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German Imports, 1913.

AmountMillion £.

Percentage ofTotal Imports.

III. Manufactures:—

Cotton yarn and thread and

cotton goodsWoollen yarn and -woollen

goods . . .Machinery

IV". Unenumerated

Total

941

7-574-02

1-8

1-40-7

2100

39

175*28

32-5

538-52

1000

These tables show that the most important ex-ports consisted of:—

(1) Iron goods, including tin plates (13'2 per cent),

(2) Machinery, etc. (7'5 per cent),

(3) Coal, coke, and briquettes (7 per cent),

(4) Woollen goods, including raw and combed

wool (5'9 per cent), and

(5) Cotton goods, including cotton yarn and

thread and raw cotton (5'6 per cent),these five classes between them accounting for39 "2 per cent of the total exports. It will beobserved that all these goods are of a kind in whichbefore the war competition between Germany andthe United Kingdom was very severe. If, therefore,the volume of such exports to overseas or European destinations is very largely increased the effectupon British export trade must be correspondinglyserious. As regards two of the categories, namely,