Statistics New York, Dec. 30.
According to statistics compiled by the New York Cotton Exchange for the week ended December 30, supplies of cotton brought into sight for the season' totalled. 7,192,009 bales; showing an increase of 113,000 bales over last week but a decrease of 3,048,000 from the corresponding week of last year.
Forwerdings to United States mills reached 3,280,000 bales, showing increases over last week and the corresponding week in 1937 pf 89,000 bales und 226009 bales, respectively.
Exports from United States ports since August 1, 1938, totalled 1,987,000 tales, an increase of 62,000 bales, over the previous week but a drop of 1,362,000 bales from the corresponding week of Jast year. These exports included 477,000 bales to Japan; 15,900 bales to China Proper; 900 bales to Manchoukuo & Dairen; 8,200 bales to French Indo-China; 263,000 bales to Great Britain; and, 284.000 bales to Germany.
United States stocks (in ports and interior towns) reached 6,429000 tales, 43,000 bales above last week and 528,000 bales above last year.
The world's visible supply as on December 30 was listed at 917,000 bales, increases of 25,000 bales and 645,000 bales from week and last year, respectively American contributions amounted to 7,752,000 beles.
American cotton forwarded to mills of the world since August 1 (excluding linters) was listed at 5,075,000 bales on December 30, an increase of 164,000 bales over last week but a decrease of 374,000 bales from the corresponding period last year.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.