The Philippine Islands

Trade Statistics

Total Import and Export Values (exclusive of Silver and Gold)

Period.	Imports.	Exports.	Total Import and Export Trade.	Excess of Imports.	Excess of Exports.
Annual Average.	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.
1880–84	19,500,274	20,838,325	40,338,599	—	1,338,051
1885–89	15,789,165	20,991,265	36,780,430	—	5,202,100
1890–94	15,827,694	19,751,293	35,578,987	—	3,923,599
Year.
1899	13,113,010	12,306,912	25,479,922	746,098	—
1900	20,601,436	19,751,068	40,352,504	850,368	—
1901	30,279,406	23,214,948	53,494,354	7,064,458	—
1902	32,141,842	23,927,679	56,069,521	8,214,163	—
1903	32,971,882	33,121,780	66,093,662	—	149,898

Great Britain and the United States are the most important foreign markets for Philippine hemp, the distribution of shipments in 1850 and in five recent years having been as follows:—

Hemp Shipments to United States, United Kingdom, and Other Countries

Year.	To United States.	To Great Britain.	To Other Countries.	Total.
	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1850	7,387	1,092	323	8,802
1899	26,713	21,511	26,808	75,092
1900	20,304	46,419	22,715	89,438
1901	30,336	82,190	11,731	124,257
1902	60,384	44,813	6,303	111,500
1903	69,912	59,189	8,651	137,752

Hemp Shipments

Year.	Total.
	Tons.
1850	8,802
1855	14,936
1860	24,812
1865	24,862
1870	30,535
1875	32,864
1880	49,934
1885	52,141
1890	63,269
1895	104,040
1896	95,736
1897	112,755
1898	99,076
1899	75,092
1900	89,438
1901	124,257
1902	111,500
1903	137,752

Total Chief Exports from the Philippine Islands

		1885.	1886.	1887.	1888.	1889.	1890.	1891.	1892.	1893.
		Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
Sugar	Manila	65,678	84,204	83,469	91,628	92,856	48,071	73,296	67,996	107,003
	Cebú	28,195	18,140	17,815	16,694	11,862	3,455	8,762	18,388	16,962
	Yloilo	109,609	83,456	77,847	76,997	114,207	96,000	85,104	165,407	137,716
	Total	203,482	185,800	179,131	185,319	218,925	147,526	167,162	251,791	261,681
Hemp	Manila	43,927	39,268	56,709	71,881	59,455	56,201	68,256	87,778	70,174
	Cebú	8,214	7,192	7,663	11,298	11,616	7,068	11,087	11,035	10,010
	Total	52,141	46,460	64,372	82,679	71,071	63,269	79,343	98,813	80,184
Sapan-wood	Manila	2,911	1,885	962	750	574	1,385	880	1,574	3,332
	Yloilo and Cebú	1,100	2,943	4,260	5,853	4,018	1,415	3,317	2,207	1,586
	Total	4,011	4,828	5,222	6,603	4,592	2,800	4,197	8,841	4,918
Coprah	tons	—	—	—	—	—	4,653	17,875	22,439	11,519

Shipped from Manila only.

		1885.	1886.	1887.	1888.	1889.	1890.	1891.	1892.	1893.
Coffee	tons	5,209	7,337	4,998	6,702	5,841	4,796	2,869	1,326	307
Cigars	thousands	114,821	102,717	99,562	109,109	121,674	109,636	97,740	137,059	137,458
Tobacco-Leaf	tons	6,799	6,039	4,841	10,229	10,161	8,952	9,803	12,714	11,534
Buffalo-Hides	tons	632	666	566	1,888	755	394	272	327	—
Indigo	tons	84	64	111	232	221	19	89	278	—
Gum Mastic	tons	195	205	404	330	490	188	303	136	—
Cordage	tons	265	187	175	124	94	196	149	100	—
M.O.P. Shell	tons	10	8	13	12	23	31	18	10	—

