Excerpt from Supplement to Commerce Reports: Daily Consular and Trade Reports Issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C.; December 31, 1917 Although the main items of import and export remain the same, there is in others constant change. The introduction of the auto mobile accounts for several large new items in cars, gasoline, lubri cating oil. Rubber tires, and varnishes, and the establishment of electric-lighting plants all over the country and the erection of soap, candle. Cement, and paper factories bring about the importation. Of supplies and materials not previously in demand. Requirements of Consular Invoices - Direct Trading Increases. Exports to Venezuela. Must be made on consular invoice in the Spanish language. And the designation of the goods must be the same as in the tariff law. Fines are imposed for errors in consular in voices, whether intentional or not, and the utmost care should be exercised in making them out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.