Exports to—Month of December—12 months ended December—1917191619171916Grand divisions:Europe$323,690,436$349,558,509$4,054,362,029$3,813,278,324North America155,135,81293,285,7971,264,688,666924,553,649South America33,700,64622,787,859312,420,985220,266,818Asia60,465,90142,447,145431,149,591364,959,155Oceania14,591,8769,751,896117,158,921105,572,649Africa6,279,6095,402,57451,464,78454,010,506Total593,864,280523,233,7806,231,244,9765,482,641,101Principal countries:Austria-Hungary............61,771Belgium8,4006,691,02322,628,65930,998,928Denmark134,3634,165,92832,388,86456,329,490France73,564,38158,706,507940,810,070860,821,006Germany....1,142,3533,2752,260,634Greece1,030,4941,431,7028,477,60333,685,689Italy46,162,06637,974,651419,095,473303,530,476Netherlands7,899,93111,345,62490,520,301113,730,162Norway1,668,3384,234,74562,866,85066,209,717Russia in Europe816,46223,097,932314,639,528309,806,581Spain10,159,9886,577,52192,409,32064,316,888Sweden503,3645,900,30920,900,85447,967,590United Kingdom177,433,009185,209,4302,001,031,1041,887,380,665Canada101,767,25560,939,523829,972,331604,908,190Central America4,861,1294,008,65852,206,46646,531,841Mexico15,485,4084,415,374111,111,54154,270,283Cuba24,652,16618,846,295196,350,315164,666,037Argentina11,553,9457,192,128107,641,90576,874,258Brazil6,566,0305,210,98766,207,97047,669,050Chile7,586,8663,919,89957,483,99633,392,887China6,366,8983,645,53840,208,61231,516,140British East Indies7,290,0603,775,09142,746,74930,799,916Japan40,199,20114,821,946186,347,941109,156,490Russia in Asia525,67516,540,391109,169,243160,701,673Australia and New Zealand6,474,7557,351,50376,909,22581,305,968Philippine Islands7,804,3162,268,85338,148,72622,775,491British Africa5,215,4492,508,29439,023,44332,448,177