536
FRANCE
According to value of the general imports and exports, their distriljutiou appears from the following, in millions of francs : —
—
1894
1895
1,625 1,832
1896
1897
Imports : —
By sea : French ships . Foreign .
1,422 2,002
3,424 1,370
1,516 1,965
1,614 2,083
3,697 1,440
Total Ly sea ,, land .
Exports : — By sea : French ships . „ Foreign .
Total l)y sea ,, land .
3,457 1,462
3,481 1,448
1,525 1,326
1,699 1,477
3,176 1,413
1,694 1,443
1,642 1,628
2,851 1,273
3,137 1,457
3,270 1,533
The share of the principal French ports in the general trade (1897) was as follows — imports and exports combined — in millions of francs :— =•
Marseilles . Havre Paris . Dunkerf[ue.
The imports and exports (special trade) of coin and bullion were as follows in 1897 :—
1,763
Bordeaux .
. 627
Dieppe
. 182
1,657
Boulogne
. 465
Belfort, RC.
. 161
740
Rouen
. 217
Tourcoing .
. 171
559
Calais
. 262
Cette .
. 164
Gold
Silver
Total
Imports . Exports .
Francs 290,715,386 131,862;865
Francs 171,129,943 194,836,106
Francs 461,845,329 326,698,971
The transit trade in 1897 reached the value of 790 million francs.
The subjoined statement shows, according to the Board of Trade returns, the value of the imports into the United Kingdom from France, and of the do- mestic exports from the United Kingdom to France, in the years indicated : —
—
1892
£ 43,519,130 14,687,796
1893
£ 43,658,090 13,366,410
1804
1895
1896
1897 !
1
[iiiportsinto U.K.
from France F-xports of British
pro<lncetoFranc('
£ 43,450,074 13,526,494
£
47,470,583 13,870,902
£ 50,104,973 14,151,512
£
53,346,882
1 13,818,812
The total exports to France from the United Kingdom amounted to 21,337,350Z. in 1892 ; 19,795,500/. in 1893 ; 19,751, 062Z. in 1894 ; 20,324,998/. in 1895 ; 20,657,528/. in 1896 ; 19,517,711/. in 1897.
