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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — CANADA

On April 9, 1912, a trade agreement providing for preference treatment between the two parties was signed between Canada and the West Indies, to last for 10 years and to come into operation on January 1, 1913. Canada brought the Act into force on June 2, 1913. A new agreement, providing for an extension of the preference, was signed at Ottawa on June 18, 1920, and up to November 1, 1920, had been ratified by the Windward Islands, the Bahamas, and British Honduras.

Exports and imports, entered for home consumption in the Dominion (4'86f dollars = £1):—

Tear ended March 31

Total Exports

Total Imports

Imports for Home Consumption

1913-14(pre-war)

1915-16

1916-17

1917-18

1918-19

1919-20 (6)

Dollars

478,997,928 882,872,502 1,375,758,148 1,586,169,792 1,268,705,285 1,286,65S,709

Dollars

650,746,797 564,505,796

(a)

(«)

(a)

(a)

Dollars 633,692,449 542,077,361 873,437,426 962,543,740 916,429,335 1,064,516,169

(a) No longer published. Commerce by countries :-

(6) Provisional.

Exports, 1 Domestic and Foreign, to

1918-19 1,000 Dols"

1919-203 l|000 Dols

Imports' entered for Consumption.

1918-19

1919-20 : i

1,000 Dols.

1,000 Dols

Great Britain

560,839

495,962 1

United States

746,921

801,633

United States.

477,690

501,128

Great Britain

73,035

126,269

Holland

199

5,790

France.

3,633

10,604

W. Indies and

11,703

12,243

British East India*

15,223

16,236

Bermuda

West Indies 2.

8,438

12,093

Belgium

950

28,599

Belgium

6

911

Newfoundland.

11,914

16,941

Switzerland.

1,781

7,758

Australia.

14,173

11,539

British Guiana

6,747

7,413

South America.

12,315

11,339

Holland

495

2,222

British Africa.

12,250

9,832

Japan.

13,618

13,636

France

102,361

01,826

China.

1,954

1,202

New Zealand

6,353

7,010

Argentina. .

1,139

3,385

Italv ....

14,031 6,390

16,969 1,499

San Domingo Peru

4,729

10,675

Russia

2,581

5,072

Japan

12,395

7,890

1 Exclusive of coin and bullion. 2 Comprises British, Danish, and Dutch West Indies, s Provisional figures. Leading imports into Canada in Fiscal year 1918-19 : —

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Imports for Consumption under

General Preferen- Treaty Tariff tial Tariff Hates

Wool, raw.

Wool, manufactures of

Cotton manuf.

Cotton wool or raw cotton

not dyed. Silk, and manuf. . Iron, Steel, and niknuf. Coal and Coke Breadstufl's. Tea

Sugar, Molasses, Ac. Provisions. . Fruits and nuts. Timber and lumber Animals, living. FlftX, hemp, jut* and manuf.

Dollars

2,094 7,095,521 23,206,774

12,864,279 133,035,849

44,409,642 9,137, 7;t7 2,710,774

23,727,181 6,469,795

16,786,744

30,693

473,367

8,763,178

Dollars Dollars

18,276,282 13,637,076

633,660

1,958,021

1,565

867,8(8

10,520,609

1,068,151

142, 248

1,167 7,606,951

Free

1,853

17.959

29,625

Dollars 9,3*6,408

5,684,832 3,026,972

34,008,824

1,601,881

16,946,8*8

34,877,790

17,927,603

1,082,947

8,867,996

1,160,666

10,280,694

1,172,658

Total