COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 81

The following table gives the statistics of imports and exports for
the principal articles comprising the trade of the United Kingdom,
and differentiates between the import and export trade proper and
the trading business of importing for reexport:*
Tapre 4—Imports and exports of the United Kingdom, 1913.

Imports.

All imports... eeunaan
Food, drink, and tobacco......... . wir, won
Raw materials and articles mainly unmonul cturec
Articles wholly or mainly manufactured. .....
Miscellaneous or unclassified. ..

Total.

Millions.
$3,741
1,412
1,372
942

Retained
, in
United
Kingdom.

Miltions.
$3, 208
1,335
1,060
799
14

Reexported.


Millions.
$533
77
312
143
1

Chief minor groups.

Grain and flour...
Cotton (Faw ).eeeeo.ooouue
Ment and animals for food...
Yarns and textile fabrics.......... .
Oil seeds, nuts, oils, fats, and gums .
Wool, mohair, alpaca, etC................ .
Wood and timber and manufactures thereo:r............ .
opie and manufactures thereof, other than iron and steel... ..........
MEET viii spue prune vagmnn sans io
Sugar (refined and unrefined)... - .
Rubber (unmanufactured)...

Exports.

All exports. .c.ocunenne..
Food, drink, and tobaceo. cco ccueeiracerannnn..
Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured..
Articles wholly or mainly manufactured...
Micpallaneons or unclass ~~

116
343
276
228
202
84
-82
156
117
£12
100

Total.

Millions.
$3,089
236
652
2,145
68

108
399
266
191
175
18
75
“16
114
112
2%

Domestic
nroducts.

Millions.
$2, 556
159
340
2,002
8A

4
10
*7
wn
36
7
40
3
1)
"2

Foreign
and
colonial
nroducts.

Millions.
$533
77
312
143
1

Ohief minor grouns.

Sotton yarns and cotton fabries........
{ron and steel and manufactures thereof. ...
Coal, coke, and manufagtured fuel... ..... ...-Wool
 yarns, woolen and worsted fabrics.
Machinery and machine tools.....
“hemicals, drugs, dyes and colors... .ccooiiiniann...
Metals and manufactures thereof, other than iron and steel...
Wool, mohair, alpaca. ote
LL VE SRR
Rubber (unmanufactured)........cueee. -
Railway carriages and trucks. ete..
Ships (Dew). -.-..

330
266
261
29
oy

319
264
61
2
30
07
65
22
30
55
Ei

41
2
®)

8
3
8
10
66
4
72
_B

1 Less than half a million dollars.
This table clearly indicates the character of British foreign trade,
huge imports of raw materials and foods, and correspondingly large
exports of manufactured goods. Thus, on the one side are raw cotton
 imports valued at $343,000,000 and on the other are exports of
cotton manufactures valued at $630,000,000. The predominance of
manufactured articles in British export trade is further shown by
the totals for manufactures of iron and steel, $266,000.000; ma-HE

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1 Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and
British Possessions, 1913.
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