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Sons Interesting facts NAV 30 d.iu,sd
from irs ',ri's of tI- Norlds trade rbl,I
~" German staf.-trpu Spallat' began 20
compile ir 1877. vh..h have been brought
down 10 the pre-er' time ty Prot ~ Won
jurasrlsk end others those tables relate
not 20 'he internal ~ - ~ Countries but
20 tho commerce between one and 4rd al
other there are many reasons Why .u,h
table, can - only approximately accurate
bat Tho, come near enough 70 the ruth a.
warrant Important s"u~rai1Rturs
The most ob,tous 'art Is that The world.
commerce hs- Ntstl, increased 10 me latter
pari OF me nineteenth century In the thirty
,~ars from lSsr ~ isp- this Increase WI, mor-
han 20 per cent ~" Iuoreas" has not been
ooust ~. for IA some wears thrre la, t.sn
q decline IN trtGe. H. l. .'4ru Jn times -
Nide read crop f.iIlre or aranriA, d. -tre-.
But "u the whole, tho tendency s steadily
upward - might h- "tre,'cd FROM the COM
hined Influence ~ rauy cause. such A. The
extraordinary Development Of tran, ,por,a-
ton and the consequent ,hcapening ~
freight rates the constant growth Of the
vorld+ population. the Increase IN wealth
and n" consequent sularrrmcnt of -he de-
msnd FOR coumodites. the improvement,
and ,hedpeninG of manufacturing processes
and he comparatively long periods ~ peace
The world has had since the \apolsoni, err
In some countries Ike the I nited States
The exports are worth a great deal more
than the imports hu' this - never true
~ ~" worlds commerce a. whole The
figures showing the value = the total -N-
port and import trade between all countries
must. ~ course, approximately balance
for "a dollar Of exports from one place agurrs
a. d dollar of Imports al another place The
statistics given hclpN however. relate only
to the special and not to the general trade
Of the world The special trade il the e,-
port Of home produce and manufactures and
the import ~ articles for home consumption
The general trade i the gross exports and
imports that II. II includes the special trade
and also nll commodities received by ,he
various countries md reaSpor,.d for con.
sumption In other countries Commodities
however that are merely trans shi pprd in
bond nr otherwise and are rot entered AZ the
Custom Houses OF the forwarding country
appear in the special trade Al countries
Of commercial Importance distinguish. as
nearly a. possible. their special from tho
general trade and the Compil-rs of tho table
from which tho following statistics are taken
used only m" statistics ~ the special trade
of tho various countries HS giving tho best
idea of tho value of the worlds commerce.
FOR IN the gross exports and imports the same
commodities may figure under each heading
two or more times
According to these tables the value oC the
worlds imports in lsso was = 5ei. ooO. 600
and II tho exports, s. 800. 600. OoO m 1890
the value of the imports WAS -, j0n, ,Ooo. 900
and ~ tho exports ss. .iS8 ooo ooo aud in isa-
the imports were 80, 80. .oo0. .ooo and exports
s. 300 O00 600
Europe which commands from 'wo-'hrd.
10 three four,hs Of the entire foreign trade.
has long h'ugh more thtN It h's ,old
II ia compelled tn import ~ much food
for i's dense population and ~ much raw
material for if- factories. and 81 large q part
~ al " produces and imports il consumed
~ homo. that its imports invariably are
largely in evccss NJ its exports Thus in
iss2 tho value 81 It's imports was S.<'s oH-
ooo and Of ita exports EOe7 ooo 600 and in
1897 its imports amounted 20 - 100 ooo nrH
and us exports 10 S.lS. ooo ooo America
on tho other hand has long sold to N" o'rcr
continents NOR" than ~ has bought from
them rhis suNerioritN of exports over
imports has h~rn much enhanced hv IN" recent
vas, development of the export trndo ~
tho United Stntcs In lSsa tho American
imports were worth N."o 900 oo0 md tho
exports 81 500. .ooo.ooo IN 1897 m" imports
were worth $500 ooo ooo and 'hr exports
81 50, ooo Geo Asia and Australia arc nov
selling moro than they ar" huNiug abroad
hut Afri,a srili imports a good deal moro
than II exports
u II Interesting to observe that tho rropor-
,innntn incroa.a uf exports from Europe
j. far los, than from amy oi tine othcr cont. ,
ncnts and ,his tact ~ "ours" applies wi'h .
great force 10 tho uiiod Kingdom. tho ch,ct /