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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
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£000
44-4
37-5
5876
66-6
20-23
2...
If
£000
47
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£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
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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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