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THE HOP. 



GERMANY'S FOREIGN TRADE IN 

 HOPS. 



a Net import. 



GREAT BRITAIN'S IMPORTS OF HOPS 

 BY YEARS. (BALES.) 



IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND TOTAL 

 SUPPLY IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



(Thousands of bales. 180 lbs. net.) 



FOREIGN TRADE, SUPPLY 

 AND CONSUMPTION, a 



Net 

 sup'ly 



112 

 199 

 223 

 171 

 170 

 138 

 143 



Im- 

 p'ts. 



Con*. 



177 



184 

 184 

 171 

 178 

 164 



157 



*CoTisumption at 1 lb. of liops I- 



a bid. of beer, a In thousands ol 



bales. 

 ENGLISH HOP CROPS COMPARED. 



Crop 

 of 



1897 

 1896 

 1895 

 1894 



In thousands 

 bales, 180 lbs, 



KejitjOih 



153 

 199 

 197 

 264 



103 

 83 

 147 

 132 



Tot 

 256 

 282 

 344 

 396 



Av. yearly 



prices, 

 cts. per lb. 



Exp' tjlmp't 



Average import value in 1893 

 was 26c per lb.; '92, 24c; '91, 23c; 

 '90, 22c; '89, 15c; and in 1888 it 

 was 17c. 



HALF-YEAR'S FOREIGN TRADE, 

 Jan. 1 TO JULY 1, IN BALES. 



Great Britain 



Imports — 

 Exports — 

 Net. Imp'ts. 

 United States 

 Exports — 



Imports 



Net exp'is.. 



1897 



35,206 



3,497 



31,709 



21,554 

 8,126 

 13,428 



1896 



62,404 

 3,016 



42,237 



8,507 



33,730 



1895 



65,770 



3,450 



62,324 



48,881 



6,157 



42,734 



U. 

 [I n til 

 Crop 



of 



1897 

 1896 

 1S95 

 1S94 

 1S93 

 1S92 

 1891 

 1890 



3. HOP CROPS COMPARED, 

 ousands bales of 180 lbs, net.] 



Av. exp. 



value lb. 

 15.4 c 



10.2 c 

 8.8 c 



10.7 c 

 22.0 c 

 23.7 c 



19.3 c 

 26.6 c 



A ten-year statement (1883-'92) shows Germany's imports to have 

 come, on "the average, from Austria 90%, from Belgium 3%, from 

 France 1%. from Russia 2%„ from other countries 4%. Germany's 

 exports during the period n(jted averatred : To Austria 6%, to Russia 

 2%, to England 0%, to France 13%, to Bf-lgium 11%, to Sweden 2%, to 

 the United States (average for 1887-'9.') 8%, to other countries 24%. 

 Germany's exports to the United States run ged f rom 7,.500 cwt, (of 110 

 lbs) in 1887 to 46,000 cwt. in the trade year ended Aug. 31, 1890, 



