Imports
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Part of The American Chamber of Commerce Journal
- Title
- Imports
- Creator
- Schmelkes, S.
- Language
- English
- Source
- The American Chamber of Commerce Journal Volume XXVIII (Issue No.1) January 1952
- Year
- 1952
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- Fulltext
- 22 AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL January, 1952 COLUMBIAN ROPE COMPANY OF PHILIPPINES, INC. HEMP AND COPRA EXPORTERS STEAMSHIP AGENTS * 206 Myers Building Port Area, Manila, P. I. ¥ BRANCHES! Davao • Tacloban • Cebu • Tabaco MARY BACHRACH BLDG., Tel. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES — IfolA 25th Street, Port Area 3-32-81 considerable damage to the sugarcane crops and properties in all districts. In some districts the damage was worse than in others and it is estimated that the overall crop loss will be about 10%. A revised estimate is in course of preparation. Before the typhoon the total crop was esti mated at 1,189,756.88 short tons. It is reported that the Philippine National Bank has increased its crop loan basis from P7.80 to P9.50 per picul in order to assist planters in repairing the damage sustained to their properties. Tobacco By Luis A. Pujalte Secretary-Treasurer Manila Tobacco Association, Inc. LATEST reports from the different tobacco produc ing regions are that transplanting from seed-beds to the fields has been delayed. In Isabela and Cagayan the delay is from two to four weeks. In Cebu and other Visayan islands transplanting was done in time but typhoon "Amy” damaged most of the transplanted seedlings. For tunately, enough seedlings were still available at the seed beds and new seed-beds were planted so that, though delayed, fields will be fully planted. The dangers of delayed transplanting are that insufficient moisture may stunt the plants and the yield would be shorter and of strong gummy leaf. Then also, should the rains and storms come earlier than usual, rains would wash the leaves prior to harvest which would mean a bad crop—easily susceptible to worms and mold. 't’he specific taxes on cigarettes collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue during the first 3 quarters of 1951 are as follows: (All Factories in Manila and its Suburbs Caloocan, Malabon, Pasay City, and Quezon City) Month Native Cigarettes Local Virginiatype Cigarettes Total January.............. ............ P 698,620.625 P 6,115,132.00 P 6,813,752.63 February............ ........... 709,035.19 2,318,506.40 3,027,541.59 March................. ........... 731,088.25 2,457,980.20 3,189,068.45 April.................... ........... 693,202,375 2,791,110.70 3,484,313.08 May..................... 800,801.1875 3,734,025.40 4,534,826.59 June..................... ........... 671,114.625 3,850,866.95 4,521,981.56 July...................... . . . 736,114.75 4,325,060.40 5,061,175.15 August................ ........... 664,218.50 3,766,792.40 4,431,010.90 September......... ........... 697,337.75 3,902,057.90 4,599,395.65 Total........... P6,401,533.25 P33,261,532.35 P39,663,065.60 Imports By S. ScHMELKES Mercantile, Inc. ALL figures are in kilos with the exception of those for foodstuffs which are given in package units: Commodities Automotive (Total)............................................ Automobiles...................................................... Auto Accessories.............................................. Auto Parts......................................................... Bicycles............................................................... Trucks................................................................. Truck Chassis................................................... Truck Parts....................................................... Building Materials (Total)............................... Board, Fibre..................................................... Cement............................................ Glass, Window.................................................. Gypsum.............................................................. Chemicals (Total)............................................... Caustic Soda..................................................... November, 1951 1,832,089 183,054 530 277,410 1,397 58,916 378,758 179,319 5,632,866 23,667 1,428,087 830,742 16,759,864 1,495,718 November, 1950 534,276 100,575 715 216,201 2,507 69,248 34,556 10,903,143 8,575,101 295,304 75,582 6,495,319 263,862 January, 1952 AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 23 Bottling, Misc. (Total)....................... Cleansing and Laundry (Total)......... Entertainment Equipment (Total) . Livestock—bulbs—seeds (Total) Medical (Total).......................... Musical (Total).............................. Office Equipment (Total)......... Office Supplies (Total)........... Paper (Total)....................... Photographic (Total)......... Raw Materials (To£al).. Sporting Goods (Total) Stationery (Total)......................... Tobacco (Total)......... Explosives (Total). . . 173,367 52,914 Firearms (Total)............................................ . . 2,659 812 Ammunition............. 840 812 Hardware (Total)......... 5,477,612 5,576,279 Household (Total)........................................ 854,419 698,631 Machinery (Total)..................................... 2,186,169 751,962 Metals (Total)................................................ 6,432,056 6,962,215 Petroleum Products (Total)........... 75,759,845 61,364,449 Radios (Total)................................... 23,707 19,990 Rubber Goods (Total)................................. 1,015,946 408,824 Beverages, Misc. Alcoholic.................... 8,369 4,189 Foodstuffs (Total Kilos).................... 29,308,603 21,039,216 Foodstuffs, Fresh (Total). . . 187,339 107,026 Apples...................................................... 40,869 25,354 Oranges..................... 10,780 3,696 Onions........................................................... 62,237 31,163 Potatoes..................................................... 22,648 12,131 Foodstuffs, Dry Packaged (Total). 18,490 16,815 Foodstuffs, Canned (Total)........................ 303,675 272,336 Sardines................................................... 136,801 94,895 Milk, Evaporated......... 36,793 89,228 Milk, Condensed....................................... 26,485 23,242 Foodstuffs, Bulk (Total) .......................... 395,472 410,990 Rice............................................................... 78,046 5 Wheat Flour............................. 297,806 371,530 Foodstuffs, Preserved (Total).... 185 1,002 1,779,992 165,280 14,071 9,385 512,444 17,367 45,181 88,526 5,542,557 61,177 757,427 20,195 313,630 469,467 474,322 1,171,189 2,567 8,418 275,938 31,460 44,593 46,205 4,007,060 11,062 297,268 119,964 170,295 81,666 Chucheria (Total)...................... Clothing and Apparel (Total).. Cosmetics (Total)........ Fabrics (Total).................... Jewelry (Total)........... Leather (Total). . Textiles (Total)..................... Twine (Total)............................... Toys (Total)............................................... General Merchandise (Total).......................... Non-Commercial Shipments (Total)............. Advertising Materials, Etc. (Total)............... 91,546 117,209 80,752 793,320 997 72,564 4,228,479 113,395 92,785 501,288 69,002 18,888 47,202 264,627 113,399 1,600,360 180,380 1,562,882 34,615 38,523 425,803 45,175 21,339 Food Products By C. G. Herdman Director, Trading Division Marsman & Company, Inc. THE most important development recently in trading circles is the announcement that the Import Control Commission is to be reorganized, all three commis sioners having presented their resignation. It is also ru mored that in the forthcoming session of the Congress bills will be presented abolishing the import controls as at present administered and placing all such controls under the Central Bank which would limit imports by control of exchange. The import control commissioners who are now resign ing are to be complimented very highly on the task they have performed. Working under great difficulty with an inadequate budget and untrained personnel, they built up a very good organization which during the last few months has been working very efficiently. It is sincerely to be hoped that the new Commission will be allotted a greater budget, permitting it to employ additional trained person nel with adequate salary so that applications for import licenses can be processed expeditiously and efficiently. 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