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COMMERCE

093

Year

Imports

Exports

Transit.

Dinars

Dinars

Dinars

1893

40,922,584

48,910,435

16,349,000

1894

34,881,000

46,023,000

18,037,363

1895

28,239,715

43,390,451

24,868,872

1896

33,447,859

53,385,969

16,844,038

1897

45,313,824

55,939,981

13,801,020

The following table shows the chief imports and exports in two years : —

Agricultural produce and fruits

Animals and animal produce

Colonial produce

Hides, skins, leather, &c .

Cotton gooils, ifec.

Wool and woollen goods .

Foods and drinks

Metals ....

Apparel ....

Pottery, glass, <fec.

Wood and wood-work

Machinery, &c.

The following table show in thousands of dinars for thr

Imports

Imports

Exports

1S96

1897

1896

Dinars

Dinars.

Dinars

1,217,296

2,153,258

23,426,711

443,407

1,227,453

22,332,812

3,583,674

3,732,605

1,483

2,558,057

4,259,718

2,952,311

0,9l>0,C32

10,495,004

913,449

3,399,992

5,147,462

150,626

532,283

838,551

2,100,614

2,884,928

3,769,247

373,378

2,332,618

3,036,027

11,131

2,024,897

1,925,685

169,721

1,339,245

1,682,612

624,448

1,129,598

1,249,491

34,732

Exports 1897

Dinars

21,624,590 24,587,307

.S, 256,499

1,116,917

101,690

3,712,813

220,201

22,852

321,79}

596,040

15,557

s the value of the trade with different countries ee years : —

Coimtries

Austria- Hungary

America

Belgium

Bosnia

Bulgaria

Greece

Great Britain

Italy

Germany .

Rumania .

Russia

Turkey

Fran.e

Switzerland

Other countries .

Imports from

1895

Total

16,624

1,163

181

44

111

19

2,435

397

1,929

1,213

1,341

2,087

363

300

33

1896

19,234

1,428

172

38

107

101

4,122 499

3,550 900 402

1,609 607 572 107

1897

28,240 I 33,448

25,501

1,350

201

34

646

199

6,481 548

4,808 618 450

2,947 784 625 122

Exports to

1895

45,314

38,746

451 533

1,617 185

1,421

427

10

43,390

1S96

1897

47,035 • 49,146

107 609

2,508 676

1,989

437

22

3

136 976

3,738 116

1,488

313

17

10

53,386 I 55,940

Accoi'ling to the Board of Trade Returns the exports of produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom to Scrvia were as follows: in 1893, 3,015Z. ; 1894, 5,924/. ; 1895, 7,411/. ; 1896, 66,302/. ; 1897, 20,155/. The chief exports in 1897 were : cottons, 10,232/. ; cotton yarn, 4,135/. ; machineiy, 1,936/. There are no direct iniports into the United Kingdom from Bervia.

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