— 6 — 



again disclose a pleasant picture, the value of the imports of commo- 

 dities into Germany in February 1911 having reached ojl 730044000 

 compared with c4t 662500000 in the same month of 1910, while the export- 

 values were respectively c4t 639466000 and o4i 580900000. Assuming 

 that no incidents occur to cause disquiet in international politics, we have 

 no doubt that the future will realise our hopes, and as all the Great 

 Powers are convinced of the fact that the material wellbeing, and with it 

 the strength of nations can only be increased when trade and traffic are 

 allowed to develop peacefully, each Power will do its share to secure the 

 continuance of that friendly understanding among civilised peoples which 

 we have already enjoyed for so many years. Confirmation of the satis- 

 factory prospects for the current year is afforded already by the results 

 of the first quarter, during which, with an all-round rising tendency, 

 commercial interchange everywhere has shown quite considerable increases, 

 both as regards the quantity and the value of the turnover. 



The German imports and exports of essential oils 1 ) in the year 1910 

 were of course largely in excess of those of the previous year and even 

 surpassed in quantity those of the record-year 1907, as will be clear from 

 the subjoined table: — 



German Imports German Exports 

 1910 1524300 kilos 549700 kilos 



1909 755800 „ 512600 „ 



1908 911300 „ 390800 „ 



1907 1498600 „ 491700 „ 



The statistics of the imports and exports of synthetic odoriferous 

 substances 2 ) also show an increase over those of the previous years, the 

 quantities being: — 



German Imports German Exports 

 1910 17900 kilos 428800 kilos 



1909 16100 „ 417100 „ 



1908 11300 „ 280000 „ 



In considering the imports of essential oils in the year 1910 it should 

 be borne in mind that the figures given include our imports of camphor 

 oil, which amounted to about 650000 kilos, or over 40 p. c. of the total. 

 We mention this in order to give our readers an idea of the leading 

 position occupied by our firm in the import-trade in essential oils, for 

 camphor oil, as is well-known, is only one of many commodities of this 

 class, also including oils of cassia, citronella, geranium, lavender, linaloe, 

 petitgrain, staranise, 8jc, of which we receive considerable quantities 

 from abroad. 



x ) No. 353 b/c of the Statistisches Warenverzeichnis. 

 2 ) No. 354 of the Statistisches Warenverzeichnis. 





