880
GERMAN EMPIRE
Imports
Exp
orts
1911
11112
1911
1912
Classes of good.i
million
million
million
million
marks
marks
marks
marks
ARi-icultuial products and foodstufft
6,541
6,560
1,423
1,592
Mineral raw materials
899
976
640
724
Manufactures of fats, oils, and wa>
- 25
24
45
45
Chemical & pharmaceutical proddctt
5 346
364 -
755
780
Textile materials and manufactures
789
S04
1,410
1,384
Leather and leather goods
160
152
426
480
Uubber goods ....
26
2-;
57
112
Plaited goods, not of textile fibres
S
s
7
7
Brooms, brushes, »fec.
2
•J
12
9
Manufactures of wood, &c.
76
84
125
132
Paper and paper goods
! 29
28
227
210
Books, statuary, pictures, &.-i.
! 45
40
98
92
Manufactures of stone, &c.
30
2S
25
16
Earthenware ....
1
4
95
96
Glassware
20
16 1
lOS
112
Precious metals, & manufactures o
330
3S8
171
196
Base metals, & manufactures thereol
r.i7
532
1,437
1,562
Machinery &■ electrotechuical goods
113
1(IS
912
964
Firearms, clocks, toys, ifec.
34
32
202
204
In Germany, the average value of most imported articles is fixed annually, under the direction of the Imperial Statistical Office, by a commission of experts. Since April 1, 1911, the value of all exports and of 61 imports is declared. The price fixed is that of the goods at the moment of crossing the frontier. For imports the price does not include Customs duties, cost of transport, insurifnce, warehousing, &c., incurred after the frontier is passed. For exports, the price includes all charges within the territory, but drawbacks and bounties are not taken into account. The quantities are determined according to obligatory declarations, and. for imports, the fiscal authorities may actually weigh the goods. For packages, an official tare is deducted. The countries whence goods are imported, and the ultimate destination of exports are registered.
The imports of gold (coined and in bars) in 1911 amounted to 11,925,100/. ; of silver (coined and in bars), to 3,059,550/. ; the exports of gold amounted to 3,840,900/.; of silver to 2,001,050/.
Some of the leading imports and exports under the above heads were, in thousands of marks value, as follows in 1911 : —
1,000
1,000
1,000
Marks
Marks 251,569
Marks
^Horses .
106,426
Cofiee (raw) .
Bran
150,622
Eggs
171,858
Tobacco (raw)
116,531
Woollen yarn .
113,789
CO
Wheat .
398,875
Maize
86,720
Raw silk .
131,968
A
Rye.
76,012
Hides, skins .
455,277
Nitrate
135,224
^1
Coal
179,319
Hog's lard
87,705
Copper
231,045
S
Lignite .
70,C9l
Linseed .
94,370
Butter
129,197
Iron ore .
178,573
Cotton (raw) .
604,117
I Barley .
462,105
Wool
371,699
/'Cottons .
301,513
Machinery
544,397
Aniline dyes
116,507
M Woollens
262,693
Iron, iron goods
1,014,178
Copper <fe manuf.
183,125
S Coal
367,984
Silk goods
202,784
Hides, skins
164,009
g -, Sugar .
212,877
Clothing.
112,549
Leather & manuf.
287,208
X Books .
51,396
Coke
96,071
Rye .
109,561
^ Stockings
64,017
Telegraph cable
31,385
Wheat flour
37,017
I Gloves .
26,989
Raw cotton
49,948
Beer .
28,041
