COMMERCE
601
Countries
1896
1897
Imports from
Exports to
Imports from
Exports to
1,000 Marks
1,000 Marks
1,000 Marks
1,000 Marks
Balkan Peninsula (includ-
ing Greece, Montenegro,
and Turkey in Asia)
114,830
72,702
103,342
78,551
Portugal ....
15.226
13,412
17,285
14,081
British India ,
171,163
49,179
204,617
47,278
Rest of Asia
132,324
99,123
147,514
90,902
Africa (except Algeria)
88,588
57,457
88,341
60,445
North and Central America
640,142
424,766
710,739
439,353
South America and West
Indies ....
369,416
182,307
369,359
153,728
Australia ....
104,464
30,044
87,044
32,594
Other countries Total
2,498
1,574
2,349
830
4,557,951
3,753,822
4,864,644
3,786,241
The following table shows the amount of the commercial intercourse between Germany and the United Kingdom in five according to the Board of Trade Returns
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
Imports from
£
£
£
£
£
Germany into
U.K. .
26,364,849
26,874,470
26,992,559
27,585,236
26,189,469
Exports of Brit-
ish produce to
Germany
17,703,185
17,801,169
20,586,310
22,244,405
21,602,426
Including foreign and colonial produce, the total exports from the
United Kingdom to Germany in 1897 amounted to 32,012,595/.
The following tables give the declared value of the principal articles imported into the United Kingdom from, and exported from the United King- dom to Germany in five years : —
Staple Imports into U.K. from Germany
1893
1894
1895
1806
1807 1
£
£
£
£
£
Cereals and flour
605,863
934,092
993,452
828,359
755,939
Sugar and glucose .
10,562,655
9,723,748
9,393,890
9,323,662
8,085,463
Butter and margarine
863,262
756,639
618,962
589,146
300,942
Eggs
618,631
937,087
916,821
782,121
813,022
Wood .
995,191
992,839
1,005,277
1,1 93,. 530
1,369,040
Zinc (including ore).
456,327
370,091
424,996
4 80, .578
379,798i
Woollen manufactures
741,776
907,569
1,016,694
1,252,225
l,126,336i
Cottons and yarn .
583,002
768,516
824,194
868,199
755,997
