998

ITALY

Exports (1911)

Lire

Exports (1911)

Lire

Hair (natural and i)re-

Poultry ....

12,816,990

pared) ....

13,450,810

1 Fresh vegetables and

Automobiles .

29,127,87'.

herbs ....

14,993,082

Prepared fruits, vege-

1 Objects of art .

12,421,517

tables, and herbs

27,027,110

Boilers and niacliineiy .

17,053,565

Straw hats

25,001,410

Woollen manufactures .

12,884,770

Works in marble and

Rough marble

12,783,834

alabaster

19,481,771

Scientific and electrical

Ores ....

21,401,721

instruments .

14,104,805

llice (cleaned)

22,190,465

Butter and margarine .

10,860,975

Worked coral .

29,977,250

Tartrate acid and dregs

Tomato conserve .

22,220,990

of wine

12,467,664

Special trade (excluding the precious metals) wit]\ the leading countries

Imports from

Imports from

Exports to

Ex])oits to

(1909)

(1910)

i (1909)

(19 JO)

1,000 lire

1,000 lire

1 1,000 lire

1,000 lire

France ....

329,106

333,957

198,717

218,296

United Kingdom .

490,643

476,269

167,929

210,356

Austria-Hungary .

309,303

289,746

155,087

164,581

Germany.

503,464

524,634

1 307,202

293,139

Russia ....

265,001

50,649

Switzerland .

80,498

88,916

' 216,753

216,396

United States .

390,193

362,96,S

272,364

263,816

Turkey in Europe, Crete,

Montenegro, Servia,

Rumania and Bulgaria

119,016

140,665

72,506

91,992

Belgium ....

73,345

84,809

.38,781

51,458

Argentine Republic

120,901

97,976

i 150,849

151,461

British Possessions in

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Asia (excluding Aden)

110,604

172,102

' 24,954

46,250

Egypt ....

22,116

35,139

40,409

44,783

Spain and Gibraltar

32,9()5

30,620

11,119

12,340

Brazil ....

24,335

42,456

16,701

31,335

China . . . '.

60,575

60,869

i 3,986

1,877

Japan ....

25,030

28.373

i 1,163

2,4S9

For t)ie determination of Custoiiis' values, &c., in Italy there is a permanent central commission, comprising official members, representatives of commercial corporations, <tc. The values recorded are those of the goods at the frontier, exclusive of import or export duties. For imports and exports the parties interested declare the vahie of the goods, their quantity, and the country of origin or destination. For import s there is recorded the gross weight in the case of goods subject to a duty of 20 francs per qiuntal (8.?. I^d. per cwt.) or less; the net legal weight (i.e. with deduction of an oflicial tai'e) in the case of goods subject to duty of 20 or 40 francs per quintal (8s. Ihd. to 16«, 3d. per cwt.); the actual net weight in the case of goods taxed at over 40 francs per quintal (16s. 3d. j'or cwt.) For exports the gross weight is usually given. Inaccurate declarations are punishable by fine if the inaccuracies are prejudicial to the Treasury.

The trade of Italy is regarded either as general or special. The general trade compre- hends all imports from abroad, %vhether intemled for consumjition within the kingdom or merely for transit, and all exports to foreign countries, whether national, nationalised or only issuing after transit. The special trade is restricted to imjiorts for consumj)tion and exports of national or nationalised merchandise. National mercliandise consists of the produce and manufactures of the kingdom, while foreign imports on which the duties have been paid at the frontier are said to be nationalised. Transit trade denotes merchandise merely passing through the kingdom whether directly or after having been temporarily warehoused.

The treaty of 1883 j'rovides for "the most favoured nation" treatment in matters of commerce and navigation between Italy and the United Kingdom, and Italy is a party to

the International Sugar Convention.