Anglo-Egyptian] 145 EXPORTS ( ii ) Úntanned Skins of Sheep and Goats Destination. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916.

Units. 59,882 122,962 53,234 :: Units. 141,876 174,642 Units. 91,677 100,931 580 1,720 4,890 ...

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Egypt ... Great Britain France Italy Eritrea ...

Austria Germany United States ... Other countries ...

Units. 81,034 200,529 67,772 2,733 11,524 6,459 27,650 71,015 607 76 38,477 7,964 16,186 . 10,991 99,146 1,093 66,184 6,726 Total 371,458 469,323 265,982 361,797 Egypt is now settingup tanneries and making her own boots and shoes. Should the requisite machinery be set up in the United Kingdom - as has been done in Italyto deal with the Abyssinian hides obtained through Eritrea — the Sudan could be depended upon for a supply of raw material .

Sesame goes mainly to Egypt, whence large quantities are re -exported, for the most part to France, who is also, after Egypt, thelargest buyer from the Sudan direct. Great Britain takes practically none of this commodity.

Up to 1914 only a small quantity of dura ( large millet) was exported, about three-fourths of which went to Eritrea. During the war the export rose enormously, increasing from 2,000 tons in 1913 and 530 tons in 1914 to 46,000 tons in 1915, nearly 57,000 tons (30 per cent. of the total yield ) in 1916 and 84,000 tons in 1917. Egypt has now become the principal buyer, taking 24,000 tons as against 19,000tons taken by Eritrea in 1916. A small amount