COMMERCE
1077
The values of the leading articles of import 'and export in the last two years svere (in thousands of guilders, 12 guilders = 11.) : —
Imports
Exports
1910
1911
1910 1911
Iron and steel of all kinds .
369. 40G
422,484
264,308 296,040
Textiles, raw and manufactured
118,758
126,788
123,703
128,199
Cereals and Hour ....
561,101
573,6.30
378,234
357,409
Coal
104.875
113,560
41,634
47,430
Kice
100,315
100,457
67,372
64,879
Mineral oil
14,720
15,083
238
216
Coffee
52,839
57,734
34,692
39,099
Butter ......
2,038
2,739
32,866
30,170
Margarine (raw and eatable)
11,114
23,218
53,814
48,718
Sugar
26,026
34,903
55,214
76,166
Cheese
102
98
19,491
18,06:'.
Gold and silv.-r
32,377
17,453
14,765
19,883
Wood
98,873
107,388
46,501
67,571
Skins
4i',905
48,070
7,264
52,225
Indigo
9,643
10,853
46,741
5,623
Copper
189,143
194,277
162,432
174,508
Paper
3,973
9,819
80,454
80,782
Soot, greas.', tallow, suet .
22,352
16,1.87
8,098
7,987
Saltpetre
697
7)'0
1,091 ! 1.188
Zinc
21,971
22,8,82
22,062 j 21,442
Tobacco
13,285
13,814
10,638 i 11,351
Tin
43,852
49,191
40,168 1 35,147
Colours (painters' wares) .
22,659
26,654
21,682 23,881
51.478
42,510
25.485 ' 23,269
Vakie of the trade rruilders : —
with the leading countries in 191] in millions of
1011
Percentage 1911
— j 1911
Percentage 1911
Imports for home consumption from—
Exports to— Prussia .
1,288-6
47-2
Prussia .
841-4
25-2
Great Britain
554-5
20-3
Great Britain
339-1
10-2
Belgium
318-9
11-7
Belgium
323-7
0-7
United States of
Dutch East Indies
455-7
13-7
America .
105-1
3-9
Russia .
366-6
iro
Dutch East Indies
125-6
4-tJ
United States of
Hamburg
57-1
2-1
America .
330-6
9-9
France .
26-4
0-9
British India.
88-1
2-6
Italy .
22-9
0-8
France .
39-5
1-2
Russia .
17-6
0-6
Hamburg
56-0
1-7
In the Netherlands the statistics give sometimes the real, sometimes the official, value of goods. For goods liable to an ad valorem import duty and for some articles duty-free the importer has to declare the real value according to the current prices of the day ; in case of disagreement, the fiscal authorities may acquire the goods at the declared value increased 10, 11, or 12 percent. To other goods the official values, unchanged since 1862. are applied. Every declaration of imports and of exports is, in principle, subject to verifi- cation, but in fact only those relating to goods subject to duty are checked. Returns are made out in gross weight, in net weight (with deduction of an official tare), in number or in value according to the nature of each case. When goods are imported or exported by river the neighbouring country is always regarded as the country of origin or of destination : thus imports really from France are attributed to Belgium. When transport is by sea, generally the real country of origin is given ; thus Spanish wines are set down as from Spain, unless they have been imported first into some other country, in which case they are attributed to that country.
