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997
Commerce.
Special trade (in
sterling)
Precious Metals (in sterling)
(exclusive
oi precious irjetais;
Year
Imports
1
Exports
Imports
Exports
£
£
i £
£
1907
11:3,226,770
77,954,730
\ 6,725,740
232,440
1908
116,530,980
69,170,430
1 1,122,100
840,490
1909
124,468,417
74,675,582
' 760,032
2,162,708
1910
128,187,997
80,330,993
1.242,628
1,924,656
1911
129,622,414
83,735,400
1,158,860
1,683,672
1912
144,164,000
95,840,000
Provisional value in lire of the leading imports and exports in 1911 : —
Imports (1911)
Wheat .
Coal and coke
Raw cotton
Boilers and machinery
Timber .
Raw Silk
Wrought iron and steel
Wool
Cured lish
Scientific and electrical
instruments Rubber and guttapercha
(crude and prepared) Hides (fresh or dried) Buck wheat . Cattle . Silk manufactures . Dressed hides . bilk cocoons . Woollen manufactures Rye, oats, barley, dried
vegetables, &c. . Scrap iron, filings, &c, Horses . Stones and non-metallic
minerals Oil seed ... Copper, brass, bronze
scrap, filings, &c. Oils fixed (exclusive of
olive oil)
Lire
297,332,740
259,088,814
345,566,494
158,934,735
139,137,335
96,863,300
106,943,689
89,070,755
53,910,782
69,917,215
88,865,665 72,972,585 57,601,500 55,625,020 53,891,312 50,923,025 51,220,250 41,487,745
38,817,318 31,416,248 32,933,800
35,320,130 39,431,665
42,764,400
31,817,090
Imports (1911)
Various wares (including
glass, but excluding
wood) .... Coft'ee .... Precious stones (rough
and polished) Tobacco leaf, &c. Copper, brass, bronze in
plates, leaf, &c., and
wrought Colours .... Pulp of wood, straw, &c. Fats of all sorts Raw vegetable fibres
(exclusive of hemp and
cotton) Refining and melting
apparatus Yarn (linen, hemp, jute) Sulphates and silicates . Petroleum and benzine . Bed and ornamental
feathers Heavy mineral oils (of
resin and gum) . Mother of pearl (raw) Potassium and sodium
nitrates Cheese ....
Lire
25,721,120 33,110,550
31,456,829 27,992,886
26,830,280 21,991,555 18,199,584 26,081,840
22,864,750
19,788,952 17,980,597 29,281,347 25,191,975
14,482,785
20,510,395 13,565,430
14,512,919 11,994,120
Exports (1911)
Raw silk . Cotton tissues. Silk tissues, Ac. Olive oil . Wines Cheese . Dried fruits . Hemp (raw) . Hides (fresh or dried)
Lire
334,823,600 159,833,313 103,285,252 58,755,992 57,438,389 62,230,170 57,547,929 40,084,499 39,091,275
Exports (1911)
Eggs
Acid fruits . Sulphur . Flour
Pulp of wheat Rubber and guttaperch (crude and prepai-ed) Spun cotton, j'arn, &c. Fresh fruits
Lire
44,289,600 44,521,231 41,025,286 34,066,320 29,615,122
35,638,185 34,935,820
