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Rubber goods are made in some 20 factories, but the growth of 
the industry, particularly in the ‘tyre branch, is due mainly to the 
efforts of one firm—Englebert of Liége. 
114. The imports and exports of rubber manufactures into and 
from Belgium in 1926, 1927 and 1928 are summarised below; 
further details of the exports in 1928 are given in Appendix IV, 
page 102. 
Imports and 
Exports. 
Imports. 
Exports. 
19926. 
1927. 
1998. 
1926. | 1927. 1928. 
Sheets, rods, etc. one 
Threads ... Joe vee 
Tyres... I. ves 
Mechanical Goods oa 
Boots and Shoes ee 
Heels and Soles oe 
Toys and Games po. 
Surgical Goods ... ce 
Other Rubber Goods ... 
£000 
41-1 
29-2 
315-0 
53-5 
33-4 
20-2 
16-6 
20-2 
1£ 0) 
£000 
44-4 
37-5 
5876 
66-6 
20-23 
2... 
If 
£000 
47 
41-y 
553 1 
77.” 
£000 
21-1 
0-6 
890-0 
50-7 
£000 
5 8 
£000 
30-3 
0-2 
1,494-4 
53-6 
36-2 
16-2 
17-2 
10-0 
62-0 
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965-4 
2-5 
14 
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Total 
877-2 | 875-8 | 906-1 
824-1 | 1142.9 | 1,720-1 
115. Exports more than doubled in value in 1928 compared with 
1926; in. imports little change has occurred in 1926, 1927 and 
19928. 
Tyres form the greater part of the exports, being 83.6 per cent. 
of the total in 1926 and 86.9 per cent. in 1928. The chief markets 
for tyres in 1928 were Germany (£311,000), Netherlands 
(£270,000), France £256,000) and Great Britain (£108,000), the 
first three increasing greatly in importance compared with 1927. 
Imported tyres in 1928 came chiefly from France (£183,800), 
United States (£128,400), Italy (£98,540) and the United Kingdom 
£3,440). 
Mechanical goods are another growing export, chiefly to France 
and the Netherlands, but imports are also increasing; half the 
imports in 1928 came from the United States and about a quarter 
trom France. Exports of rubber footwear in 1928 were over 
B% times the value of the exports in 1926; about one-half went to 
the United Kingdom in 1928. Here again, imports are ‘larger 
than exports in value but, excluding goloshes (which formed one- 
sleventh of the value of exports in 1928), the weight of exports was 
much greater than the weight of imports. Both imports and ex- 
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