Total Chief Exports from the Philippine Islands—continued

			1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1899.	1900.	1901.	1902.	1903.	1858.
							Under American Occupation.						According to Sir John Bowring.
			Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
	Sugar	Manila	94,656	107,221	97,705	57,382	5,041	27,473	5,567	421	368
		Cebú	10,198	13,335	7,701	15,257	12,363	3,731	8,283	4,595	6,202
		Yloilo	88,533	110,527	124,648	130,542	71,982	36,312	45,070	97,129	81,308
		Total	193,387	231,083	230,054	203,181	89,386	67,536	58,920	102,145	88,378	34,821
	Hemp	Manila	82,693	93,595	83,172	102,721	—	—	—	—	—
		Cebú	16,804	10,445	12,564	10,034	—	—	—	—	—
		Total	99,497	104,040	95,736	112,755	75,092	89,438	124,257	111,500	137,752	25,781
	Sapanwood	Manila	1,292	1,619	898	1,022	No quantities stated in the Office Returns since 1898.
		Yloilo & Cebú	1,633	694	2,743	3,165
		Total	2,925	2,313	3,551	4,187	Included in Table of Total Export Values, p. 639.					4,201
	Coprah		tons	33,265	37,104	37,970	50,714	15,906	65,355	32,655	59,287	83,411
Shipped from Manila only.	Coffee	tons	309	194	89	136	34	13	30	7	4	1,560
	Cigars	thousands	137,877	164,430	183,667	156,916	No quantities officially stated.			85,142
	Tobacco-Leaf	tons	9,545	10,368	10,986	15,836	6,272	9,834	7,764	9,016	8,593	4,106
	Buffalo-Hides	tons	398	467	397	728	—	—	—	—	—	402
	Indigo	tons	72	27	23	33	114	5	8	247	40	36
	Gum Mastic	tons	189	275	172	223	No quantities officially stated.
	Cordage	tons	170	198	194	239
	M.O.P. Shell	tons	54	79	13	42

Total Export of Sugar from the Phillipine Islands During 18 Years

	1885.	1886.	1887.	1888.	1889.	1890.	1891.	1892.	1893.
	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
Manila	Dry	47,542	62,594	62,167	63,890	—	33,233	50,342	51,718	72,007
	Wet	18,136	21,610	21,302	27,738	—	14,838	22,954	16,278	34,996
	Total	65,678	84,204	83,469	91,628	92,856	48,071	73,296	67,996	107,003
Cebú	Dry	23,676	15,190	12,765	13,094	—	3,145	7,562	17,488	16,712
	Wet	4,519	2,950	5,050	3,600	—	310	1,200	900	250
	Total	23,195	18,140	17,815	16,694	11,862	3,455	8,762	18,388	16,962
Yliolo	Dry	102,369	81,201	71,722	72,882	—	87,966	82,515	160,050	135,191
	Wet	7,240	2,255	6,125	4,115	—	8,034	2,589	5,357	2,525
	Total	109,609	83,456	77,847	76,997	114,207	96,000	85,104	165,407	137,716
	Grand Total	203,482	185,800	179,131	185,319	213,925	147,526	167,162	251,791	261,631

Total Export of Sugar from the Phillipine Islands During 18 Years—continued

		1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.	1899.	1900.	1902.	1903.
		Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
						Under American Occupation
Manila	Dry	65,189	81,502	77,676	46,345
	Wet	18,136	21,610	21,302	27,738	5,041	27,473	5,567	421	868
	Total	94,656	107,221	97,703	57,382	5,041	27,473	5,567	421	868
Cebú	Dry	10,198	13,085	7,484	15,137
	Wet	—	250	217	120	12,363	3,751	8,283	4,595	6,202
	Total	10,198	13,335	7,701	15,257	12,363	3,751	8,283	4,595	6,202
Yliolo	Dry	—	—	123,720	129,174
	Wet	—	—	928	1,368	71,982	36,312	45,070	97,129	81,308
	Total	88,533	110,527	124,648	130,542	71,982	36,312	45,070	97,129	81,308
	Grand Total	193,387	231,083	230,054	203,181	89,386	67,536	58,920	102,145	88,378

