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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — CANADA
On April 9, 1912, a trade agreement providing for preference treatment between the two parties was signed between Canada and the West Indies, to last for 10 years and to come into operation on January 1, 1913. Canada brought the Act into force on June 2, 1913. A new agreement, providing for an extension of the preference, was signed at Ottawa on June 18, 1920, and up to November 1, 1920, had been ratified by the Windward Islands, the Bahamas, and British Honduras.
Exports and imports, entered for home consumption in the Dominion (4'86f dollars = £1):—
Tear ended March 31
Total Exports
Total Imports
Imports for Home Consumption
1913-14(pre-war)
1915-16
1916-17
1917-18
1918-19
1919-20 (6)
Dollars
478,997,928 882,872,502 1,375,758,148 1,586,169,792 1,268,705,285 1,286,65S,709
Dollars
650,746,797 564,505,796
(a)
(«)
(a)
(a)
Dollars 633,692,449 542,077,361 873,437,426 962,543,740 916,429,335 1,064,516,169
(a) No longer published. Commerce by countries :-
(6) Provisional.
Exports, 1 Domestic and Foreign, to
1918-19 1,000 Dols"
1919-203 l|000 Dols
Imports' entered for Consumption.
1918-19
1919-20 : i
1,000 Dols.
1,000 Dols
Great Britain
560,839
495,962 1
United States
746,921
801,633
United States .
477,690
501,128
Great Britain
73,035
126,269
Holland
199
5,790
France .
3,633
10,604
W. Indies and
11,703
12,243
British East India*
15,223
16,236
Bermuda
West Indies 2.
8,438
12,093
Belgium
950
28,599
Belgium
6
911
Newfoundland .
11,914
16,941
Switzerland .
1,781
7,758
Australia .
14,173
11,539
British Guiana
6,747
7,413
South America .
12,315
11,339
Holland
495
2,222
British Africa .
12,250
9,832
Japan .
13,618
13,636
France
102,361
01,826
China .
1,954
1,202
New Zealand
6,353
7,010
Argentina . .
1,139
3,385
Italv ....
14,031 6,390
16,969 1,499
San Domingo Peru
4,729
10,675
Russia
2,581
5,072
Japan
12,395
7,890
1 Exclusive of coin and bullion. 2 Comprises British, Danish, and Dutch West Indies, s Provisional figures. Leading imports into Canada in Fiscal year 1918-19 : —
Article
Imports for Consumption under
General Preferen- Treaty Tariff tial Tariff Hates
Wool, raw .
Wool, manufactures of
Cotton manuf.
Cotton wool or raw cotton
not dyed . Silk, and manuf. . Iron, Steel, and niknuf. Coal and Coke Breadstufl's . Tea
Sugar, Molasses, Ac. Provisions. . Fruits and nuts . Timber and lumber Animals, living . FlftX, hemp, jut* and manuf.
Dollars
2,094 7,095,521 23,206,774
12,864,279 133,035,849
44,409,642 9,137, 7;t7 2,710,774
23,727,181 6,469,795
16,786,744
30,693
473,367
8,763,178
Dollars Dollars
18,276,282 13,637,076
633,660
1,958,021
1,565
867,8(8
10,520,609
1,068,151
142, 248
1,167 7,606,951
Free
1,853
17.959
29,625
Dollars 9,3*6,408
5,684,832 3,026,972
34,008,824
1,601,881
16,946,8*8
34,877,790
17,927,603
1,082,947
8,867,996
1,160,666
10,280,694
1,172,658
Total
