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VENEZUELA
Imports Exports
1907
1908
£
2,154,330 3,251,310
£ 2,033,995 3,028,650
1909
£
2,004,039 3,289,106
19]«0
£
2,567,368 3,719,911
1911
£
3,774,665 4,654,996
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The import duties in 1911 amounted to 21,751,301 bolivars (25 bolivars = 11.).
During the iirst six months of 1912, the imports amounted to 2,148,229Z. and the exports to 2, 840, 427 Z.
Principal domestic exports in 1910 and 1911 were : —
Coffee Cocoa Balata & rubber
1910
Bolivars 41,713,856 17,521,937 15,781,563
1911
Bolivars 59,016,625 18,569,956 15,357,391
1910
1911
Hides Cattle Gold
Bolivars
7,081,817 1,004.353 1,604,552
Bolivars
8,605,031 1,081,046 3,337,886
Other exports were pearls, dividivi, asphalt, box-wood, and heron-feathers. The distribution of the commerce in 1910 and 1911 was mainly as follows : —
United Kingdom and Colonies United States ....
Germany
Holland and Colonies .
Spain
France
Italy
Cuba
1910
Imports
Bolivai's
19,284,711
19,636,528
10,566,526
4,739,407
2,785,633
5,175,580
1,725,867
8,457
Exports
Bolivars
10,979,049
32,687,779
11,987,339
3,420,168
3,743,514
29,149,456
149,285
77,332
1911
Imports
Bolivars
27,888,018
27,045,443
16,559,302
6,927,691
3,452,593
9,624,685
3,094,971
13,267
Exports
Bolivars
10,714,031
36,725,090
22,120,204
5,510,857
6,778,935
31,928,351
738,368
795,359
Total trade between Venezuela and the United Kingdom (in thousands of pounds) for 5 years : —
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
Imports from Venezuela to U. Kingdom Exports to Venezuela from U. Kingdom
£
247 762
£
204 700
£
373 494
£ 588 805
£
712 1,096
Shipping and Communications.
The number of vessels which entered ports of Venezuela in 1911 was 1,584 of an aggregate tonnage of 1,340.207 tons (British vessels, 132 of 242,325 tons). Of the total entered, those at La Guaira numbered 302 of 530,930 tons. The ports of the "Republic are visited regularly by the vessels of American, British, Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
steamship companies. Foreign vessels are not permitted to engage in the