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RUSSIA

—

1896

1897

Imports from

Exports to

Imports from

Exports to

United States. China .... Egypt .... Other countries

Total

65,671 14,543 13,599 53,804

1,606

18

3,790

74,144

47,678 13,771 24,092

46,832

2,707

1,008

5,816

81,499

540,267

667,412

508,516

704,222

Since 1869 the customs duties have been steadily increasing. In that year the duties levied on articles of food amounted to 31 per cent, of the declared value of imports over the European frontier ; in 1894, to 61 per cent. ; duties on goods used for the industries in 1869, 5 per cent. ; in 1894, 24 per cent, of declared value of imports ; on manufactured goods in 1869, 9 per cent. ; in 1894, 32 per cent, of declared value of imports.

The imports from Russia into the United Kingdom, and the exports of British home produce to Russia, according to the Board of Trade Returns, are shown in the subjoined table : —

—

1893

1894 1895

1896

1897

Imports from Russia

into U. K.. Exports to Russia

from U. K..

£ 18,574,565

6,372,236

£ 1 £ 23,598,748 24,736,919

6,884,480 7,004,537

£ 22,667,443

7,185,185

£ 22,284,365

7,513,165

The chief article of import from Russia into the United Kingdom is grain mainly wheat, oats, and barley, as follows : —

—

1893

1894

1895 1896

1897

£ 5,439,052 1,425,765 1,485,083

Wheat Oats. Barley

£ 3,095,501 2,304,088 2,854,088

£ 4,284,862 2,967,999 3,508,840

£ £ 6,048,929 5,187,240 2,763,851 2,405,298 2.634,256 1,999,562

Other articles of import into Great Britain from Russia in the year 1897 were flax and tow, to the value of 1,998,482^. ; wood and timber, 5,013,796^. ; flax seed, 1,137,784Z. ; hemp and tow, 177,442Z. ; wool, 417,646Z. ; petro- leum, 526,994Z. ; butter, 970,264Z. ; sugar, 70,088Z. Minor articles of import into Great Britain are tallow and stearine, bristles, cordage and twine, oil-seed cake, and tar. The principal British exports to Russia in tlie year 1897 were iron, wrought and unwi'ought, of the value of 1,520,885Z. ; lead, 148,440Z. ; cotton stuffs and yarn, 392,288Z. ; woollens, with worsteds and yarn, 464,161Z. ; coal, 921,719Z. ; machinery, 1,766,517^. ; alkali, 68,312Z. ; fish (herring), 195,016Z.

The quantities of wheat imported from Russia into the United Kingdom in five years from both the northern and southern ports of the Empire, were as follows:— 1893, 10,063,614 cwts. ; 1894, 16,822,271 cwts. ; 1895, 23,017,035 cwts. ; 1896, 17,241,600 cwts. ; 1897, 15,049,900 cwts.

For the year 1897 the quantities of cereals exported from Russia to