18 REPORT OF SCHIMMEL & Co. APRIL 1914. 
In 1913 the Egyptian imports reached a value of 27805195 £E. compared with 
259075759 “E. in 1912. On the other hand the exports amounted to only 31662005 4E. 
compared with 35474321 £E. in 1912. The cigarette-industry figures in these returns 
with a reduction of 30000 £E. In the imports, England of course takes the lead, 
with 8496483 ¢E. Germany has receded from the fifth to the sixth place, although 
its total turnover was larger than in the previous year: 1608881 £E. against 1421180 £E. 
in 1912. The British Colonies have taken the fifth place. The reason of this is in 
the first place the steady growth of the exportation of food-stuffs and pulse from India 
to Egypt and the Soudan, and also the continued advance in the imports of Indian 
manufactured goods. A reduction of imports has taken place in skins, leather and 
leather goods, colonial produce, stoneware, glass, china and crystal, dye-stuffs, chemical 
products and medicines. There were increase in the imports of grain and vegetables, 
flour, spirituous preparations, beverages and oils, paper and books, coal, timber, 
textiles and metal goods. In the export department there have been reduntigne in 
cotton, rubber, sugar, fruits and vegetables. 
The somewhat unfavourable state of business was naturally attended by occasional 
suspensions of payment, but since the disturbing elements have been removed by the 
conclusion of peace, there is no longer any ground for anxiety as to the future of 
trade with Egypt. 
According to statements by “Bradstreet’s” the value of the total exports of the 
United States of America, as well as the total value of foreign trade of the country, 
surpassed all figures of previous years, while the active side of the commercial 
balance shows an equally striking growth. On the other hand, the value of the 
imports of merchandise remained below that of the preceding years, notwithstanding 
that the new customs tariff, with its numerous reductions in duties, was already in 
force during the concluding quarter of the calendar year, and the importations of 
food-stuffs, principally meat and maize, from abroad reached a volume never known 
before. Although the falling-off in the imports caused surprise in many quarters, the 
increase in exports was not unexpected. The value of the total exports reached 
2484 million §, and exceeded that of the previous year, which constituted a record, 
by 3,5p.c. The imports only reached a value of 1792 million §, or 1,8p.c. less than 
those of 1912, the leading import-year on record. The value of exports and imports 
together was 4276 million §, or 1,4 p.c. greater than the total for 1912; the excess 
of the value Of exports over imports was 692 million §, which was greater by 56 millions 
than the result of 1907/08, the previously most favourable commercial year. 
The figures relating to the foreign trade of the United States during the last 
10 calendar years are as follows: — 
Total Excess 
Year Imports Exports foreign trade of exports 
Value in Millions of Dollars 
$ON Pree Se ol OZ 2484 4276 692 
19120. 1818 2399 4217 581 
LOND oie a RRO Ia. on 2092 3624 560 
1910" 1363 1866 3429 303 
1900 eB San 1728 3203 253 
1908. . . 1116 1753 2869 637 
19070502 e442a © 1923 3346 500 
1906 utes 24320 1798 3118 478 
1005 % ee Sid 1626 2805 447 
19046: cep M06 1451 2487 415 
