108 7. Trade.

The following table shews the progress of imports and exports since 1913 IMPORTS and Exports since 1913.

Year.

Imports.

1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 Public.

£B. 1,605,600 1,400,833 1,359,364 1,905,561 2,195,777 3,086,403 3,000,947 Government.

£E, 504,176 491,161 344,886 755,907 906.840 988,179 1,804,798 Total.

£E. 2,109,776 1,891.491* 1,704,250 2,061,468 3,102,117 4,024,582 4,805,745 Exports.

Exports.

£B. 1,185,186 1,020.260 1,577,991 2,288,403 3,490,565 3,923,771 2,740,759 Re-Exports. Total.

Transit.

Specie.

Imports.

£B. 93,655 87,986 130,315 227,112 238.616 286,613 288,810 £B. 1,278,841 1,108,246 1.708,306 2,515,515 3,7-29,181 4,210,884 3,029,569 £E. 69,150 56,790 86,275 77,104 58,145 13,955 42.911 £B. 32,037 38,162 277,418 753,575 758,064 618,495 23,803 Re-Exports, £E. 171,297 154,79.5 153,762 208,244 11,083 160,189 541,875 * In tlio animal statement of trade for 1914 these figures appear as £E. 2,075,298 and £B. 1,870,532 respectively. The difference is due to the deletion of certain items by order of the Central Government.

The following notes show the progress of some of the chief products; Cotton.

Year. 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 Bales of 400 lb.

12,830 9.435 23,965 16,219 22,971 11,263 12,325 The fluctuation is due mainly to the variation in the crop of flood-grown cotton in the Tokar District of the Red Sea Province.

Cattle and Sheep.

The number of cattle, sheep and goats exported since 1913 and their values are as follows:— Year.

Cattle, Number. Value.

1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 10,532 11,890 23,882 15,304 26,286 39,-205 24,904 £E. 74,664 99,868 170,400 104,186 255,783 516,920 357,936 Sheep and Goats.

Number. Value.

99,174 87,569 87,730 74,051 183,353 208.805 144,626 £E. 07,050 85,975 89,526 74,853 234,490 651.257 852,703 Hides and Skins.

Year. Skins.

1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 • * • « Tons.

4(i3 794 1.148 744 937 1,236 845 Units. 371,468 469,823 265,982 361,797 802,280 173,485 448,946 House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Online. Copyright (c) 2006 ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved.