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 COMMERCE

601

Countries

1896

1897

Imports from

Exports to

Imports from

Exports to

1,000 Marks

1,000 Marks

1,000 Marks

1,000 Marks

Balkan Peninsula (includ-

ing Greece, Montenegro,

and Turkey in Asia)

114,830

72,702

103,342

78,551

Portugal ....

15.226

13,412

17,285

14,081

British India ,

171,163

49,179

204,617

47,278

Rest of Asia

132,324

99,123

147,514

90,902

Africa (except Algeria)

88,588

57,457

88,341

60,445

North and Central America

640,142

424,766

710,739

439,353

South America and West

Indies ....

369,416

182,307

369,359

153,728

Australia ....

104,464

30,044

87,044

32,594

Other countries Total

2,498

1,574

2,349

830

4,557,951

3,753,822

4,864,644

3,786,241

The following table shows the amount of the commercial intercourse between Germany and the United Kingdom in five according to the Board of Trade Returns

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

Imports from

£

£

£

£

£

Germany into

U.K..

26,364,849

26,874,470

26,992,559

27,585,236

26,189,469

Exports of Brit-

ish produce to

Germany

17,703,185

17,801,169

20,586,310

22,244,405

21,602,426

Including foreign and colonial produce, the total exports from the

United Kingdom to Germany in 1897 amounted to 32,012,595/.

The following tables give the declared value of the principal articles imported into the United Kingdom from, and exported from the United King- dom to Germany in five years : —

Staple Imports into U.K. from Germany

1893

1894

1895

1806

1807 1

£

£

£

£

£

Cereals and flour

605,863

934,092

993,452

828,359

755,939

Sugar and glucose.

10,562,655

9,723,748

9,393,890

9,323,662

8,085,463

Butter and margarine

863,262

756,639

618,962

589,146

300,942

Eggs

618,631

937,087

916,821

782,121

813,022

Wood.

995,191

992,839

1,005,277

1,1 93,. 530

1,369,040

Zinc (including ore).

456,327

370,091

424,996

4 80, .578

379,798i

Woollen manufactures

741,776

907,569

1,016,694

1,252,225

l,126,336i

Cottons and yarn.

583,002

768,516

824,194

868,199

755,997