76 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM
The Principal Articles of Export.
Principal Articles Exported
United Kingdom Produce- Fish.
Beer and Ale
Spirits
Tobacco
Coal
Iron and Steel and Manufactures- Pig Iron
Tinned plates and sheets Qalvauised sheets .
Total Iron, &c, including items not specified
Cotton yarn
,, piece goods . Other cotton manufactures Woollen and worsted yarn Woollen tissues . Worsted tissues Linen piece goods
Motor Cars, cycles, tyres, and parts Ships and Boats (new), complete
Foreign and Colonial Produce — Food and drink .... Cotton, raw .... Wool (including woollen rags) Hides and Skins .
Rubber
Tin
1913
(Pre-War)
Thous.£ 7,503 2,135 4,188 3,376 50,727
4,824
7,215
10,02(5
55,351
15,000 97,776 13,685 5,460 14,467 6,186 5,969 5,894 11,027
15,991 9,143
13,574 8,411
14,837 6,147
1917
191S
Thous. £ 1,047 1,420 4,600 3,298 46,548
6,772
5,380
560
44,828
16,695 112,810
15,6S7 5,170
29,421 7,439 6,003 4,152 1,087
7,202 7,683 3,600 3,793 16,521 4,006
Thous. £
983
630
3,520
8,487
48,026
4,924 7,569
267
36,843
21.389
138,516
19,808
6,051 22,711 7,757 6,394 4,331 1,047
3,978 24 2,410 2,034 4,530 1,205
1919
19201
Thous.£ 4,690 1,535 4,474 5,167 83,214
4,828 11,079 0.019
64,424
33,90S 179,073 25,864 11,951 60,392 11,815 7,806 6,176 2,328
41,905 11,410 23,642 12,300 13,988 2,654
Thous. £ 7,125 2,982 10,049 9,130 99,627
10,009 18,954 19.121
128,943
47,825
315,733 88,125
14,727 75,207 26,685 14,938 17,232 26,576
43,953 33,173 35,53ti 15,606 13,861 4,119
1 Provisional figures.
The principal articles of food and drink, and tobacco, imported and retained for consumption in the United Kingdom in 1913 (the year before the war) and 1917 to 1919, are given as follows : —
Articles
1913 (Pre-War)
1917
1918
1919
Wheat . . Thous. Cwts.
105,434
91,352
57,889
71,362
Wheat meal, and flour . ,, ,,
11,732 •
18.8M
26,211
17.65C
Maize , ,,
48,308
24,997
14.4S3
Barley
ii ,i
22,427
9,134
5,025
16,639
Oats .
,i
18,132
12,597
10,976
0,709
Rice .
ii
6,167
6,297
7,574
1,484
Butter
ii ii
4,083
1,800
1,577
1,559
Margarine
ii n
1.510
1,794
801
459
Cheese
n ii
2,232
2,928
2,349
2,no
Eggs •
Million
2,568
590
319
Coffee
Thous. cwts.
251
404
4 2 7
302
Cocoa, raw
464
825
1,124
1,184
Preparations of cocoa, Ac. ,, Cwts.
235
94
25
ISO
Tea ,, Lbs.
305,490
310,687
Beef (fresh & refrigerated)' ,, Cwts.
i;. iiST
7,536
Mutton ,, ,, 1 ,, ,,
1,564
2,0S4
4,068
Bacoa and hams . . ,, ,,
5,574
11,932
6,027
Other meat . . . ,, ,,
2,856
3,116
3,444
4,471
Potatoes , ,,
9,845
1,016
m
Apples ....,, „ j
3,121
807
410
2,967
I Including estimated produce of meat from live aniiualu imported for slaughter.
