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1154 PORTUGAL

Various classes of imports and exports (special trade) :—

Living animals Raw materials Textiles . Food substances Machinery, &c. Various manufactures Packing .

Coin and bullion . Total .

Imports

Exports

1910

1911

1910

1911

Milreis 3,456,010

30,207,116 7,828,742

16.065,032

5,848,517

5,953,648

147,778

69,506,843 616,764

Milreis 3,031,518

32,493,294 7,682,182

12,805,429

6,077,472

5,899,736

137,210

68,126,841 954,416

70,123,607 (15,777,811?.)

Milreis 3,534,585 7,394,259 3,064,067 19,138,299 134,485 2,458,377

35,724,072 013,515

69,081,257 (15,543,533L)

36,337,567 (8,175,957L)

Milreis 3,943,344

7,140,220

1,522,209

19,043,840

138,936

2,276,701

34,065,250 417,343

34,482,593 (7,733,583?.)

The exports of colonial produce through the ports of the Republic, not included in this table, amounted iu 1911 to 12,823,393 milreis, the most important articles being cacao, 7,083,348 milreis, and rubber, 4,032,058 TnilrGis

Values of the leading special imports and exports in 1901-11 :—

Imports

Exports

Wheat . Cotton . Iron and steel, and

maiiiif. Coal

Codfish . Cottons and Yarn . Industrial machinery Sugar Maize

Hides and skins Rice

Chemical products . Wool

Silk tissues & yarn Oilseeds.

1910 Milreis 4,033,206 5,658,472

4,895,211 4,299,943 4,126,783 3,837,606 2,240,283 2,537,203 364,912 2,274,402 1,699,212 1,453,297 1,702.224 1,365,017 1,436,227

1911 Milreis

582,418 6,104,997

5,105,592 4,068,057 3,872,729 3,895,251 2,305.415 2,875,938 307,423 2,567,473 1,772,677 1,758,224 1,685,372 1,230,660 1,903,552

Wine

Cork . ,, manufactured

Cottons and yarn .

Fish, preserved .

Fruits, vegetables

Timber .

Copper ore . i Olive oil

I Fish, fresh & cured i Hides and skins .

1910

Milreis

12,416,928

3,530,711

■988,202

2,645,717

1,877,034

1,847,286

938,316

942,614

710,591

661,268

301,472

1911

Milreis

11,923,478

3,402,202

975,778

1,184,535

2,300,602

l,635j610

914,986

868,857

543,S07

803,389

228,018

Wine is the most important product; the export m 1911 consisted cf common wine, to the value of 5,396,952 milreis ; Madeira, 601 618 milreis ; port 5,677,808 milreis; other liqueur wine, 247,100 milreis. More than a half 'is sent to Brazil and England, considerable quantities being exported also to the Portuguese colonics.

Wine is the staple article of import from Portugal into the United Kingdom, the value amounting in 1911 to 866, 698Z. , „. , . ^, , p

Total trade between Portugal and the United Kingdom m thousands ot pounds for five years : —