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CHILE
Commerce.
Imports and exports (including re-exports) (special trade, including bullion and specie) : —
-
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
Imports . . Exports . .
£ 11,490,866 24,560,936
£
16,689,062 38,518,855
£ 25,920,603 51,997,099
£ 32,705,554 57,271,688
£
33,443,683 26,414,762
The following table shows in gold pesos the principal imports and exports for 1918 and 1919 (1 peso = 18rf.) :—
Imports
Exports
1918
1919
1918
1919
Pesos 19,791,282 2,257,593 5,022,705 22,158,199 35,428,683 123,199,523 39,444,531 38,343,741 38,147,479
Products of mining ,, „ forestry ,, ,, live stock . ,, ,, agriculture
Textiles .... Cliemical products
Pesos 25,668,534 3,942,370 12,600,315 20,501,859 34,140,771 127,112,347 38,931,453 38,063,811 32,578,142
Pesos
644.319,829
1,924,765
43,758,054
32.535,996
34,103,835
651,312
1,820,758
2,305
14,729
Pesos
184,100,124
4,021,869
37,233,982
41,881,432
23,431,411
144.301
1,621,688
1,506
In 19!8 the imports of gold and silver currency amounted to 41,037,360 pesos, and in 1919 to 13,373,791 pesos. The exports of gold and silver currency amounted in 1918 to 425,671 pesos, and in 1919 to 1,856,342 pesos.
Foreign trade of Chile (in gold pesos each equal to I8d. ) : —
Imports from
1918
1919
Exports to
1918
1919
Great Britain .
81,445,588
77,871,985
Great Britain .
182,124,854
71,100,159
Germany .
29,502
699,788
Germany .
—
103,640
United States .
203,451,891
191,854,560
United States .
488,994,749
130,473,499
France
13,800,859
17,197,599
1 France
4,241,265
15,774,699
Belgium
9,866
24,783
Netherlands
—
9.291,577
Peru .
31,748,068
32,295,859
Spain .
2,113, . V." 1
8,666,416
Australia .
3,681, 90S
10,655,318
Argentina .
26,345,476
13,711,097
Argentina .
30,977,633
131,988
Peru .
18,170,322
14,295,896
India .
18.70S.54S
25,158,233
Italy .
1,301,172
2,914,643
Italy .
3,506,844
3,570,333
Customs revenue in 1919, 390,923,914 gold pesos, being 295,820,155 pesos imports, 95,103,759 pesos exports.
The chief imports into, and domestic exports from the United Kingdom (Board of Trade Returns) from and to Chile in two years, were as follows (but of the metal imports here given large quantities are really from Bolivia) • —
Imports
1918
1919
£
Exports
1918
1919
£
£
Nitrates . . .
6.000
618,410
Cottons . . .
2,261,189
1,185,654
Oopp.T . . .
478,246
824,024
Woollens . . .
1,433,880
618,294
Copper ore . .
28,508
32,800
Ironwork . . .
242,322
400,517
Tin ..re . . .
1,268,401
805,991
Coal ....
10"<,133
81,980
Wool ....
175,363
s:s7,487
Machinery . .
140,016
228,573
Oats ....
81,760
673,925
Apparel . . .
91,893
98,482
