EXPORTS, RAW WOOL, MERINO, Washed (Tariff No. 135). EXPORTS, RAW WOOL, MERINO, SCOURED (Tariff No. 136). EXPORTS OF HAIR, CAMEL, UNWASHED (TARIFF No. 137). Total EXPORTS OF HAIR, CAMEL, WASHED (TARIFF No. 138).. WOOL SPUN (TARIFF NO. 140). 1888 QUANTITIES AND VALUES OF WOOL AND MANUFACTURES OF WOOL IMPORTED INTO AND EXPORTED FROM RUSSIA IN EUROPE, 1866 TO 1891. [One pood equals 36-0113 pounds. One silver rouble equals 58.2 cents.] Poods. 1892 Value of wool Silver roubles. Poods. 1867. 196,823 8, 542, 695 In 1795 the total exports from Spain were valued at 480,000,000 reals vellon ($25,000,000), to which wool contributed 150,000,000 reals vellon. The imports of wool into the United Kingdom from Spain for the years 1831-1840 were:* In 1842 Spain sent to France 3,925,189 kilograms (8,635,416 pounds), and the value constituted more than one-fifth (22.4 per cent) of the value of the entire imports from Spain. Statistics of the export of wools to other countries are wanting, but at this time that commodity must have formed one of the leading staples if not the staple in the Spanish export trade. The tariff of 1841 specifically notices an element of competition for "Saxony wool, called "primas electoralis" was subjected to a duty of 40 reals vellon for every arroba imported, or about 8 cents a pound. In 1859 the exports of wool were returned at 159,917 arrobas* (4,055,493 pounds) showing a marked falling off in quantity. The exports since 1866 are given in the usual table. The destination of the exports of raw wools in the two years 1880 and 1891 are given in the following table. In the earlier years a distinction is made between common wool and fine or merino wool, a distinction not retained in the latter year. As showing the relative importance of the two kinds, I keep separate the earlier returns. If the returns of exports in 1795 are correct, wool gave more than 31 per cent of the value of all exports. In 1891 the value of raw wool rep * Anuario Estadistico de España, 1860, p. 323. |