Argentina and Uruguay

by Gordon Ross

UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS IN 1913

Wheat		£	£
1.	From United States	13,953,072
2.	” Canada	8,803,949
3.	” British East Indies	7,998,552
4.	” Argentine Republic	6,149,195
5.	” Australia	4,426,629
6.	” Russia	1,984,964
	” Other countries	544,539	43,860,900
Maize
1.	From Argentine Republic	10,851,874
2.	” United States	1,923,321
3.	” Russia	489,993
4.	” Roumania	286,600
5.	” Canada	64,773
	” Other countries	153,781	13,770,342
Linseed
1.	From Argentine Republic	2,398,629
2.	” British East Indies	1,564,428
3.	” Russia	228,167
4.	” United States	98,366
	” Other countries	2,905,803	7,195,393
Chilled and Frozen Meat
1.	From Argentine Republic	12,815,002
2.	” Australia	2,133,951
3.	” Uruguay	706,816
4.	” New Zealand	393,429
5.	” United States	3,119
	” Other countries	11,914	16,064,231
Frozen Mutton
1.	From New Zealand	4,965,310
2.	” Australia	3,128,439
3.	” Argentine Republic	1,908,255
4.	” Uruguay	303,528
	” Other countries	293,133	10,598,665
Sundry Meats Frozen
1.	From Argentine Republic	455,561
2.	” United States	155,966
	” Other countries	216,526	828,053
	Total		92,317,584

The value of the U.K. Imports from Argentine and Uruguay was considerably increased during 1915.

In 1913 values of the exports of the United Kingdom to the four most commercially important countries of South America were:—

	£ sterling.
To the Argentine Republic	23,430,246
” Brazil	13,015,769
” Chile	6,366,944
” Uruguay	3,027,568

Of the total value of the sales of the United Kingdom in the whole of South America, Argentina received 45%, amounting to £52,033,764 sterling.

POSITIONS HELD BY ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY RESPECTIVELY IN THE EXPORT TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ACCORDING TO BRITISH OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS, 1913.

Value of exports from Great Britain to:		£
1	East Indies	71,738,755
2	Germany	60,573,457
3	United States	59,536,352
4	France	40,876,731
5	Australasia	37,852,929
6	Russia	27,705,660
7	Canada	27,235,355
8	South Africa	24,373,018
9	Argentina	23,430,246
10	Belgium	20,667,519
11	Holland	20,605,137
12	Italy	15,620,393
13	China	15,016,023
14	Japan	14,837,948
15	Brazil	13,015,769
16	New Zealand	11,776,261
17	Egypt	9,966,948
18	Sweden	9,241,874
19	Spain	8,655,196
20	Turkey	7,992,712
21	West Africa	7,166,222
22	Norway	6,669,089
23	Chile	6,366,946
24	Denmark	6,340,773
25	Austria-Hungary	5,786,077
26	Switzerland	5,106,764
27	Portugal	3,935,802
28	Uruguay	3,027,568
29	West Indies	2,716,545
30	Greece	2,597,227
31	Mexico	2,549,265
32	East Africa	1,443,859
33	Costa Rica	247,093
Total including other countries		£635,117,134

		Population.	Per capita £
1	New Zealand	1,028,160	11·45
2	Australasia	4,802,174	7·88
3	South Africa	5,973,394	4·08
4	Canada	7,758,000	3·51
5	Holland	6,114,302	3·37
6	Argentina	7,731,257	3·03
7	Belgium	7,571,387	2·73
8	Norway	2,437,646	2·73
9	Uruguay	1,112,000	2·72
10	Denmark	2,775,076	2·29
11	Chile	3,505,317	1·90
12	Sweden	5,638,583	1·62
13	West Indies	1,709,732	1·59
14	Switzerland	3,781,430	1·30
15	France	39,601,509	1·03
16	Greece	2,666,000	0·97
17	Germany	64,925,993	0·93
18	Egypt	11,287,359	0·88
19	Portugal	5,960,056	0·66
20	United States	91,972,266	0·65
21	Costa Rica	388,266	0·63
22	Brazil	23,070,969	0·55
23	East Africa	2,651,892	0·54
24	Italy	34,671,377	0·45
25	Spain	19,639,000	0·44
26	Turkey	21,273,900	0·38
27	West Africa	20,176,635	0·35
28	Japan	52,985,423	0·28
29	East Indies	315,156,396	0·23
30	Russia	171,059,900	0·16
31	Mexico	15,063,207	0·16
32	Austria-Hungary	49,458,421	0·12
33	China	320,650,000	0·05