This table eloquently describes the nature of the advance of German economic interests in Turkey. It does not, however, tell the whole story. Was this advance the result of a general increase of prosperity in the Ottoman Empire in which the Germans shared in common with other traders? Or was the increase in German trade out of proportion to the progress of other nationals—perhaps at the expense of the French and British? The following tables will help answer these questions:[29]
Exports from Turkey
To United To Austria
Kingdom To France To Italy Hungary
Year Marks Marks Marks Marks
1900 118,760,000 86,220,000 22,520,000 35,220,000
1901 122,000,000 26,120,000 31,540,000
1902 130,520,000 83,040,000 28,980,000 35,580,000
1903 127,400,000 81,200,000 38,120,000 39,900,000
1904 122,760,000 73,120,000 31,300,000 39,120,000
1905 118,960,000 80,780,000 42,240,000 37,640,000
1906 129,440,000 91,600,000 45,100,000 39,300,000
1907 136,600,000 95,320,000 50,480,000 34,640,000
1908 109,220,000 70,760,000 44,580,000 34,360,000
1909 109,320,000 79,000,000 59,080,000 36,600,000
1910 100,660,000 77,000,000 48,000,000 43,340,000
Imports to Turkey
From
From United From Austria
Kingdom France From Italy Hungary
Year Marks Marks Marks Marks
1900 102,920,000 29,800,000 29,720,000 53,440,000
1901 128,220,000 37,880,000 43,800,000 57,100,000
1902 123,980,000 37,200,000 40,400,000 61,380,000
1903 114,020,000 36,640,000 45,360,000 65,120,000
1904 151,960,000 40,880,000 53,280,000 77,600,000
1905 139,300,000 42,420,000 57,200,000 76,660,000
1906 167,040,000 47,300,000 70,900,000 92,620,000
1907 147,380,000 46,380,000 63,040,000 89,920,000
1908 145,260,000 51,600,000 58,700,000 69,240,000
1909 156,280,000 54,600,000 67,740,000 77,040,000
1910 177,160,000 58,400,000 94,000,000 107,300,000
