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knowledge available in the Statistical Office, and by the price-list and market reports of the day. For exports, the value at the port of shipment (including the charges of delivering the goods on board) is taken. Imports are now entered as from the country whence the goods were consigned to the United Kingdom. Prior to 1904, only the countries whence the goods were last shipped were recorded. Since then, both countries of shipment and countries of consignment have been recorded Thus, countries with no seaboard (e.g. Switzerland and Bolivia) used not to appear in the returns, and much of the imported produce of Central Europe was entered as from Holland and Belgium. These and other countries are, however, now credited with all the imports consigned from them, whether coming direct to the United Kingdom or via other countries.

Exports are now credited to the country of ultimate destination as declared by the exporters, but prior to 1904, only the countries to which the goods were shipped were recorded.

Of the total imports from foreign countries and colonies in 1911, 90*9 per cent, were direct into England and Wales, 6*9 into Scotland, and 2*2 into Ireland ; of the total exports, 91*2 per cent, were direct from England and Wales, 8*5 from Scotland, and 0*3 from Ireland.

The total estimated value of the imports and exports of Ireland (including the trade with Great Britain) is given by the Irish Department of Agricul- ture and Technical Instruction, as follows : —

I

Imports Exports

1907

1908

Thous. £ Thous. £ 62,119 i 59,261 59, 1(50 i 57,415

1909

Thous. £ 64,242 61,0 i4

1910

Thous. £

65,480 65,987

1911

Thous, £ 60,733 65,208

Trade of the United Kingdom according to countries (figures for 1912 are provisional) : —

Value of Merchandise

Exports of Merchandise consigned to Countries in first column

Consigned from

Countries in first

column

Countries

British Produce,

Foreign and Colonial Produce.

1

1911

1912

1911

1912

1911

1912

r

Thous, £

Thous. £

Thous, £

Thous, £

Thous. £

Thous, £

Foreign Countries :

' Russia ....

43,154

40,564

13,512

13,767

8,804

7,992

[Sweden ....

11,939

13,231

6,347

7,132

1,127

974

■ Norway ....

6,251

6,905

4,850

5,570

476

465

Denmark (including Faroe

Islands)

20,581

22,120

5,304

5,594

522

586

Iceland and Greenland •

213

186

174

209

27

35

Danish W. India Islands

36

39

50

55

2

3

Germany , , , .

65,281

70,074

39,284

40,377

18,135

19,223

German West Africa

■230

240

455

473

21

23

German East Africa

125

140

139

159

2

2

German Possessions in

the Pacific .

115

215

41 i 4S

—

—

Netherlands

18,665

21,440

13,112 i 14,305

4,721

5,095

Java

4,463

5,143 .

4,545

5,142

38

31

Dutch Possessions in the

Indian Seas .

871

1,558

915

971

6

8

Dutch West India Islands

50

51

65

43

3

2

Dutch Guiana

361

219

68

69

12

9

Belgium ....

20,826

23,634

11,373

12,246

7,236

7,361