COMMERCE
79
—
I860
1877
1883
1888
1895
1898
Foreign wool exported . Domestic wool exported
Total
Retained for consumption .
Flax and Tow. Imported . Produced at home
Total Exported ....
Retained for consumption .
Piccc-Goods Exported. Cotton .... Woollen .... Linen
Total
Yarn Exported. Cotton .... Woollen .... Linen
Total .
Value all Kinds Exported. Cotton .... Woollen .... Linen
Total .
31 11
187 10
197
277 19
339
24
404 22
283 12
42
296
363
426
295
270
463
436
521
624
656
mil. lbs. 164 53
mil. lbs. 259 49
mil. lbs. 185 47
mil. lbs. 205 46
mil. lbs. 230
27
mil. lbs. 218 22
217 6
308 3
232
7
251 9
247 15
240 13
211
305
225 mil. <
yds.
4,539 256 162
242
232
227
mil.
yds. 2,776 191 144
mil.
yds. 3,838 261 178
mil.
yds.
5,038
271 177
mil.
yds. 5,033 242 203
mil.
yds. 5,216 160 148
3,111
4,277
4,957
5,486
5,478
5,524
mil.
lbs. 197 26 31
mil.
lbs. 228 27 19
mil.
lbs.
265 33 18
316
mil.
lbs. 256 43 15
mil.
lbs. 252 61 17
mil.
lbs.
247 59 17
254
274
314
330
mil.
£ 63-7 27
6-3
97-0
323
mil.
£ 52-0 15-7
6-6
74-3
mil.
£ 69-2 21-0
7-1
97-3
mil.
£ 76-4 21-6
6-5
mil.
£ 72-0 24-0
6-4
102-4
mil.
£ 64-9 20-1
5-3
104-5
90-3
Commerce.
The United Kingdom is a free trading country, the only imports on which customs duties are le\aed being chicory, cocoa, coffee, dried fruits, spirits, tea tobacco, and wine — spirits, tobacco, tea and wine yielding the bulk of the entire levies. In 1897 the imports free of duty (exclusive of bullion and specie and diamonds) amounted to 420,116,20U., and those subject to duty to 30,912,759Z., duty-free articles forming about 93-1 per cent, and articles sub- ject to duty about 6*9 per cent, of the total imports.
