TRADE AND COMMERCE.
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The exports from Brazil in the year ending July 31, 18G8, were sent to the following countries : —
Great Britain .... United States .... France and French possessions River Plate ....
Baltic _
Portugal and Portuguese possessions Germany ....
Spain and Spanish possessions
Chili
Belgium .....
Italy
Russia ..... Mediterranean Sweden and Norway Africa ..... Denmark ....
Austria ..... In etherlands and Dutch possessions Ports not specified .
Total
£
5,418,445 3,908,121 2,034,096
1,121,296
1,086,330
750,476
516,589
236,001
120,640
100,291
99,067
97,346
63,706
51,638
28,895
27,997
22,485
4,868
2,486,851
18,175,138
the ports of Eio de Janeiro, neiro absorbing more than a
The largest importation is througl Bahia, and Pernambuco, Rio de J; half of the total imports.
The largest export towns are Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Pernambuco, and Santos. The following table gives the quantity and value of exports from Rio de Janeiro during the year 1867 : —
Coffee .
. lbs.
Quantity
Value
424,531,680
& 8,776,590
Sugar . .
• >>
8,980,960
106,652
Cotton
,,
9,240,000
350,000
Rum
. pipes
3,865
40,000
Salted hides
4,200,000
57,540
Dry hides
250,000
8,250
Tapioca .
. barrels
11,294
25,066
Horns
116.860
1.519
Tobacco .
. bales
51,615
154,845
Diamonds Total .
. oitavas
5,704
37,000
9,558,287
The exports from Pernambuco, Para, Bahia, Santos, and Rio Grande do Siil, during the year, amounted to nearly 7,000,000/.
The principal feature in the export trade of Brazil is the in- creased exportation of coffee and cotton, exhibited in the following official returns : —
