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Groups of Articles.	Imports.		Exports.
	Value in £1000.		Value in £1000.
	1907.	1908.[1]	1907.	1908.[1]
Nickel wares	25	13	86	65
Copper and copper wares	13,803	15,088	7,998	8,470
Raw copper (including copper coin, brass,
tombac, &c.)	12,995	14,192	2,204	2,014
Copper wares	808	896	5,794	6,456
Instruments of precision	813	885	4,877	4,982
Machinery, vehicles	7,093	5,489	33,117	34,653
Machinery	4,090	3,451	19,041	20,684
Electro-technical products	411	451	8,227	9,107
Vehicles and vessels	2,562	1,587	5,849	4,862
Firearms, clocks, musical instruments, toys	1,732	1,424	8,704	7,505
Clocks and watches	1,382	1,134	1,296	1,210
Musical instruments	223	170	3,176	2,780
Toys	39	35	3,949	3,273
Total	442,663	429,636	349,114	336,347

The following table shows the commercial intercourse in imports and exports, exclusive of bullion and coin, between Germany and the chief countries of the world in 1905, 1906 and 1907.

Imports.

Country.	1905.		1906.		1907.
	Value in  £1000.	Percentage  of Germany’s  Total Imports.	Value in  £1000.	Percentage  of Germany’s  Total Imports.	Value in  £1000.	Percentage  of Germany’s  Total Imports.
Belgium	13,439	3.8	14,315	3.6	14,586	3.4
Denmark	5,986	1.7	6,302	1.6	6,050	1.4
France	19,772	5.6	21,306	5.4	22,302	5.2
United Kingdom	35,320	10.1	40,531	10.3	48,014	11.2
Italy	10,350	3	11,851	3	14,030	3.3
Netherlands	12,077	3	11,864	3	11,187	2.6
Austria-Hungary	36,974	10.6	39,814	10.1	39,939	9.3
Rumania	4,568	1.3	5,774	1.5	7,365	1.7
Russia	47,816	13.6	52,528	13.4	54,447	12.7
Sweden	5,887	1.7	7,359	1.9	8,457	2
Switzerland	8,980	2.6	10,659	2.9	10,366	2.4
Spain	5,742	1.6	7,410	1.9	6,878	1.6
British South Africa	1,769	0.5	1,766	0.4	2,258	0.5
Dominion of Canada	481	0.1	463	0.1	483	0.1
New Zealand	75	..	87	..	94	..
British West Africa	2,562	0.7	2,731	0.7	3,601	0.8
British India	13,657	3.9	15,842	4	20,016	4.7
Dutch Indies	5,848	1.7	7,002	1.8	9,199	2.1
Argentine Republic	18,150	5.2	18,302	4.7	21,756	5.1
Brazil	8,454	2.4	9,246	2.4	9,636	2.2
Chile	6,536	1.9	7,131	1.8	7,074	1.6
United States	48,770	13.9	60,787	15.4	64,864	15.1
Commonwealth of Australia	7,690	2.2	8,619	2.2	11,209	2.6

Exports.

Country.	1905.		1906.		1907.
	Value in  £1000.	Percentage  of Germany’s  Total Exports.	Value in  £1000.	Percentage  of Germany’s  Total Exports.	Value in  £1000.	Percentage  of Germany’s  Total Exports.
Belgium	15,364	5.5	17,509	5.6	16,861	5
Denmark	8,668	3.1	9,699	3.1	10,182	3
France	14,420	5.1	18,815	6	22,080	6.6
United Kingdom	51,253	18.2	52,473	16.8	52,135	15.5
Italy	8,045	2.9	11,354	3.6	14,893	4.4
Netherlands	21,295	7.6	21,799	7	22,232	6.6
Norway	3,447	1.2	3,573	1.2	4,211	1.3
Austria-Hungary	28,526	10.1	31,926	10.2	35,231	10.5
Rumania	2,144	0.8	3,140	1	3,372	1
Russia	17,027	6	19,962	6.4	21,531	6.4
Sweden	7,653	2.7	8,675	2.8	9,177	2.7
Switzerland	17,649	6.3	18,367	5.9	21,948	6.5
Spain	2,609	0.9	2,838	0.9	3,228	1
British South Africa	1,687	0.6	1,607	0.5	1,422	0.4
Dominion of Canada	1,071	0.4	1,203	0.4	1,456	0.4
New Zealand	227	0.1	244	0.1	263	0.1
Turkey	3,484	1.3	3,357	1.1	4,011	1.2
British India	4,226	1.5	5,011	1.6	4,868	1.4
China	3,727	1.3	3,331	1.1	3,105	0.9
Japan	4,158	1.5	4,328	1.4	5,036	1.5
Argentine Republic	6,463	2.3	8,367	2.7	8,810	2.6
Brazil	3,525	1.3	4,364	1.4	5,118	1.5
United States	26,660	9.5	31,281	10	32,070	9.5
Commonwealth of Australia	2,264	0.8	2,863	0.9	3,004	0.9

1. Provisional figures only.