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Total trade between Egypt and U. K. (in thousands of pounds sterling) fur 5 years (Board of Trade returns) : —
Imports from Egypt into U. K Exports to Egypt from U.K.
British produce
Foreign and Colonial produce
191 3 (pre-war>
1917
i
21,3951 9,8051
14,793 306
22,202
1MB*
32,484 54,151 60,671 69,336
19,405 43,662
1,170
1 Including Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
- Provisional figures.
Shipping and Navigation.
In 1919, excluding warships and Teasels requisitioned by the military authorities, 4,607 steamers of a net i>.. image of 12,534,974
entered at, and 4,511 steamers of a net registered tonnage of 12,569,929 departed from, all the Egyptian porta (Alexandria, Port Said, Snez Basin, Suez Road. Tor, and El Kosseir). These figures include Suez Canal transits. The total number of sailing vessels (both foreign and coasting trade, but excluding sponge and fishing boats) that entered the ports was 1,395 of 71,267 net tons, and of those that departed, 1,424 of 70,613 n«t tons.
Arrivals and departures of commercial steamers at Alexandria in six vears : —
Tear
Arrivals Depar
Steamers
Net Steamers registered tonnage T —
Net
registered tonnage
1913
19151
19161
1917 1
191S1
19191
1,932 958 554 346 839 726
3.71S.650 1,927 1,57* 989
966,673 705
641,060
73106-2 895 1,830,702 785
3,698,396 1.6S2.869 1,343,867 687.6S4 900,192 1,862,431
1 Excluding supplies and military transports. The mercantile steamers visiting the port of Alexandria in 1919 comprised
Natienalitv
Arrivals
Departures
Steamers
Net registered tonnage
Steamers
Net i registered tonnage
.
334
703,267
340
i
734,969
French
30
30,740
30
78.S65
Greek .
61
38,099
64
40,621
Italian
124
-37.870
124
260.556
American
18
1 44.026
Norwegian .
20
22
Japanese
29
1 B
_ ;
59.866
Russian
28
20.2S7
M
20.2-7
Swedish
16
30,004
15
27,963
Spanish
19
12,724
20
13,034
Other .
42
41,410
44
41,449
Total (All Shi
pping)
TS6
1,330,702
735
1,362,431
