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CHILE

Commerce.

Imports and exports (including re-exports) (special trade, including bullion and specie) : —

-

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

Imports. . Exports. .

£ 11,490,866 24,560,936

£

16,689,062 38,518,855

£ 25,920,603 51,997,099

£ 32,705,554 57,271,688

£

33,443,683 26,414,762

The following table shows in gold pesos the principal imports and exports for 1918 and 1919 (1 peso = 18rf.) :—

Imports

Exports

1918

1919

1918

1919

Pesos 19,791,282 2,257,593 5,022,705 22,158,199 35,428,683 123,199,523 39,444,531 38,343,741 38,147,479

Products of mining ,, „ forestry ,, ,, live stock. ,, ,, agriculture

Textiles .... Cliemical products

Pesos 25,668,534 3,942,370 12,600,315 20,501,859 34,140,771 127,112,347 38,931,453 38,063,811 32,578,142

Pesos

644.319,829

1,924,765

43,758,054

32.535,996

34,103,835

651,312

1,820,758

2,305

14,729

Pesos

184,100,124

4,021,869

37,233,982

41,881,432

23,431,411

144.301

1,621,688

1,506

In 19!8 the imports of gold and silver currency amounted to 41,037,360 pesos, and in 1919 to 13,373,791 pesos. The exports of gold and silver currency amounted in 1918 to 425,671 pesos, and in 1919 to 1,856,342 pesos.

Foreign trade of Chile (in gold pesos each equal to I8d. ) : —

Imports from

1918

1919

Exports to

1918

1919

Great Britain.

81,445,588

77,871,985

Great Britain.

182,124,854

71,100,159

Germany.

29,502

699,788

Germany.

—

103,640

United States.

203,451,891

191,854,560

United States.

488,994,749

130,473,499

France

13,800,859

17,197,599

1 France

4,241,265

15,774,699

Belgium

9,866

24,783

Netherlands

—

9.291,577

Peru.

31,748,068

32,295,859

Spain.

2,113, . V." 1

8,666,416

Australia.

3,681, 90S

10,655,318

Argentina.

26,345,476

13,711,097

Argentina.

30,977,633

131,988

Peru.

18,170,322

14,295,896

India.

18.70S.54S

25,158,233

Italy.

1,301,172

2,914,643

Italy.

3,506,844

3,570,333

Customs revenue in 1919, 390,923,914 gold pesos, being 295,820,155 pesos imports, 95,103,759 pesos exports.

The chief imports into, and domestic exports from the United Kingdom (Board of Trade Returns) from and to Chile in two years, were as follows (but of the metal imports here given large quantities are really from Bolivia) • —

Imports

1918

1919

£

Exports

1918

1919

£

£



Nitrates. ..

6.000

618,410

Cottons. ..

2,261,189

1,185,654

Oopp.T. ..

478,246

824,024

Woollens. ..

1,433,880

618,294

Copper ore. .

28,508

32,800

Ironwork. ..

242,322

400,517

Tin ..re. ..

1,268,401

805,991

Coal ....

10"<,133

81,980

Wool ....

175,363

s:s7,487

Machinery. .

140,016

228,573

Oats ....

81,760

673,925

Apparel. ..

91,893

98,482