with total exports valued at compared with in the same month a year ago, representing an increase of 68 percent. Third place fell to leaf tobacco, the exports of which were valued at an increase of 11 percent over the worth moved into export channels during January 1951.
On a quantitative basis, the outstanding features of the January 1952 agricultural exports compared with those during the same month last year, were the very large increases in the outward movement of condensed milk, lard, tallow, cotton, apples, oranges, dried prunes, raisins and currants, milled rice, wheat as grain, dried beans, and white potatoes. At the same time, however, the figures reveal large reductions in exports of a number of commodities, especially butter, cheese, nonfat dry milk solids, evaporated milk, beef and veal, grapefruit, canned fruits, barley and soybean oil.
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