COMMERCE

1335

Commerce.

Imports and exports for five years : —

Year

Merchandise

Specie

Imports

Exports { £E

Imports

£E

Exports

£E

£E

1908

25.100,397

21,315,673

4,205,083

4,671,206

1909

22,230,499

26,076,239

7,010,195

6,457,588

1910

23,552,826

28,944,461

12,964,245

7,046,151

1911

27,227,118

28,598,991

7,242,496

7,132,059

1912

25,907,759

34,574,321

11,546,439

7,476,2S2

Commerce by principal countries :-

Great Britain British Colonies

Mediterranean British Colonies

Extreme East Germany . United States Austria-Hungar; Belgium

China & Extreme France Greece Italy . Morocco Persia Russia Turkey

in

the nthe

East

Imports from

Exports to

1911

£B

8,557,296

257,110

1,095,051 1,500,745

321,960 1,988,808

959,863

607,795 2,780,301

489,999

1,461,600

54,543

50,526

850,811 2,808,864

1912

1911

£B 7,990,658

253,382

1,314,361 1,421,180

403,525 1,679,831 1,102,711

391,697 2,411,425

548,196

1,242,729

22,654

56,953

764,515 2,759,883

£E 13,958,058

10,346

111,744

3,117,564

2,071,161

1,443,384

56,770

398,019

2,311,869

23,288

814,064

681

5,429

1,789,236

548,737

1912

£E

16,022,818

13,630

122,704

3,885,937

4,120,895

1,431,167

96,934

640,330

2,706,975

30,195

948,889

843

9,335

2,056,302

627,556

Value of the l eading exports and imports during three years : —

I Exports

Merchandise

Animals & animal food products

Skins and leather goods .

Other animal pro- ducts .

Cereals, vegetables

Provisions & drugs

Spirits, oils, (fee. .

Rags, paper, books

Wood & coal, cane work, (fee. .

Stone, lime, glass.

Colouring materials

Chemical products

Textiles,J

Metals and manuf.

Sundries

Tobacco^

Total .

Imports

1910

1911

1912

£E 1,123,150

£E 1,078,861

393,549 , 433,780

68,937 2,739,935

945,335 1,161,130

389,625

2,834,247

617,562

256,020

976,045

6,625,959

2,384,398

1,881,863

1,155,071

76,343

3,238,264

1.303.631

1,177,516

418,409

2,973,207 690,401 277,895 1,180,660 8,209,123 2,977,354 2,001,021 1,190,653

£E 1,105,526

1910

£E 161,.352

1911

1912

388,900 237,552

73,088

3,066,409

1,231,047

1,272,320

433,549

3,061,815 640,249 280,675 1,372,181 6,907,973 2,921,896 1,937,608 1,214,523

23,552,826 i 27,227,118 25,907,759

56,594

3,222,597

194,707

28,273

24,296

14,197

2,577

27,596

43,422

24,375,825

54,332

122,013

379,128

28,944,461

£E

147,282

178,773

63,060

4,133,400

251,236

25,090

19,041

15,822

2,255

25,180

47,240

23,103,095

75,159

105,235

407,123

28,598,991

£E 217,587

182,928

66,485

5,346,837

254,847

36,359

23,308

19,325

2,731

23,510

88,431

27,696,007

98,041

95,259

422,666

34,574,321

1 The cotton tissues imported amounted in 1910. to £E3,403,518 ; in 1911, to £E4,125,05( ; in 1912,to£E3,500,212. The quantity of raw cotton exported was, in 1910, 6,009,406 cantars, valued at £E24,241,712 ; in 1911, 6,638,210 cantars, valued at £E22,988,211 ' '- 8,306,948 cantars, valued at jeE27,529,277. 2 Cigarettes.

in 1912,