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Traffic Through Panama Canal by Trade Routes Trade Route Tonnage United States intercoastal: Per Cent 1933-1934 113 Per Cent 1932-1933 8.2 Tonnage % Increase 1,860,441 5 9.9 WGN 1 hevade eecascacvoucetascesecscsostsess 2,974,806 ,860, beget (Gh ofe(0 Me Ae ere eres TTN 6,622,673 25.1 5,866,927 23.7 23.4 Total intercoastal ........cccsses0e 9,597,479 36.4 7,227,368 31.9 32.8 Between Europe and the net eens ee neers 5,092,749 19.3 5,845,186 25.8 12.9% SO aaraeeieevsannick - ee ee pote e Soaavecee 3,144,776 11.9 2,978,564 13.2 5.6 t st s poke sshd gs ae ee 2,447,117 9.3 1,784,496 7.9 ee Between Europe and Australasia: 1,474,384 5.6 1,103,824 4.9 33. Between east coast United States : and west coast South America: 1,303,564 4.9 741,717 ae 15.7 MGs CeHANGOUS: > .5c.ssszeshssustesssecacsscaseess 3,334,705 12.6 2,956,410 3. 12.8 Ml NS Fd) GORI eS lgeny Gee ioe AS ener 26,394,774 100.0 22,637,565 100.0 ; 16.6 Note: Net tonnage, Panama canal measurement, used in this table. (*) Indicates de- crease. i naa 635,038 439,934 Tonnage —_—‘ Tonnage Guster Sbeuceukesseerisssease 651,479 474,459 1933-1934 1932-1933 INOVETODER © oo ccccccccctteckevens 568,892 487,479 March 447,892 432,913 December «......cccsccscsss0s 555,936 468,504 April 416,199 462,797 WANGALY se cnystscersesteeressays 474,423 453,066 May 340,753 417,051 PGDTMATY: Giciecssttestaciee AT7,157 422,778 June 341,261 382,967 gid SUES July 369,036 380,676 Motalie dase ce aa 3,357,920 2,746,220 August 388,735 378,717 Grand total ............... 6,622,673 5,366,927 ce nen ret ° POG As Acts escarssisiectensccsts 303, 455, United States Intercoastal September. cveecsesssssssen 320,300 488,979 Total October) miniaiaeees 425,680 625,688 643,875 556.462 NOvember woecccceeccccceeseeeee 460,506 672,263 610.918 557.345 December ....sesscseseseecees 524,213 584,039 673,272 591.317 DAMUALY sivecchicateaeiens 559,853 571,878 735 326 567,247 UNS) ohagh E21 ata pte eee ae 498,321 497,218 rer on aoe Deer es 2,788,873 3,390,065 ae : ; Grand total 5,092,749 5,845,186 Gta le ois cess castvecets 4,244,371 3,428,935 September vvccccscesssn 867,440 577,018 East Coast U. S., Far East MOCEOBER Geis issiecmeateescentens 1,011,816 624,278 5 . ee ae whois 655,663 The third largest trade operating December o...csessccessseeee 873,781 pe via the Panama canal in the past 12 Aan Saat rome ges oe months was that between the Atlan- eo eae —_—— tic coast of the United States and the fia A eae gas ees eee Far East. It comprised 11.9 per cent Europe, West Coast U. S., Canada The second ranking trade via the Panama canal is between Europe and west coust of the United States and Canada and in the 12-month period ended Feb. 28, 1934, comprised al- most one-fifth of the total traffic Tonnage over this route, the only one of the six major trades under dis- cussion to show a decrease in com- parison with the 1932-33 period, fell off to the extent of 12.9 per cent. Al- though the last six months made an increase over the first six months of the 1933-34 period, a large decrease occurred in comparison with the cor- responding six months in 1932-33. This was due to the abnormally heavy movement of wheat from Canada in the autumn of 1932, immediately fol- lowing Great Britain’s trade pact with its colonies. The wheat crop move- ment in the fall of 1933 was coin- paratively small, owing to smaller crops. Traffic in this trade has made a considerable increase in the past three months, however, and closely approximated the tonnage passing through in December, January and ‘February of the 1932-383 period. A table showing the traffic in the itrade between Europe and the west coast of the United States and Can- ada, by month, for the two 12-month periods, in Panama canal net tonnage follows: 14 of the total net tonnage (Panama canal measurement) in comparison with 13.2 per cent in the preceding 12 