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BRAZIL.

Trade and Commerce.

The total value of the imports and exports of Brazil in the five years 186-4-18G8, ending June, was as follows : —

Years, ending June

Imports

Exports

£

£

1863-64

12,568,508

13,115,108

1S64-65

13,174,634

14,108,345

1865-66

13,776,684

15,708,756

1866-67

14,348,374

15,625,862

1867-68

13,825,894

18,175,138

The value of the imports in the years 18G7-68 was 3^ per cent, less than in the preceding year, but 8^ per cent, higher than the average of the five preceding years.

The value of the exports of the year 18G7-G8 was 1G^- j:>er cent, higher than the preceding year, and 28^- per cent higher than the average of the five preceding years.

The imports into Brazil in the year ending June 30, 18G7, the last reported on in detail, came from the following countries: —

Great Britain and British possessions

France and French possessions

River Plate ....

Portugal and Portuguese possessions

Germany

United States .

Ports of the Empire .

Belgium ....

Austria ....

Spain and Spanish possessions

Chili ....

Italy ....

Sweden and Norway

Africa ....

Denmark

Mediterranean

China ....

Pussia ....

Netherlands .

Fisheries

Peru ....

Ports not specified .

Total

202

232

558

434

430

135

133

91

80

53

46

22

3,074

691 320 571 045 051 063 473 386 027 593 ,702 ,879 219 177 413 974 340 228 302 138 68 714

14,348,374