822
NETHERLANDS
The following table shows the value of the imports and exports of the great classes of products in 1896 and 1897 (in 1,000 gl.) :—
Imports 1 Exports
1896
1897 1896
1897
Food products . Raw materials .
460,107
496,290
1 405,627
465,633
355,073
390,986
246,457
266,589
Manufactured products Miscellaneous .
195,317
213,710
189,036
202,545
356,959
306,622
279,183 !
308,152
For the last five years the returns were, in millions of kilo-
grammes : —
Year
Total Imports
Total Exports'
Re-exports
Transit 2,650
1893
16,378
i 9,599
697
1894
17,629
1 10,542
728
2,793
1895
17,843
10,630
800
3,070
1896
20,517
12,777
817
3,633
1897
22,426
14,075
868
3,819
The following table shows the value of the trade with the
leading countries for the last five years, in millions of guilders : —
—
1893 1894
[
1895
1896
1 Tco- Percentage 1^^' . j 1897 !
Imports for home consump-
tion from —
Prussia ....
258-8
266-1
272-4
278-7
277-0
16-2
Great Britain ,
263-8
246'1
238-2
255-7
269-9 i 15-8 '
Belgium ....
175-6
161-1
166-1
174-2
186-4 10-9
Dutch East Indies .
193-0
225-0
202-4
239^2
218-0 1 12-8
Russia . , , .
88-8
175-3
198-2
223-4
248-8 1 14-6
United States of America
155-1
132-1
110-9
166-8
234-2 1 13-7
British India .
53-4
43-8
41-5
41-5
36-8 1 2-2
France ....
20-1
21-5
18-0
23-6
19-7
1-2
Hamburg
17-5
15-2
17-1
20-2
24-3
1-4
Exports to —
'
Pnissia ....
534-2
538-2
575-3
679-7
767-6
51-9
Great Britain .
256-3
260-3
267-7
290-2
321-9
21-8 '
Belgium ....
167-9
155-2
154-2
164-0
165-8
11-2
United States of America
21-8
22-2
37-5
46-5
45-0
3
Dutch East Indies .
57-1
53-8
52-0
52-8
60-3
4-1
Hamburg
15-5
17-5
19-1
19-5
20-9
1-4
France ....
10-0
11-9
15-2
23-4
35-4
2-4
Italy ....
6-0
5-1
5-1
6-2
. 7-2
0-5
Russia ....
5-9
6-2
5-3
5-5 6-9
0-5
