1020
SPAIN
Description
Imports
Exports
1897
1898
1897
1898
Imports and Exports— Co«/^.. Wool and hair and their manufac- tures
Silk and its manufactures Paper and its applications Tiniber and its manufactures . Animals and their products . Machinery, vehicles and vessels Alimentary substances, including grain, sugar, wine, &c.
Various
Gold and silver (bar and coin) Other articles (special) .
Pesetas
20,142,415 19,055,231 9,080,978 45,342,129 67,603,885 49,911,624
148,235,985
5,822,002
123,796,122
21,532,866
Pesetas
15,124,126 14,469,342 7,082,525 34,045,202 56,126,566 39,551,263
98,798,401
3,823,346
70,223,934
25,792,057
Pesetas
17,662,758 4,972,237 11,725.116 43,554,124 64,468,590 521,517
334.036,792
15,400,305
170,628,820
Pesetas
19,903,614
4,847,623
8,774,969
46,848,309
63,361,884
1,750,226
399,601,954
1,930,135
21,403,150
Totals ....
784,196,987
595,925,751
979,-545,623
859,747,055
The exports of wine amounted to the value, in 1896, ofl43,471,188 pesetas ; in 1897, 113,332,700 pesetas. Of the value in 1897, 101,393,600 pesetas was for common wine; 11,257,440 pesetas for sherry; 681,660 pesetas for full-bodied Avine. Of the common wine the value of 73,933,360 pesetas went to France ; of the sherry the value of 3,224,640 pesetas went to France, and 5,044,680 to England ; most of the full-bodied wine went to America.
The folloAving table shows the distribution of the general commerce of Spain in 1896 and 1897, in pesetas : —
Imiiorts from
Imports from
Exports to
Exports to
(1896)
(1897)
(1896)
(1897)
Pesetas
Pesetas
Pesetas
Pesetas
France
217,713,552
146,856,965
282,464,497
254,459,511
Great Britain
154,708,903
155,076,488
225,716,676
263,643,582
United States
73,399,065
99,408,141
10,845,589
12,265,411
Germany
44,062,611
52,562,999
9,389,820
21,474,318
Belgium
40,522,360
27,544,655
17,650,984
19,207,109
Russia .
40,278,996
49,350,795
946,325
1,140,921
Italy .
21,500,500
22,864,842
10,129,040
10,161,536
Sweden and Nor-
way .
22,852,010
24,025,088
2,710,735
2,211,337
Portugal
41,068,962
37,614,127
41,513,130
34,575,352
Turkey
4,710,332
6,614,168
—
325
Spanish Colonies .
166,096,674
170,881,439
346,549,851
372,327,060
The commercial intercourse between Spain and the United Kingdom is shown in the following table from the Board of Trade Returns : —
Imports into Great Britain
Exports of British produce
to Spain ....
1893
£
10,353,932
3,614,516
1894
£ 10,547,295
3,945,037
1895
£ 11,314,518
3,638,453
1896
£ 11,997,919
3,455,660
1897
£
13,125,660
3,330,747
