Mr. Blaine to the President.
Washington, February 7, 1891.
To the President:
In response to your direction, I herewith submit two tables, A and B, which clearly exhibit the facts of the commercial arrangement between the United States of America and the United States of Brazil, completed on the 5th of this month.
Table A will show the articles from the United States which will be entitled to free admission into all the ports of Brazil after the 1st of April next.
It will also show the average annual value, as compiled from the Brazilian statistical reports for the last three years, of the imports of said articles into Brazil from the United States, and the average annual value, during the same period, of the imports of said articles into Brazil from other countries, and the rates now charged thereon.
Table A.—Imports into Brazil, in dollars, to become free of duty when exported from the United States.
| Articles. | From the United States. | From all other countries. | Total imports. | Rate of duty. |
| Per cent. | ||||
| Wheat | $150 | $547,845.84 | $547,995.84 | *5 |
| Wheat flour | 2,778,353 | 914,329.24 | 3,692,682.24 | 15 |
| Corn or maize and the manufactures thereof, including corn meal and starch | 21,369 | 695,285.57 | 716,654.57 | 15 |
| Rye and rye flour | 555,737.60 | 555,737.60 | 15 | |
| Barley and buckwheat and buckwheat flour | 193.286.08 | 193,286.08 | 15 | |
| Hay and oats | 531 | 541,693.80 | 542,224.80 | 20 |
| Beans and peas | 478 | 1,039,522.00 | 1,040,000.00 | 20 |
| Potatoes | 36 | 905,053.12 | 905,089.12 | 15 |
| Pork, salted and pickled, and bacon, except hams | 44,809 | 751.00 | 45,560.00 | 20 |
| Cotton-seed oil | 4,376 | 331.20 | 4,707.20 | 48 |
| Fish, salted, dried, or pickled | 23,278 | 1,629,724.00 | 1,653,002.00 | 20 to 48 |
| Coal, antheactite and bituminous | 6,067,380.80 | 6,067,380.80 | *5 | |
| Rosin, tar, pitch, and turpentine | 98,310 | 69,653.33 | 167,963.33 | 15 |
| Agricultural implements, tools, and machinery | *5 | |||
| Mining and mechanical machinery, tools, and implements, including stationary and portable engines, and all machinery for manufacturing and industrial purposes, except sewing machines | 184,652 | 2,320,627.92 | 2,505,279.92 | 15 to 48 |
| Instruments and books for arts and sciences | 82,752 | 492.904.50 | 575,656.50 | 15 |
| Railroad material and equipment | 155,539 | 635,180.76 | 790,719.76 | 5 to 15 |
| Total | 3,394,633 | 16,609,306.76 | 20,003,939.76 |
* Port and provincial charges, equivalent to 5 per cent duty.
From this table (A) of articles to be admitted free, it will be seen that of the total annual average importations into Brazil of $20,003,939. 76 of the said articles, the United States have heretofore only furnished articles to the value of $3,394,633, while other countries have furnished articles to the value of $16,609,306. 76.
Table B will make a similar exhibit of the articles from the United States entitled to admission into all the ports of Brazil, after the 1st of April next, at a reduction of 25 per cent of the duty designated on the respective articles in the tariff now in force in Brazil, or which may hereafter be adopted in Brazil.
[Page 50]It will also show the average animal value, taken from the Brazilian reports for the last three years, of the imports of said articles into Brazil from the United States; and also the average annual value, during the same period, of the imports into Brazil from other countries, and the rates now charged thereon.
Table B.—Imports into Brazil, in dollars, the duties on which will be reduced 25 per cent when exported from the United States.
| Articles. | From the United States. | From all other countries. | Total imports. | Rate of duty. |
| Per cent. | ||||
| Lard and substitutes of lard | $371,399.00 | $348,166.60 | $719,565.60 | 15 to 30 |
| Bacon hams | 558.00 | 103,610.66 | 104,166.66 | 48 |
| Butter and cheese | 12,941.00 | 2,000,507.91 | 2,013,448.91 | 48 |
| Canned and preserved meats, fish, fruits, and vegetables | 13,894.00 | 606,197.89 | 620,091.89 | 20 and 48 |
| Manufactures of cotton, including cotton | 665,986.00 | 26,571,138.50 | 27,237,124.50 | 15 to 48 |
| Manufactures of iron and steel, single or mixed, not included in the foregoing schedule | 522,096.00 | 2,361,211.00 | 2,883,307.00 | 15,30,and 48 |
| Leather and the manufactures of leather, except hoots and shoes.’ | 20,196.00 | 3,195,185.62 | 3,215,381.62 | 30 to 50 |
| Lumber, timber, and the manufactures of wood, including cooperage, furniture of all kinds, wagons, carts, and carriages | 417,761.00 | 1,098,927.02 | 1,516,688.02 | 30 to 60 |
| Manufactures of rubber. | 11,070.00 | 310,398.50 | 321,268.50 | 48 |
| Total. | 2,035,899.00 | 36,505,343.70 | 38,631,242.70 |
From this table (B) it will be seen that, of the total average importations into Brazil of $38,631,242.70 of said articles, the United States have hitherto furnished articles to the value only of $2,035,899, while other countries have furnished articles to the value of $36,595,343.70.
Taking the two schedules together, it is shown that, of a total annual importation into Brazil of $58,635,182.46 of all these articles, only $5,430,532 came from the United States, as against $53,204,650.46 from other countries.
In return for these concessions the United States admits into its markets free of duty the sugar, molasses, coffee, and hides, the growth and product of Brazil.
Respectfully submitted.