F.—Table of Imports and Exports, from 1789 to 1839

Imports and Exports of the United States, from the 1st of October, 1789, to the 30th of September, 1838, taken from documents accompanying the Secretary of the Treasury’s annual Report to Congress, of the 3d of December, 1839.

NOTE.

For the early years the aggregate of the value of imports does not appear on the official statement, and has been estimated at different amounts by different persons, and thus that column will not always correspond with former reports. But the difference will not be found so great as to affect materially any general result. [In former reports it is stated, that prior to the 1st of October 1820, the official returns do not show the value of imports. Previous to 1796, the returns of exports did not discriminate between domestic and foreign productions.—Author.]