COMMERCE
II .!»
40,274 tons ; in 1917, 47,939 tons. The quality is excellent, but the quantity is insufficient to me?t local wants. There are about 20 rice mills in the count and spirits, olives, ramie, and maize, are also
i •" monopoly for the manui \le of to1«ct'o. This industry is rondueted
liy an organisation known m ihe Compa 'adora d« Impuestos,
Estanco del Tabaco, at Lima. Silk culture <1 in the coast region.
The most important coca growing district is in the province of Otuzco in the department of La Libeita'i, where there are several coca estates. Cocaine is manufactured in Lima, Otuzco, and several other towns. Besides, there are in the countr bona, and other medicinal plants. There is a
large exp >rt of alpaca, sheep, and llama wool. Thousands of square miles of healthy and fertile land on the eastern slopes of the Andes are available for colonisation. Rubber is collected in large quantities and shipped down the Amazon from Iquitos.
The guano deposits on Huanillos. Punta Lobos, and Pabellon de Pica, which had been delivered over to the Peruvian Corporation, reverted to the Chilean Government on February 2, 19"1 : they contained 40 or 50 thousand tons of guano ; but those on the island of Lobos de Afuera, and at some places on the coa«t. still remain in possession of the Corporation. In 1919a new company was set up by the Government for the administration of guano. In the 1919-20 season 55,030 Si>anish ton loads of guano were red.
The following table shows the mineral production for 2 years : —
1913 1910
Quantity Value Quantity Valu
Copper Metric tons
PrMvlt-UUt ....
Silver K
r.old
Coal Metric tons
Vanadium ore (45 per cent.) Tungsten ore (65 per cent.)
Lead
BAH
Borates
Antimony ore ....
Molybdenum ore (82 per
cent.) ....
Quicksilver ....
Total (including all others)
-it. 144
■vn i w
1 ..... J44
1,798
344.200
263,808
172,067
60,00
IS
14,120
ll,tM
1.C66
16,227
■i..
27.724
60
1,5*2
4,740
1,194
-
-k
8,322,230
8,306,776
I The value after the petroleum has been refined.
Commerce.
The value of the trade of Peru in 5 vears (exclusive of Department of Loreto) has been as follows (10 soles = 11.) : —
imports Exports
£ 3,095,554 14,123,071
£
£ 13,502,851
13,643,414
£ 9,705,113 19,972,595
