--------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE 2.--MONTHLY IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. -------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | | | | Commodity. |Unit. |Aug., 1921.|July, 1921.|Aug., 1920.+ | | | | | -------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ Sugar |Lbs. |570,852,965|277,270,645|880,435,997| Hides and skins |Lbs. | 38,090,047| 34,377,952| 35,127,547| Tobacco |Lbs. | 4,819,657| 3,154,947| 7,894,406| Wool |Lbs. | 15,866,744| 9,396,864| 14,447,810| Rice (cleaned) |Lbs. | 6,567,780| 1,407,850| 15,354,050| Meat and meat products |Lbs. | 5,013,869| 3,385,354| 25,015,317| Butter |Lbs. | 149,886| 191,748| 2,737,265| Lemons |Value.| $242,440| $304,058| $456,387| -------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ -------------------------+------+--------------------------- | | Eight months ending-- Commodity. |Unit. +-------------+------------- | | Aug., 1921. | Aug., 1920. -------------------------+------+-------------+------------- Sugar |Lbs. |4,431,517,830|6,565,255,469 Hides and skins |Lbs. | 236,176,698| 402,772,854 Tobacco |Lbs. | 208,505,559| 63,424,548 Wool |Lbs. | 273,521,338| 213,531,918 Rice (cleaned) |Lbs. | 38,096,280| 104,671,751 Meat and meat products |Lbs. | 53,632,204| 89,534,449 Butter |Lbs. | 11,774,801| 25,592,355 Lemons |Value.| $944,756| $2,576,655 -------------------------+------+-------------+------------- Good Outlook for Spain’s Crop of Jordan and Valencia Almonds. From all available reliable sources it is believed that Spain’s 1921 crop of Jordan almonds, which are grown only in the Provinces of Malaga, Jaen, Granada, and Almeria, will be about equal to last year’s production, reports the American consul at Malaga. Various exporters place the crop from 70,000 to 75,000 boxes of 25 lbs. each. The crop is somewhat delayed because of the late spring, but the quality is good. Since all stocks of this variety have been exhausted for some time, the demand is active, and opening prices f. o. b. Malaga are expected to be considerably higher than last year. However, this should make but little difference to the buyers in the United States, as they will benefit by the decrease in the exchange value of the peseta.