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igh tables, in conjunction with the details given in the French section, the
the following points may, however, be noted :-—
‘1 A much larger proportion of wool is again being bought
direct from Australia instead of through the London market
Consumption of S. American wool has declined a great
deal, and exports of domestic wool and scoured products
are also much less.
2) Exports of tops are well below pre-war and 1925 shows a
al decline on 1924. As in other cases the item ‘ Other
> ‘ countries *’ has expanded enormously in post-war years.
1 (3) Trade in yarn has not fluctuated to any great extent in
: total quantity. Single yarns, however, have lost a good
deal of ground in favour of other yarns, and Germany has
0 become a much more important market, while the English
market has completely lost its predominance.
4) The trade in manufactures shows considerable expansion
since the War, reaching the peak in 1924. A setback took
place in 1925, especially in cloths and mixed stuffs, although
pure stuffs maintained a good part of the improvement
on pre-war. The loss of the German market was severely
felt in pure stuffs in 1925. The total exports of cloths and
stuffs from France to U.K. in 1925 amounted to 80:9
thousand metric quintals as compared with 99-4 in 1913,
Generally speaking, French export trade did not escape the severe
world depression which came over the Textile Trade in 1925.
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GERMANY.
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3-1 IMPORTS.
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a 1913. 1923. 1924. 1925.
‘2 Meno Waglin. ive i ewes ities L004 94-4 95-7 86-2
Crossbred Wool ase we as we B88 38-3 51-5 48-3
Total 0 199-2 132-7 147-2 134-5
Merino Tops ... au a al ves 3-92 2-55 3:33 3:66
Crossbred Tops i i 13-75 3.25 3-89 2-77
5 fie 5
0 Total ... .. 17:67 5 nu 7-22 6-43
Worsted Yarn or a Se vee 14-82 6-27 16-63 19-29
Woollen Yarn r =e or He 1-38 +55 1-43 -19
Retail Yarn ... xa 7 3 -33 - -07 -04
= Loa 16-53 6-82 18-13 19-52
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