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THE FOEEST EESOUECES OF THE WOELD. 



Imports and exports of Belgium a 



Year. 



Imports. 



Exports. 



Excess of 

 imports. 



1870 



84,480,000 

 11,600.000 

 14,080.000 

 18,300.000 

 26, 940, 000 



'26,520,000 

 26,860,000 



6 27,960,000 



8520,000 

 2,200,000 

 2,660,000 



83,960,000 

 9 400 000 



1880 



1890 



11,420,000 



1896 



1900 



2,980,000 



2,800,000 



660.000 



580.000 



23,960,000 

 23,720,000 

 26 200 000 



1901 . . 



1902 



1903 



27,380,000 





oEndres, loc. cit. 



6 Represents 68,835,000 cubic feet. 



Sweden is the chief source of imports; then come Russia, Germany, 

 and France. 



GREAT BRITAIN, 



Great Britain, on account of its scarcity of forests, its highly devel- 

 oped industries, and its great coal production, imports more wood 

 than any other country in the world. The English wood consump- 

 tion has an influence on the lumber trade of the whole world and also 

 on the price of lumber; therefore the inevitable increase in it is of 

 great interest to the United States, especially in view of the amount 

 of imports from Canada. 



Iviports of Great Britain.^ 



Year. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



1880 



Cubic feet. 



321,159,400 



360,236,500 



496,247,400 



497,021,000 



498,718,400 



522,581.200 



458,900,000 





1890 



877,600,000 



1900 



125,484,050 



1901 • . 



109,129,850 



1902 



122,156,950 



1903 



131,522,300 



1904 









Endres, loc. cit. 



The greatest imports are in sawed and hewn wood. Scandinavia 

 furnishes one-third of the imports, Russia one-fourth, and America 

 one-fifth. The export is practically nothing. 



DENMARK AND NETHERLANDS. 



These countries have such small areas in forest as compared with 

 their population that imports of timber are certain to increase, as they 

 have steadily done in the last few 3'ears. 



The im.ports of Italy have slowly increased for some years, and the 

 increase in population and development of industries will certainly 

 more than offset any increased production of the forests, which are 

 now mostly coppice and managed under a short rotation. 



