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knowledge available in the Statistical Office, and by the price-list and market reports of the day. For exports, the value at the port of shipment (including the charges of delivering the goods on board) is taken. Imports are now entered as from the country whence the goods were consigned to the United Kingdom. Prior to 1904, only the countries whence the goods were last shipped were recorded. Since then, both countries of shipment and countries of consignment have been recorded Thus, countries with no seaboard (e.g. Switzerland and Bolivia) used not to appear in the returns, and much of the imported produce of Central Europe was entered as from Holland and Belgium. These and other countries are, however, now credited with all the imports consigned from them, whether coming direct to the United Kingdom or via other countries.
Exports are now credited to the country of ultimate destination as declared by the exporters, but prior to 1904, only the countries to which the goods were shipped were recorded.
Of the total imports from foreign countries and colonies in 1911, 90*9 per cent, were direct into England and Wales, 6*9 into Scotland, and 2*2 into Ireland ; of the total exports, 91*2 per cent, were direct from England and Wales, 8*5 from Scotland, and 0*3 from Ireland.
The total estimated value of the imports and exports of Ireland (including the trade with Great Britain) is given by the Irish Department of Agricul- ture and Technical Instruction, as follows : —
I
Imports Exports
1907
1908
Thous. £ Thous. £ 62,119 i 59,261 59, 1(50 i 57,415
1909
Thous. £ 64,242 61,0 i4
1910
Thous. £
65,480 65,987
1911
Thous, £ 60,733 65,208
Trade of the United Kingdom according to countries (figures for 1912 are provisional) : —
Value of Merchandise
Exports of Merchandise consigned to Countries in first column
Consigned from
Countries in first
column
Countries
British Produce,
Foreign and Colonial Produce.
1
1911
1912
1911
1912
1911
1912
r
Thous, £
Thous. £
Thous, £
Thous, £
Thous. £
Thous, £
Foreign Countries :
' Russia ....
43,154
40,564
13,512
13,767
8,804
7,992
[Sweden ....
11,939
13,231
6,347
7,132
1,127
974
■ Norway ....
6,251
6,905
4,850
5,570
476
465
Denmark (including Faroe
Islands)
20,581
22,120
5,304
5,594
522
586
Iceland and Greenland •
213
186
174
209
27
35
Danish W. India Islands
36
39
50
55
2
3
Germany , , , .
65,281
70,074
39,284
40,377
18,135
19,223
German West Africa
■230
240
455
473
21
23
German East Africa
125
140
139
159
2
2
German Possessions in
the Pacific .
115
215
41 i 4S
—
—
Netherlands
18,665
21,440
13,112 i 14,305
4,721
5,095
Java
4,463
5,143 .
4,545
5,142
38
31
Dutch Possessions in the
Indian Seas .
871
1,558
915
971
6
8
Dutch West India Islands
50
51
65
43
3
2
Dutch Guiana
361
219
68
69
12
9
Belgium ....
20,826
23,634
11,373
12,246
7,236
7,361
