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BRAZIL.
Trade and Commerce.
The total value of the imports and exports of Brazil in the five years 186-4-18G8, ending June, was as follows : —
Years, ending June
Imports
Exports
£
£
1863-64
12,568,508
13,115,108
1S64-65
13,174,634
14,108,345
1865-66
13,776,684
15,708,756
1866-67
14,348,374
15,625,862
1867-68
13,825,894
18,175,138
The value of the imports in the years 18G7-68 was 3^ per cent, less than in the preceding year, but 8^ per cent, higher than the average of the five preceding years.
The value of the exports of the year 18G7-G8 was 1G^- j:>er cent, higher than the preceding year, and 28^- per cent higher than the average of the five preceding years.
The imports into Brazil in the year ending June 30, 18G7, the last reported on in detail, came from the following countries: —
Great Britain and British possessions
France and French possessions
River Plate ....
Portugal and Portuguese possessions
Germany
United States .
Ports of the Empire .
Belgium ....
Austria ....
Spain and Spanish possessions
Chili ....
Italy ....
Sweden and Norway
Africa ....
Denmark
Mediterranean
China ....
Pussia ....
Netherlands .
Fisheries
Peru ....
Ports not specified .
Total
202
232
558
434
430
135
133
91
80
53
46
22
3,074
691 320 571 045 051 063 473 386 027 593 ,702 ,879 219 177 413 974 340 228 302 138 68 714
14,348,374
