Total values of merchandise imported from and exported to each of the principal countries during December, 1917, and the 12 months ended December, 1917, compared with corresponding periods of the preceding year, were made public to-day by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce, as follows: -----------------+-----------------------+--------------------------- | Month of December— | 12 months ended December— Imports from— +-----------+-----------+-------------+------------- | 1917 | 1916 | 1917 | 1916 -----------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+------------- Grand divisions: | | | | Europe |$40,617,322|$59,107,818| $551,144,599| $633,316,886 North America | 56,506,340| 47,686,900| 871,982,524| 658,438,120 South America | 49,669,439| 43,786,488| 598,818,532| 427,609,562 Asia | 62,142,195| 45,422,209| 758,237,165| 516,704,047 Oceania | 12,792,804| 4,827,542| 99,221,196| 93,673,382 Africa | 6,183,397| 4,003,231| 73,063,939| 61,893,338 +-----------+-----------+------------+------------- Total |227,911,497|204,834,188|2,952,467,955|2,391,635,335 -----------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+------------- Principal | | | | countries: | | | | Austria-Hungary| .... | 27,980| 64,937| 631,251 Belgium | .... | 156,835| 158,022| 1,479,342 France | 8,662,632| 10,488,210| 98,639,653| 108,893,119 Germany | 451| 138,269| 159,352| 5,819,472 Italy | 3,219,301| 4,789,202| 36,480,807| 60,235,172 Netherlands | 747,674| 3,689,940| 22,744,504| 43,602,076 Norway | 261,481| 844,802| 6,280,233| 6,430,316 Russia | | | | in Europe | 2,661,145| 83,848| 12,350,179| 4,478,990 Spain | 3,496,232| 3,675,167| 36,881,630| 32,577,377 Sweden | 329,403| 5,505,941| 18,069,487| 18,856,638 Switzerland | 1,826,252| 1,927,928| 19,834,668| 22,414,383 United Kingdom | 16,874,793| 25,765,390| 280,080,175| 305,486,952 Canada | 36,232,364| 23,753,953| 413,674,846| 237,249,040 Mexico | 9,858,406| 10,399,693| 130,434,722| 105,065,780 Cuba | 5,053,741| 9,108,597| 248,598,199| 243,728,770 Argentina | 17,560,443| 12,509,181| 178,245,833| 116,292,647 Brazil | 8,233,119| 14,286,609| 145,274,931| 132,067,378 Chile | 13,618,362| 5,914,498| 142,597,929| 82,123,995