1108
NETHERLANDS
Much of the trade here entered as with the Netherlands consists of goods on transit from and to Germany, notably the imports of silk goods and metal goods.
Total trade between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (in thousands of pounds sterling) for 5 years (Board of Trade Returns) : —
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
Imports from Netherlands to U.K. Exports to Netherlands from U.K.
£ 22,138 24,056
19,903 20,796
£
7,670 14,986
£
21,658 34,316
£
39,202 47,914
Shipping and Navigation.
The number of vessels in the mercantile navy at the end of 1919 was : — Sailing vessels 283, of 27,713 English tons ; steamers 570, of 804,307 English tons.
The following table gives the number and tonnage (in English measure- ment) of vessels which entered and cleared the ports of the Netherlands : —
Entered
Tear
With Cargoes
In Ballast
Total-
No.
Tonnage
No.
Tonnage
285,746 1,088,191 1,339,106
794,431 3,587,044 8,184,277
No.
Tonnage
1918 1919
1,464 5,047
1,377,347 6,009,525
315 1,435
1,779
7,082 11,114
1,906 7,470 11,420
1,663,003 7,097,710
1920
» 1918 1919
1920
8,317
1,290 4,408
7,712
6,691,234
905,878 3,663,276 4,911,739
2,797 Cleared.
676 3,062 3,708
8,030,400
1,700,309
7.250,320 8,096,niii
Of the total number in 1920, 3,824 Dutch vessels entered with a tonnage of 2,756,133, and 7,290 foreign vessels with a tonnage of 5,276,799 ; 3,929 Dutch vessels cleared, with a tonnage of 2,803,816, and 7,491 foreign vessels with a tonnage of 5,292,200.
The vessels with cargoes which entered at the chief ports were as follows : —
Entered.
Port
Number
8,425
1,000
177
1919
1920
Tons
per cent.
Number
Tom
per cent.
Rotterdam Amsterdam . Flushing . . Hook of Boused .
4,163,530
1,099,152
107,127
69-1 18 2
2-7
1,015
1,660
SOS
383
4,082,352
1,148,417
209,049
237,538
63-7
22 41 4 4
Cleared.
Rotterdam .
2,66]
.,702
621
3,823
2,S'.'5,101
- ,t'.(i
Amsterdam .
734
iteo;904
18-0
1,222
866,291
is-o
Flushing
828
190,698
..•8
810
204,601
4 5
Hook of llollan.l .
—
—
298 1
229,312
4 4
