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The exports were shipped to: — 



1904 1905 1906 1907 



Weight in pounds 



Europe . . 7312375 5^73319 8939789 10457830 



America . . 2056175 1769860 717909 1 102420 



Asia . . . 4839524 7810508 5355875 6553453 



Africa . . . 947oi 59265 92196 100965 



Value in rupees 



Europe . . 2633787 1676468 31 76924 3387448 



America . . 713420 401027 238975 306061 



Asia . . . 1 601 061 2123255 1 901 368 2215262 



Africa . . . 38 191 15 34° 32278 33 046 



The shipments to the European markets were distributed as follows: — 

 1905 1906 1907 



Weight in pounds 



Rotterdam . . 1 814460 1543 3 10 . 952006 



London . . . 2762850 2650919 3298930 



Hamburg . . . 633284 3841300 5529050 



Marseilles . . . 218750 585760 418850 



1905 1906 1907 



Value in rupees 



Rotterdam . . 554 887 557 320 295300 



London . . . 820638 915629 1112693 



Hamburg . . . 181335 1387202 1770961 



Marseilles . . . 54230 207338 125867 



In addition to Europe, India absorbs a very large part of the clove- 

 exports, viz. : — 



1905 1906 1907 



Value in rupees 



1985878 1782609 2149154 



The respective shares (in percentages) of the countries principally concerned 

 in the trade are as follows: — 



1905 1906 1907 



India 46,5 33,3 36,3 



Germany 4,2 25,9 29,8 



United Kingdom . . . 19,2 17,0 18,7 



United States .... 11,5 5,4 5,1 



Holland 13,0 10,0 4.9 



France 1,0 3,8 2.1 



In this connection it is to be noted, however, that the Customs Statistics 

 indicate Germany as the country of destination of all cloves shipped in German 

 vessels, whereas the B/L is mostly made out "option Rotterdam-London". 

 London is the World's market for cloves, and the major part of the cloves 

 alleged to be shipped to Germany does not go to Hamburg, but to London. 



A table of the clove crops of the last ten years (each crop covers the 

 twelvemonth from August to July) shows the following figures: — 