months. Of the percentage gains made in five of the major trades in 1933-34 as compared with the pre- ceding 12 months that of the traffic between the east coast of the United States and the Far East was the smallest, being but 5.6 per cent. Traffic over this trade remained fair- ly uniform in the past 24-months, the peak having been reached in Janu- ary 1934, with 334,012 tons. The daily average tonnage in the past six months made a gain of 3.0 per cent over the preceding six months, and an increase of 8.6 per cent in com- parison with the corresponding six months in the preceding 12-month period. A table showing the traffic, in Panama canal net tonnage, in the trade between the east coast of the United States and the Far East, by months, for the 12-month period ended Feb. 28, 1934, in comparison with the same months for the period ended February 28, 1933, follows: Tonnage Tonnage 1933-1934 1932-1933 Marcher mon 267,105 280,836 PRIN Oe oe 231,611 * 262,437 May ie SiGe le oot 285,056 286,685 TUNG se Nee Oe 275,348 220,840 ONES ret arene » 259,901 234,374 BURMAN 242, 869° 235,468 TOUR seein aanen 1,561,885 1,520,640 MARINE REVIEW—May, 1934 September. csssvccaccsisscus 192,647 217,391 OCtoObeE Ba ilies sees cone 263,249 229,515 INOVEMbED eG issccsceess fasdes 218,595 242,549 December cicccccccscscsecsssess 303,067 275,213 PANUBT YS oo futseiaeeaeccss 334,012 269,694 Nebrudry cic 271,321 223,562 POLS cc aestie ieee 1,582,891 1,457,924 Grand: Total 2.4 3,144,776 2,978,564 Europe, West Coast South America Traffic between Europe and the west coast of South America was the fourth largest trade through the Panama canal in the past 12 months. It accounted for 2,447,117 net tons, Panama canal measurement, or 9.3 per cent of the total tonnage through the canal in the period ended Feb. 28, 1934. This compares with 1,784,496 net tons, or 7.9 per cent, of the total tonnage for the period ended Feb. 28, 1933. The increase in this trade in the past 12 months aggregated 662,621 tons, which was 37.1 per cent greater than the net tonnage passing through in the period ended Feb, 28, 1933. The increased move- ment on this route has been due largely to the revival of Chilean ni- ‘trate shipments which had been prac- tically dormant during the larger part of the previous 12-month period. Shipments of this commodity have been particularly heavy during the past six months. Shipments of min- eral oils from Peru have been a factor also in the increased tonnage between Europe and the west coast of South America. In February 1934 the total ton- nage, Panama canal net, operating in this trade was 263,055, the daily ayv- erage of which (9395) was the high- est of any month of the two 12-month periods under discussion. The daily average net tonnage for the past six months in this trade made an increase of 42.2 per cent in comparison with the preceding six months, and 58.7 per cent in comparison with the cor- responding six months in the period ended Feb. 28, 1933. A table showing the traffic in Panama canal net tonnage in the trade between Europe and the west coast of South America, by months for the 12-month period ended Feb. 28, 1934, in comparison with the same months for the period ended Feb. 28, 1933, follows: Europe, West Coast S, A. Tonnage Tonnage 1933-1934 1932-1933 March) kaa ice 205,216 161,931 ADEM iiss eee 153,666 135,859 ELIE er Reo elena ee A 131,586 182,327 UNG: Qi oes 141,285 123,602 DULY! Gide 204,171 152,160 SNURUBG a aac 184,361 129,549 Tote eccag e 1,020,285 885,428 September 148,387 October ......... 172,157 November .... 133,556 December 157,118 DBNUBLY: Sv isicitseiines 239,351 151,788 FGbPUERY Maceo ese 263,055 136,062 Oba ae cee een ee 1,426,832 889,068 Grand Total .............. 2,447,117 1,784,496 Europe and Australasia Traffic between Europe and Aus- tralasia was the fifth largest trade through the Panama canal during the past 12 months. It accounted for