N.B.—The total export of sugar in the year 1861 was 53,114 tons. Trade Statistics

Tobacco and Cigar Shipments Before American Occupation

	Year.	Cigars.	Leaf.	Year.	Cigars.	Leaf.
		Thousands.	Tons.		Thousands.	Tons.
Under Monopoly	1880	82,783	8,657	1889	121,674	10,161
	1881	89,502	7,027	1890	109,636	8,952
	1882	103,597	6,195	1891	97,740	9,803
	1883	190,079	7,267	1892	137,059	12,714
	1884	125,091	7,181	1893	137,458	11,534
	1885	114,821	6,799	1894	137,877	9,545
	1886	102,717	6,039	1895	164,430	10,368
	1887	99,562	4,841	1896	183,667	10,986
	1888	109,109	10,229	1897	156,916	15,836

Tobacco-leaf Shipments Since American Occupation

1899.	1900.	1901.	1902.	1903.
Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
6,272	9,834	7,764	9,016	8,593

Cigar Shipments Since American Occupation

The official returns do not state the quantities shipped

Year.	United States.	British Empire.1	Other Countries.	Total Value.
	Value.	Value.	Value.
	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.
1899	3,405	430,013	512,281	945,699
1900	5,662	937,872	214,883	1,158,417
1901	908	1,604,470	227,071	1,832,449
1902	11,006	813,083	164,429	988,518
1903	1,900	757,783	201,672	961,355

Coprah Shipments

Year.	Manila.	Cebú.	Total.
	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1890	4,653	—	4,653
1891	—	—	17,875
1892	—	—	22,439
1893	11,519	—	11,519
1894	32,045	1,220	33,265
1895	34,332	2,772	37,104
1896	34,895	3,075	37,970
1897	47,814	2,900	50,714
1899	13,356	2,378	15,906
1900	62,469	2,886	65,355
1901	30,347	2,308	32,655
1902	41,816	17,471	59,287
1903	69,189	14,222	83,411

Coprah Shipment Values

Year.	United States.	British Empire.	Other Countries.	Total Value
	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.
1899	—	72,095	654,558	726,653
1900	4,450	246,243	2,931,788	3,182,481
1901	—	91,793	1,520,045	1,611,838
1902	9,057	531,421	2,161,247	2,701,725
1903	9,354	311,606	3,498,833	3,819,793

Cocoanut-oil Shipment Values

1893	1894	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903
Value	Value	Value	Value	Value	Value	Value
Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.
10,336	33,333	None	105	20	346	81

It will be observed that with the increase of coprah shipment, the export of cocoanut-oil has decreased.

Sapan-wood Shipments Before American Occupation

Year.	Tons.
1880	5,527
1881	4,253
1882	5,003
1883	2,924
1884	2,868
1885	4,011
1886	4,828
1887	5,222
1888	6,603
1889	4,592
1890	2,800
1891	4,197
1892	3,841
1893	4,918
1894	2,925
1895	2,313
1896	3,551
1897	4,187

The official returns, since 1898, do not state the quantities of sapan-wood shipments.

Gum-mastic Shipments

Year.	Tons.
1880	431
1881	440
1882	339
1883	235
1884	245
1885	195
1886	205
1887	404
1888	330
1889	490
1890	188
1891	303
1892	136
1894	189
1895	275
1896	172
1897	223

The official figures of quantity are not procurable since 1897. The values of the shipments are as follows:—In 1901, $154,801; in 1902, $189,193; in 1903, $143,093.

