The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-21 00:00:00

FOREIGN TRADE OF FRANCE.

The usual yearly detailed statistics of the foreign
trade of France have just been published by the
Administration of the French Custom-house, giving
the various figures for the year 1859. Taking the
ports in the order of the value of the imports and
exports. they rank the same as in the two previous
years. Boulogne stands third, coming after Mar-
seilles and Havre, but before Bordeaux; and this
in a rough way may be taken to imply that, of the
various branches of the foreign trade ofFrance, that
with this country ranks immediately after the Medi-
terranean and Transatlantic trades. Boulogne is
to so great an extent the principal medium of the
trade between this country and France that the
details of its imports and exports for the year pre-
ceding the operation of the treaty of commerce pos-
sess considerable interest, both in themselves and
as a standard of comparison by which to measure
the corresponding figures for the next few years.
The values of the imports at Boulogne in 1859
were :—For consumption in France, £4,185,127 ;
for transit through France, £3,110,223 ; total,
£7,295,350. The exports were :—Of French pro
duce, £6,046,891 ; of goods in transit from beyond
France, £1,849,633; total, £7,896,514. These
figures show a .considerable increase over the pre-
ceding year. There was received at Boulogne from
from England £17,869,137 in bullion in 1859,prin-
cipally in gold. The exports of bullion were
£6,993,976; the greater part being in silver.
Adding together the values of the imports and ex-
ports of merchandise and bullion, it would appear
that the total interchange between Great Britain
and France passing through. Boulogne exceeded
£40,000,000 during the past year. The excess of
bullion going into France doubtless results from
England having become the great entrepot for the
reception and distribution of Australian and Cali-
fornian gold. In the same way it would appear that
a considerable part of the merchandise received in
France and England comes from our warehouses,
and originally from the East. or beyond sea.
The principal articles of import from England re-
ceived at Boulogne in 1859 were,—Raw silk,
39,070 cwt., value £4,397,089 ; woollen manu-
factures, £542,806; raw wool, 42,356 cwt., value
£413,156 ; twist and yarn, £253,105; cotton mane.
factures, £189,104; Cashmere shawls, £185,136 ;
silk manufactures, £132,972 ; iron and steel,
183,124 cwt., value £97,804; coal, 67,438 tons,
value £48,455; machinery and iron manufactures,
£42,694; and needles, £15,850. The articles of
most value among those exported to England were :
—silk manufactures, £3,290,829 ; raw silk 11,536
cwt., value £993,052 ; woollen manufactures,
£773,091; leather manufactures and glow.
£596,379 ; leather, 13,240 cwt., value, £437,910;
cotton manufactures, £294,329; clocks and watches,
value £125,044 ; metal and bronze manufaetures,
£121,024 ; wines, £102,500; articles of clothing,
£88,353 ; and paper, books, and engravings,
£83,923.

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