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THE BEITISH EJVlPlRE :— UNITED KINGDOM
Exports of coal, coke, and patent fuel in 1911, from United Kingdom to countries named : —
Countries
Weight
I
Value
Countries
Weight
Value
Tons
£
Tons
£
France . .
10,448,537
5,(536,762
Denmark, &c..
3,006,528
1,540,237
Italy . . .
0,514,935
5,638,428
Holland . .
2,140,509
1,054,127
Germany .
8,980,041
4,180,725
Brazil . . .
1,905,101
1,442,316
Sweden . .
4,010,686
2,091,389
Norway . . .
2,097,009
1,015,286
Spain&Canaries
3,332,142
2,127,808
Portuoal, &c. .
1,108,454
694,170
Argentina
3,819,394
2,456,104
Belgium . .
1,751,679
754,425
Egypt . . .
3,169,735
2,008,082
Algeria . . .
1,229,430
695,023
Russia . .
3,522,070 1
1
1,954,102
Aust. -Hungary
1,031,711
542,068
Export from the principal ports 1911 : —
Ports
Tons
Value
Ports
Tons
2,564,869
Value.
Cardiff . .
16,785,014
£ 11,887,338
Methil ...
£ 1,102,038
Tyne Ports
12,852.381
6,147,485
Burntisland .
1,781,275
853,221
Newport .
4,456,254
3,068,708
Glasgow . .
2,046,861
1,032,696
Swansea .
3,619,680
2,474,984
Port Talbot .
1,660,299
1,042.852
Blyth . .
3,706,180
1,681,938
Grimsby . .
1,662,125
951,295
Sunderland
1 2,880,033
1,416,217
Grangemouth .
1,505,467
788,468
Hull . .
1 3,387,777
1,820,653
Leith . . .
. 1,602,949
652,221
Iron ore produced in and imported into the United Kingdom : —
Year
Iron ore
produced
Iron ore
imported
Weight
! Value
1
Weight
Value
Tons
1 £
Tons
£
1907
15,731,604
4,433,418
7,64]. 934
7,276,301
1908
15,031,025
3,724.165
6,057,510
4,910,677
1909
14,804,382
3,678,802
6,328,623
4,986,360
1910
15,226,015
4,022,269
7,020,799
6,056,883
1911
15,519,424
4,035,893
6,346,599
5,645,588
The exports of British iron ore are insignificant. Of the ore imported in 1911, 3,945,605 tons, valued at 3,489,260Z., came from Spain. Including 637,441 tons of 'purple ore,' the net quantity of iron ore available for the
furnaces of Great Britain in 1911 was 22,496,727 tons.