923, valued at
$779,989, to 164,041 dozen in 1924, valued at $1,179,929, a gain of
approximately 75 per cent in quantity and 50 per cent in value.

TABLE 3.--_Imports for consumption of men's sewed straw hats[1] from
Italy, England, Germany, and other countries, by months, calendar years
1923 and 1924_

(Source: Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States)

-------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+------------
| Italy | England | Germany | Other | Total
| | | | countries|
| | | | [2] |
+----------+----------+----------+----------+------------
Month | 1923 | 1923 | 1923 | 1923 | 1923
-------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+------------
| _Number_ | _Number_ | _Number_ | _Number_ | _Number_
January | 51,225 | 9,734 | 2,460 | 26,606 | 90,025
February | 53,644 | 9,235 | 8 | 4,756 | 67,643
March | 54,102 | 55,920 | 7,420 | 51,305 | 168,747
April | 66,552 | 46,222 | 1,931 | 84,684 | 199,389
May | 78,602 | 68,989 | 80 | 31,888 | 179,559
June | 38,658 | 42,776 | 1,960 | 4,414 | 87,808
July | 23,049 | 6,717 | 848 | 11,685 | 42,299
August | 1,796 | 1,250 | 1,504 | 1,041 | 5,591
September | 120 | 960 | 1,272 | 102 | 2,474
October | 53,129 | 396 | 3,411 | 331 | 57,267
November | 77,962 | 2,718 | 8,929 | 7,524 | 97,133
December | 78,372 | 1,647 | 21,334 | 20,415 | 121,768
+----------+----------+----------+----------+------------
Total number | 577,211 | 246,584 | 51,157 | 244,751 | 1,119,703
Dozen | 48,101 | 20,549 | 4,263 | 20,396 | 93,309
+==========+==========+==========+==========+============
| | | | |
Total Value | $289,215 | $256,769 | $32,503 | $201,502 | $779,989
| | | | |
Average | | | | |
value per | | | | |
dozen | $6.01 | $12.50 | $7.62 | $9.88 | $8