The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-14 00:00:00

THE F.RENCII WINE TRADE.

The following is the part of the report of MM.
Roulier and Baroche to the Emperor Napoleon on
the state of the wine trade between England and
France prior to the treaty :
" The import duty on wine in England is now
(21th Jan. last), 151 f. 33c. per hectolitre, or about
300 I,er cent. of the average value of wine in
France. The exports from France have, there-
fore, only been wines of superior qualities, and
with those the progress made was very little.
From 1827 to 1858 they rose from 29,000 hecto-
litres to 44,000, representing an actual value of
15 millions. France furnishes to Great Britain
one-sixth part of her consumption, which in
1858 amounted to 271,000 hectolitres. France
in 1853 applied to the English Government to re-
duce the duty to 28f. per hectolitre, and it is the
rate which has been now accepted by the plenipo-
tentiaries of Great Britain. The duty is to be im-
mediately reduced ftom ss. per gallon to 35., and in
14 months it will be further reduced to ls. for wines
containing less than 15 per cent. of proof spirit.
This charge constitutes the normal duty on French
wines. If it rises to 2s in consequence of the quan-
tity of spirit contained in the wine, this increase
is to prevent loss to the British Treasury by the im-
portation of wine strongly alcoholised, and which
by distillation might facilitate a fraud on the Cus-
toms and excise duties on brandy. Such a large re-
duction will certainly exceed the hopes of the French
wine growers ; but such a change was absolutely ne-
cessary to effect a revolution in the habits of the
English, and render the use of French wines popular
in the United Kingdom. For many years past,
French wine, which front its abundance and price
is attainable by almost every inhabitant of Trance,
has been accessible exclusively to the wealthy
classes in England. It is evident that the econo-
mic regime has been the direct and absolute cause
which has restricted, to the very smallest propor-
tions, the consumption of wine in the United King-
dom. In order to be convince aof that fact, it
is only necessary to verify what is the consump-
tion of wine in the principal States of Europe per
head and per annum. In Austria it is 57
litres ; Spain, 33 ; Portugal, 100 ; Switzerland,
56 ; France, 100 ; and England, 1, and a small
fraction. is it not evident that an enormous re-
duction of price must progressively introduce the
use of French wines among those classes of con-
sumers who are now almost entirely ignorant of
the taste and quality of French productions ? Our
soil has been so richly endowed by nature, that it
may furnish wine suited to all fortunes and to all
climates. The productive power of the vine-grow-
ing departments is great enough to satisfy the de-
mands of an increasing consumption. This stipu-
lation of the treaty is therefore a great economic fact
which may have the most serious effect on the evi-
-1 cultural wealth of France, It is combined more-
over with another not less efficacious and not less
fruitful—the clause relative to the export of brandy
from France." _

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