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ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
The foreign trade in the Argentine Republic was mainly with the following countries, to the following values in gold dollars : —
Imports from
Exports to
1896
1897
1890
1897 Pesos
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Pesos
Pesos
Pesos
Great Britain
44,729,966
36,392,057
14,388,761
12,984,690
France
12,028,514
11,019,576
23,654,976
22,999,019
Germany .
13,895,065
11,114,102
13,332,785
14,047,135
i Belgium
8,453,200
8,046,254
12,062,348
8,934,829
United States
11,210,475
10,101,714
1,401,362
8,321,611
Italy .
11,394,910
10,943,038
3,897,059
3,964,616
Brazil
5,152,621
4,761,505
9,841,460
8,685,187
The commercial intercouise between the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom for five years, according to the Board of Trade returns, was : —
1893
1894
1895
189G
1897
Imports intoU. K. from Argentina
Exports of British produce to Ar- gentina .
£ 4,836,682
5,535,754
£ 6,168,624
4,514,563
£
9,084,497
5,349,091
£ 8,974,164
6,620,993
£ 5,753,916
4,801,125
The staple Argentine imports into the United Kingdom are as follows : — Tallow and stearine, 140,589^. in 1896; 106,527/. in 1897 ; fresh mutton, 1,071,891/. in 1896 ; 1,175,129/. in 1897 ; skins, mainly sheep, 102,034/. in 1896 ; 194,424/. in 1897 ; bones, 48,621/. in ]896 ; 30,829/. in 1897 ; hides, 66,498/. in 1896 ; 87,731/. in 1897 ; wool, 216,578/. in 1896 ; 355,018/. in 1897; wheat, 2,432,674/. in 1893; 3,400,954/. in 1894; 3,142,378/. in 1895 ; 1,440,320/. in 1896 ; 318,871/. in 1897 ; other sorts in 1895 ; 2,796,372/. in 1896; 589,194/. in 1897; 1896 ; 1,153,507/. in 1897 ; sheep, 501,712/. in 1896 ; 528,607/. in 1897: linseed, 1.167,925/. in 1896; 644,378/. in 1897.' The exports of British produce to the Argentine Republic consist chiefly of cottons, 1,145,487/ ; jute manufactures. 133,870/. ; woollens, 454,975/. ; iron, 851,354/. ; and machinery, ol4,908t. ; railway carriages, 101,488/. ; coal, 490,339/, in 1897.
of grain, 1,562,597/. cattle, 923,625/. in
Shipping and Navigation.
The vessels entered in the foreign trade at the ports of the Republic in three years were : —
