Water-borne foreign commerce of Charleston, S.C., by origin and destination of principal commodities, calendar year 1933 [Cargo tons of 2,240 pounds] IMPORTS Jute.. Water-borne foreign commerce of Charleston, S.C., by origin and destination of principal commodities, calendar year 1933-Continued [Cargo tons of 2,240 pounds] EXPORTS-Continued Rice. M Vegetables and products, n.e.s. Animals, fish, and dairy prod Naval stores. Tobacco and manufactures. Cotton.. Cotton manufactures. Coal and coke. Nonmetallic minerals and Iron and steel manufactures... Machinery Logs and lumber. Miscellaneous.. INTERCOASTAL TRAFFIC The intercoastal traffic of Charleston with the Pacific coast amounted to 75,837 tons for the calendar year 1933, of which 61,605 tons were inbound and 14,232 tons were outbound. California was the point of origin for the bulk of the inbound traffic, with a total movement of 39,632 tons, of which 23,478 tons originated at the port of Los Angeles and 16,154 tons at the port of San Francisco. The more important items from these ports included petroleum products, canned fruits, wheat flour, vegetables and vegetable products, raw cotton, fertilizers, and dried fruits. Receipts from the State of Washington ranked second in point of tonnage with a total movement of 16,281 tons which originated at 7 ports located on Puget Sound and the Columbia River. Receipts from Seattle and Tacoma accounted for the principal movements with respective shipments of 9,416 tons and 3,387 tons. Everett and Longview ranked next in importance with shipments totaling 1,709 tons and 1,035 tons for the year, with lesser amounts from Olympia, Bellingham, and Port Angeles. The principal commodities originating at Washington ports were wheat flour, logs and lumber, and canned salmon. Portland and Astoria were the ports of origin for the entire inbound movement from Oregon of 5,692 tons. Receipts of wheat flour accounted for the major part of the total movement from these ports. The outbound traffic from Charleston was destined to six Pacific coast ports. The principal trade was with California ports, with shipments to Washington and Oregon ports ranking next in tonnage. Shipments to California ports totaled 11,552 cargo tons, of which 6,078 tons went to San Francisco, 5,047 tons to Los Angeles, and 427 tons to San Diego. Shipments of cotton manufactures were the most important movements to San Francisco and Los Angeles, while shipments of iron, steel, and manufactures thereof accounted for the major portion of the movement to San Diego and ranked as the second most important commodity moving to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Seattle and Tacoma were the ports of destination for the entire movement to the Puget Sound area, with dairy products as the most important commodity to each port. The total outbound movement to Oregon amounted to 1,024 tons and was shipped to Portland. 75549°-35-8 |