596 REPORT ON COOPERATION IN AMERICAN EXPORT TRADE.

reverse is the case, and coal, a ‘‘low-grade’’ raw material, must compete
 in the freight market with case oil, ¢otton, sugar, and grain—
particularly the latter. These commodities can afford to pay, and
o pay, freight rates that make them more lucrative to the shipowner
 than coal, and it is a common occurrence for a coal charterer
to.be told by a shipowner: ‘Wait until we have exhausted the
possibilities of the grain market and if we can not find anything for
our steamer, then we will consider coal.”
TasLe XIV.—British coal industry—Production and exports, 1918, by fields,
[In tons of 2,240 pounds.)

Fleld.

South WaleS..eseeunns
Northern...ceeeeevesas
Torkshire..veeeceeceee
vancashire....cceaeeree
Midland.....ceceeaeeee
North Wales. ....ceuzs
Other English.........
8300tCH.eenceacnrennn.-Irish.
 reece.

Total. ceeosascess|

Production.

Exports.

56,830, 000
36, 352, 000
74,195, 000
24, 628, 000
4, 016, 000
3,506, 000
5,346, 000
12, 457,000
23 000

29, 876,000

43,524, 000

987,413,000 | 73,400,000

Percentage of
production.

19.8

30.92

Percentage of
pxports to production.


50 8

18.0

28 B

Percentage of
total exports.

0. 7

8.8

TaBLe XV.—British coal industry—Ezports, 1918, by destination.

IIn tons cf 2,240 pounds.)

Destination.

Algeria l....... CHAAR
[taly...cooeaaner tw S00 STEER
Austria....- [—
3reece.....- [Rp
Bulgaria. ... iremeasmuassessesssar
Bouman, cc cccvivrreerionsnncnvnnmarsunvanansavenswnr
Turkey, European... TR —
Turkey, Asiatic. . coon
Egypt?.......- ERR
Tunis!......... SRR
Gibraltar 3. ro.
Malta }

Total, Mediterranean 3...
Par cont

Pert.... conven
Chile. .....
Penal] wenssnns
TUZUAY «ev eue-Arrentine...


Total, South Ameriean. ......._.._...._..
Per cent...

Grand total.
Per cent...

France............
Spain and Canaries...

ToBI. .vurasrsrr-cansmnrreareacosme ovary
Per cent...

South Wales.

746,000
5. 565, 000
322.000
386,000
20, 000
201,000
124,000
137,000
.,983, 000
168.000
231.000
RRM OND

10, 463.00,
RR

244,006
1,619, 000
609,000
2 105 O00

5,879.0"
Rs. 5

16,342 °
2

0 238,0 .

All other
United
Kingdom.

536,000
1.082, 000
735,000
342,000
37,000
51,000
9, 000
-9, 000
29,000
21,000
124,000
190 HY

7.338,00 |
A1 ©

uw, OL
. 145.000
268,000
115,000
100 000

1,0 (2
14 0

rp
Ty 0

Total.

1,282,000
9,647,000
1’.057,000
798, 000
57,000
252,000
213,000
156,000
162,000
192, 000
355, 000
700. 000
17. 801.000

47,000
589,000
1,887,000
724,000
=. 604. 000
- 911.000

1 712. 000

000
649.000
25.000

i Practically all used for steamship bunkers.
2 A very large propariios for i
¢ France and Spain are omitted from Mediterranean figures on account of lack of available statistics as
to proportions Shipped to Atlantic coasts where, ordinarily, American coals are not competitive for geographical
 reasons. e should estimate that a very large proportion of the French business is noncompetitive.
 To a lesser extent the same is true of Spain.