142 (No. 98 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS Practically all the principal economic products of the countryhave been the subject of preliminary or complete scientific examination by the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories at Khartum , or by the Imperial Institute in London . The latter also furnishes commercial reports on Sudan products generally ; and there are other agencies that do the same .

There is a Sudan Chamber of Commerce, established at Khartum .

(2) FOREIGN The value of the foreign trade of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan during the years 1907-1917 is shown in the following table : Year. Exports Re-exports. Imports.

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1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 £ 449,329 515,938 673,902 977,621 1,376,958 1,373,119 1,185,186 1,020,260 1,577,981 2,288,403 3,490,565 £ 47,015 37,079 60,941 57,958 74,894 92,657 93,655 87,986 130,315 227,112 238,616 £ 1,604,137 1,892,798 1,775,957 1,931,426 2,273,949 1,967,429 2,109,776 1,891,494 1,704,250 2,661,468 3,102,117 ...

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It will be seen from these figures that progress has been steadily maintained. In 1913, which may be taken as a fairly representative year, exports con stituted 35 per cent. of the total volume of trade, imports 62 per cent . , and re-exports 3 per cent.; the re -exports thus amounting to nearly 5 per cent. of the imports.

Although the year 1917 shows, as compared with 1913 , a marked increase in values , this is not due to a proportionate increase in the quantities, but rather to