A short 1914 article on international trade in cotton goods, giving 1913 figures. World trade was about 900 million dollars, of which the United States supplied 55.5 million (about 7 percent) despite growing over two-thirds of the world's raw cotton. It compares the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the US as exporters, and covers the Orient, especially India and China, as the main market. It notes the decline in American sales to China after 1905 and the Department of Commerce's investigations of foreign markets. It closes by noting that the US exports mostly lower-grade goods and imports finished goods such as laces and embroideries.