COMMERCE

881

The special commerce by countries of the " Deutsches Zollgebiet" (siuce March 1, 1906, "Deutsches Wirtschaftsgebiet ") was mainly distributed as follows in 1910 and 1911 :—

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Imports

Imports

Exports

Exports

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(1910)

(1911)

(1910)

(1911)

1,000 Marks

1,000 Marks

1,000 Marks

1,000 Marks

Belgium . ...

325,582 '

340,014

390,688

412,686

Denmark

158,103 i

180,249

224,676

217,985

France ....

508,819 1

524,414

543,413

598,553

Greece ....

21,291 1

23,673

15,094

17,838

Great Britain

766,573 j

808,812

1,102,008

1,139,676

Italy . . . .

274,539 !

284,785

323,519

347,957

Netherlands

258,468

297,740

498,713

532,065

Norway-

49,665- '

54,101

119,912

124,344

Austria Hungary

759,185

739,087

821,590

917,764

Portugal

21,750

25,477

33,052

40,161

Rumania

68,883

107,745

65,706

91,352

Russia in Europe

1,322,342

1,562,761

537,295

612,355

,, in Asia

64,206

71,487

9,769

13,035

Finland

26,160

34,636

73,852

75,398

Sweden

163,805

182,995

190,520

191,627

Switzerland .

173,889

179,633

452,640

482,384

Spain .

140,180

164,076

71,649

88,445

Turkish Empire .

67,452

70,092

104,871

112,883

Egypt .

93,623

99,535

34,151

42,343-

British W. Africa

108,345

106,703

15,180

13,674

,, S. Africa

59,383

55,901

53,975

47,519

Algeria

20,544

25,854

3,550

4,109

British India

404,043

440,295

89,792

99,484

,, Malacca, &c.

45,649

27,442

10,218

11,777

China .

94,667

103,344

66,475

71,776

Japan .

36,805

37,573

89,341

112,586

Netherlands India

187,511

184,372

49,807

61,136

Argentina .

357,234

369,916

240,166

255,875

Bolivia .

29,608

36,571

7,382

9,509

Brazil .

278,928

320,003

121,724

152,038

Chili .

154,594

158,351

64,786

85,394

Cuba .

8,568

9,712

22,326

26,134

Guatemala .

18,976

27,202

2,939

3,571

Mexico .

23,703

31,025

46,934

45,110

Uruguay

28,565

35,406

28,357

32,905

United States

1.187,613

1,343,387

632,741

639,783

Canada

10,636

23,956

36,587

42,870

Australia

267,856

248,243

63,294

79,731

The following table shoAvs tlie amount of the commercial intercourse between Germany and the United Kingdom in five years, according to the Board of Trade Returns : —

Imports from Germany into U.K. .

Exports of Brit- ish produce to Germany

1908

38,030,642 33,397,643

1909

57,784,655 32,256,062 37,020,568

1911

1912

65,280,739 70,074,000 39,283,683 40,377,000

Including foreign and colonial produce, the total exports from the United Kingdom to Germany in 1911 amounted to 57,418,736/.

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