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TURKEY AND TRIBUTARY STATES: — EGYPT
Of the total imports in 1911 the value of £E23,6S0,344, and of the exports the value of £E28,014,926 passed through the port of Alexandria ; in 1912, of the imports £E22,157,029; of the exports £E33,790,256.
Goods imported into Egypt are examined by experts, who determine their value according to the market price in their original country, plus the cost of transport, freight, insurance, <fec. In order, however, to facilitate customs operations, the administration, in communication with the merchants interested, establishes, on the same basis as above, periodical tariffs for common articles of importation. In the statistics of the Cu.stom House, the values are estimated according to the estimated price which served as the basis for the payment of duty now fixed at 8 per cent, ad valorem (except coal, liquid fuel, charcoal, firewood, timber for building purposes, petroleum ; oxen, cows, sheep and goats whether alive or cold stored, the duty on which was reduced to 4 jier cent, ad va'orem from November 25, 1905) without taking into account the amount of that duty. As regards exports, there are tariffs for nearly all of them, estimated in the same manner as the tariffs of imports. The quantities recorded in statistics are those declared by the merchants and controlled by the Customs.
The origin of imports and destination ofexportsare declared by importers and exporters, and controlled, as much as possible, by the searchers and appraisers of the Custom House.
Principal imports into the United Kingdom from Egjrpt, and the principal exports from the United Kingdom to Egypt according to Board of Trade returns : —
Year
British Imports from Egypt
Exports of British Produce to Egypt
Raw
Cotton
Cotton Seeds
Sugar
Beans
Cotton Goods
Coal
Iron
Machi- nery
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
£
17,949,904 13,698,676 15,841,257 17,737,2.39 17,305,225
£
2,896,299 2,700,930 2,533,037 1,662,485 2,468,807
£
19,299
4,991
515
£
12,729
5,656
76
52,809
11,710
£
3,247,077 3,361,979 3,317,360 3,656.414 4,409,034
£
2,104,932 1,853,173 1,691,097 1,743,488 2,008,082
£
862,517 687,188 502,946 681,325 676,779
£
732,355 508,479 352,603 344,800 465,664
Total trade between Egypt and U. K. (in thousands of pounds sterling) for 5 years
1908
Imports from Egypt into U. K. Exports to Egypt from U. K. .
17,583 9,576
1909
19,866 7,981
1910
21,004 8,717
1911
21,483 10,299
1912
25,783 9,461
Shipping and Navigation.
Arrivals and clearances of commercial steamers at Alexandria in five years : —
Year
Arrivals
(Jloaraiices
Steamers
2,012 2,127 2,0,35 1,959 2,014
Net registered tonnage
Steamers
Net registered tonnage
1907 190S 1909 1910 1911
3,300,747 3,535,164 3,431,781 3,319,515 3,443,705
1,996 2,139 2,040 1,977 1,992
3,283,119
3,552,483 3,433,972 3,344,640 3,414,966
