In 1911 the imports into Panama from the United States amounted to L1,024,589, from the United Kingdom to L454,541, and from Germany to L223,845. France, Italy, and Spain exported to Panama smaller quantities. The exports from Panama to the United States amounted in 1910 to L301,684 (1911, first six months, L150,990); to the United Kingdom, to L33,055 (1911, first six months, L15,921), with smaller values to Germany and France. The reader will be interested to learn what sort of things Panama exports. Here, then, is a list of the principal exports for 1910, the last full year available:-- 1910. L Bananas Bunches 3,643,900 184,257 Cacao Kilos 18,021 940 Cocoanuts " 6,305,238 31,534 Cocobolo " 1,203,522 7,132 Gold " 2,748 26,995 Hides " 567,454 16,973 Horns " 6,893 1,410 Ivory Nuts " 2,102,743 26,527 Mother-of-pearl shell " 625,008 10,183 Rubber " 6,305,238 31,534 Sarsaparilla " 32,553 2,099 Skins " 257,740 4,750 Tortoise shell " 3,829 3,334 The United Fruit Company has now, in the province of Bocas del Toro, 32,000 acres of bananas under cultivation and 1,000 acres planted in cacao, with about 165,000 trees; the bananas being exported to the United States, and the chocolate to the United States and Europe. There should be a considerable increase in rubber production during the next few years, as 150,000 rubber trees have been recently planted in this province, and these will soon be ready for tapping. Nearly all the rubber exported at present is taken from the wild trees growing in the virgin forests of this province. A curious article of exportation is the ivory nut, or _tagua_, which in value now comes next after bananas. These nuts are collected by Indians on the Caribbean coast, brought to Colon, and there bought by merchants and shipped to New York and Hamburg. They are used to make the big buttons which are now so fashionable, and probably a good many English girls who are wearing coats "made in Germany," are carrying about a number of these ivory nuts which not long ago were lying on the tropical shores of the Caribbean. The timber exports from Panama would grow rapidly with proper exploitation. Exports of mahogany, cedar, and cocobolo have already begun.