752
ITALY
Imports
Expoi-ts
Lire
1
Lire
Horses .
29,121,300
Animals, swine
3,672,389
Cotton yarn .
2,962,343
Zinc ore .
10,650,000
Oil, mineral refined .
11,035,696
Lead ore .
806,990
Eice
2,889,085
Grain, wheat .
121,680
Railway materials .
1,467,648
i ,, other .
8,268,840
Indigo
5,797,200
Oil, olive
3,096,050
Silkworms' eggs on
cards .
2,050,500
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The following table shows, in thousands of lire, the value of the special trade (including the precious metals) with the leading countries in two years: —
Imports from
Imports from
j Exports to
Exports to
(1895)
(1896)
! (1895)
(1896)
1,000 lire
1,000 lire
1,000 lire
1,000 lire
France ....
164,101
137,263
141,167
157,599
United Kingdom .
234,703
229,990
115,682
110,577
Austria
135,045
135,174
117,308
126,029
Germany
146,779
146,672
i 175,948
166,187
Russia
103,848
118,844
12,660
12,783
Switzerland
45,962
45,307
193.607
173,161
United States and Canada
124,182
121,570
( 101,846
86,456
Turkey, Servia, Roumania
31,550
42,734
20,576
17,956
Belgium
27,562
27,923
18,527
19,005
Argentine Republic
25,638
27,431 1
- 35,638
57,375
Central America
2,411
5,081 1
1,121
4,913
British Possessions in Asia
59,473
66,667
19,636
25,509
Egypt
9,321
5,541
12,238
14,386
Spain and Gibraltar
11,345
9,573
11,851
12,990
Brazil ....
7,040
4,999
15,821
For the determination of Cnstonis' values, <fec., in Italy there is a permanent central commission, comprising official members, representatives of commercia. corporations, &c. The values recorded are those of the goods at the frontier, exclusive of import or export duties. For imports and exports the parties interested declare the value of the goods, their quantity, and the country of origin or destination. For imports there is recorded the gross weight in the case of goods subject to a duty of 20 francs per quintal (8«. l^d. per cwt.) or less; the net legal weight (i.e. with deduction of an official tare) in the case of goods object to duty of 20 or 40 francs per quintal (S«. l^d. to 16«. 3d. per cwt.); the actual net weight in the case of goods taxed at over 40 francs per quintal (168. 3d. per cwt.) For exports the gross weight is usually given. Inaccurate declarations are punishable by fine if the inaccuracies are prejudicial to the Treasury.
The trade of Italy is regarded either as general or special. The general trade compre- hends all imports from abroad, whether intended for consumption within the kingdom or merely for transit, and all exports to foreign countries, whether national, nationalised or only issuing after transit. The special trade is restricted to imjiorts for consumi)tion and exi)orts of national or nationalised merchandise. National merchandise consists of the produce and manufactures of the kingdom, while foreign imports on which the duties have been paid at the frontier are said to be nationalised. Transit trade denotes merchandise merely passing through the king<1om whether directly or after having been temi)orarily warehoused.
