The Economic Consequences of the Peace eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 239 pages of information about The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 239 pages of information about The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
Furs | 46.75 | 1.7 Flax and flaxseed | 46.65 | 1.7 Saltpetre | 42.75 | 1.6 Silk | 39.50 | 1.5 Rubber | 36.50 | 1.4 Jute | 23.50 | 0.9 Petroleum | 17.45 | 0.7 Tin | 14.55 | 0.5 Phosphorus chalk | 11.60 | 0.4 Lubricating oil | 11.45 | 0.4 +---------+--------------- | 951.90 | 35.3 +---------+--------------- II.  Food, tobacco, etc.:-- | | Cereals, etc. (wheat, barley, | | bran, rice, maize, oats, rye, | | clover) | 327.55 | 12.2 Oil seeds and cake, etc. | | (including palm kernels, copra,| | cocoa, beans) | 102.65 | 3.8 Cattle, lamb fat, bladders | 73.10 | 2.8 Coffee | 54.75 | 2.0 Eggs | 48.50 | 1.8 Tobacco | 33.50 | 1.2 Butter | 29.65 | 1.1 Horses | 29.05 | 1.1 Fruit | 18.25 | 0.7 Fish | 14.95 | 0.6 Poultry | 14.00 | 0.5 Wine | 13.35 | 0.5 +---------+--------------- | 759.30 | 28.3 -----------------------------------------+---------+--------
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------------ | Amount:  | Percentage of German Imports, 1913 | Million | Total Imports | Dollars | -----------------------------------------+---------+--------
------- III.  Manufactures:-- | | Cotton yarn and thread and | | cotton goods | 47.05 | 1.8 Woolen yarn and woolen | | goods | 37.85 | 1.4 Machinery | 20.10 | 0.7 +---------+--------------- | 105.00 | 3.9 +---------+--------------- IV.  Unenumerated | 876.40 | 32.5 +---------+--------------- Total |2,692.60 | 100.0 -----------------------------------------+---------+--------
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These tables show that the most important exports 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) Woolen 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),

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