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 This table eloquently describes the nature of the advance of German economic interests in Turkey. It does not, however, tell the whole story. Was this advance the result of a general increase of prosperity in the Ottoman Empire in which the Germans shared in common with other traders? Or was the increase in German trade out of proportion to the progress of other nationals—perhaps at the expense of the French and British? The following tables will help answer these questions:[29]

1900  118,760,000     86,220,000     22,520,000     35,220,000 1901   122,000,000                    26,120,000     31,540,000 1902   130,520,000     83,040,000     28,980,000     35,580,000 1903   127,400,000     81,200,000     38,120,000     39,900,000 1904   122,760,000     73,120,000     31,300,000     39,120,000 1905   118,960,000     80,780,000     42,240,000     37,640,000 1906   129,440,000     91,600,000     45,100,000     39,300,000 1907   136,600,000     95,320,000     50,480,000     34,640,000 1908   109,220,000     70,760,000     44,580,000     34,360,000 1909   109,320,000     79,000,000     59,080,000     36,600,000 1910   100,660,000     77,000,000     48,000,000     43,340,000

1900  102,920,000     29,800,000     29,720,000     53,440,000 1901   128,220,000     37,880,000     43,800,000     57,100,000 1902   123,980,000     37,200,000     40,400,000     61,380,000 1903   114,020,000     36,640,000     45,360,000     65,120,000 1904   151,960,000     40,880,000     53,280,000     77,600,000 1905   139,300,000     42,420,000     57,200,000     76,660,000 1906   167,040,000     47,300,000     70,900,000     92,620,000 1907   147,380,000     46,380,000     63,040,000     89,920,000 1908   145,260,000     51,600,000     58,700,000     69,240,000 1909   156,280,000     54,600,000     67,740,000     77,040,000 1910   177,160,000     58,400,000     94,000,000    107,300,000