Excerpt from Summary and Evaluation of the Philippines: Long-Term Projection of Supply and Demand for Selected Agricultural Products; With Implication for Us Exports Imports from the United States and other foreign sources accounted for a significant volume of all eight selected commodities and their products during the 1955 - 61 period. Nevertheless, no imports of milled rice, shelled corn, wheat flour, and tobacco are projected for either 1965 or 1975 (tables 4 and By 1965, imports of wheat flour are projected to shift completely to wheat grain. By 1975, imports of meat and meat products are projected to shift al most completely from processed and canned meats to livestock for slaughter and fresh and frozen meats. Cotton imports will shift from cotton products to raw cotton. The above brings into focus some major implications for U. S. Agricultural exports. By 1975, Philippine imports of the selected agricultural commodities from the United States are expected to experience a net increase of over million from the 1955-57 average. This includes import gains of approximately million for raw cotton, million for milk and dairy products, million for wheat, and million for tallow. Offsetting these gains were losses of nearly $6 million for leaf tobacco (not including cigarettes), over $3 million for meat and meat products, million for shelled corn, and million for milled rice. A loss is also expected (if million for cotton textiles and million for tobacco products (cigarettes only). 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.