Price and Quantity Indexes and Values for U.S. Exports and Imports, 1879-1923 The attached data are price and quantity indexes and values for U.S. international trade, 1879 to 1923, from Robert E. Lipsey, Price and Quantity Trends in the Foreign Trade of the United States, Princeton University Press, 1963. The aggregate indexes and some product breakdowns are shown in the original volume and in U.S. Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to1970, Washington, D.C., 1975. What are presented here are more disaggregated data from the same original source. The data are in three sets, at different levels of commodity detail. The A tables refer to major commodity classes, 22 for exports and 23 for imports. The B tables present data for intermediate classes, 47 for exports and 50 for imports, and the C tables present data for minor classes, 77 in exports and 90 in imports. The price and quantity indexes are presented with 1913 = 100. A concordance is provided, matching the minor classes approximately to the SITC Revision 2. The A tables are as follows: A14 Annual Fisher export price indexes A15 Annual Fisher import price indexes A16 Annual Fisher export quantity indexes A17 Annual Fisher import quantity indexes A18 Annual export values ($ million) A19 Annual import values ($million) A20 Annual Paasche export price indexes A21 Annual Paasche import price indexes A22 Annual Laspeyres export price indexes A23 Annual Laspeyres import price indexes A24 Quarterly Fisher export price indexes A25 Quarterly Fisher import price indexes A26 Quarterly Fisher export quantity indexes A27 Quarterly Fisher import quantity indexes A28 Quarterly export values ($ millions) A29 Quarterly import values ($ millions) A30 Composition of major export and import classes The B tables are as follows: B1 Annual Fisher export price indexes B2 Annual Fisher import price indexes B3 Annual Fisher export quantity indexes B4 Annual Fisher import quantity indexes B5 Annual export values ($ million) B6 Annual import values ($ million) B7 Composition of intermediate export classes B8 Composition of intermediate import classes The C tables are as follows: C1 Annual Fisher export price indexes C2 Annual Fisher import price indexes C3 Annual Fisher export quantity indexes C4 Annual Fisher import quantity indexes C5 Annual export values ($ million) C6 Annual import values ($ million) Concordance Mexp&sitcr2 Minor export class and SITC Rev. 2 Mimp&sitcr2 Minor import class and SITC Rev. 2