Coffee Shipments

Year.	Tons.
1856	437
1858	1,560
1865	2,350
1871	3,335
1880	5,059
1881	5,383
1882	5,052
1883	7,451
1884	7,252
1885	5,209
1886	7,337
1887	4,998
1888	6,702
1889	5,841
1890	4,796
1891	2,869
1892	1,326
1893	307
1894	309
1895	194
1896	89
1897	136
1899	34
1900	13
1901	30
1902	7
1903	4

Gold and Silver Imports and Exports Since American Occupation

Year	Imports		Exports
	Gold.	Silver.	Gold.	Silver.
	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.	Gold $.
1899	109,965	1,141,392	3,487,050	939,756
1900	71,058	2,830,263	593,143	3,147,946
1901	751,909	6,269,613	857,563	637,844
1902	3,110	4,226,924	314,295	4,173,776
1903	50,730	1,403,475	63,540	7,494,347

Tonnage Entered in Philippine Ports Since American Occupation

Year.	Steamers.	Net Tonnage.	Sailing-ships	Net Tonnage.
1899	1,562	767,605	313	58,980
1900	2,969	1,278,740	3,252	147,153
1901	3,649	1,630,176	6,333	208,092
1902	3,744	1,819,547	7,222	242,669
1903	4,679	2,343,904	6,111	251,116

Exchange Fluctuations (Of the Peso or Mexican Dollar).

Sight on London.
Year.	Highest.	Lowest.
1869	4/5¼	4/1¾
1879	3/11	3/9
1880	3/11¾	3/9¾
1881	4/1½	3/11
1882	4/1	3/11½
1883	4/0¼	3/9½
1884	3/9¼	3/7¾
1885	3/10¼	3/8½
1886	3/9¾	3/7½
1887	3/8½	3/3
1888	3/6¾	3/2¾
1889	3/6¼	3/3
1890	3/10½	3/2¼
1892	3/3¾	3/–
1897	2/2	1/2¾
1898	2/0⅝	1/9½
1899	2/0 ​5⁄16​	1/11⅜
1900	2/0⅞	1/11⅞
1901	2/0½	1/10 ​5⁄16​
1902	1/10 ​13⁄16​	1/6¼
1903	1/11 ​5⁄16​	1/6 ​11⁄16​
1904	Local Currency
	1/11 ​9⁄16​	1/9 ​11⁄16​
	“Conant” Peso
	2/0 ​13⁄16​	2/0 ​3⁄16​

Proportionate Table of Exports (Exclusive of Gold and Silver) Years 1899–1903

Year 1899
United States	==================
British Empire	===================
Spain	======
Other Countries	==========================
Year 1900
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British Empire	=======================================
Spain	========
Other Countries	=======================================
Year 1901
United States	======================
British Empire	====================================================
Spain	=======
Other Countries	===============================
Year 1902
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British Empire	=======================================
Spain	=====
Other Countries	==================================
Year 1903
United States	=========================================================
British Empire	=============================================
Spain	======
Other Countries	=====================================

Proportionate Table of Imports (Exclusive of Gold, Silver, and U.S. Govt. Supplies) Years 1899–1903

Year 1899
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British Empire	==================
Spain	============
Other Countries	==================================================
Year 1900
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British Empire	==================================
Spain	==========
Other Countries	============================================================
Year 1901
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British Empire	========================================
Spain	=========
Other Countries	====================================================================
Year 1902
United States	===================
British Empire	================================
Spain	==============
Other Countries	====================================================================
Year 1903
United States	=================
British Empire	================================
Spain	==========
Other Countries	====================================================================

Proportionate Table of Hemp, Coprah, and Sugar Exports, and Rice Imports in the Years 1899–1903

Hemp.
1899	===================
1900	======================
1901	===============================
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Coprah.
1899	=========
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1901	====================
1902	==================================
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Sugar.
1899	==========================================
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1901	============================
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Rice (Import).
1899	===================
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Notes

1 Shipments to Hong-Kong are often goods in transit for United States.