1904. 1905. 1906.
£ £ £
From Germany 3,509 3,516 3,001
Netherlands 5,937 5,773 5,919
Belgium 1,568 1,861 3,145
France 7,120 7,633 5,794
Italy 1,176 255 1,233
United States 59,863 74,516 78,382
Other Foreign Countries 166 147 196
Total from Foreign Countries 79,339 93,701 97,670
Total from British Possessions 1,823 4,411 3,225
Total 81,162 98,112 100,895

Exports.

The exports from the United Kingdom during the past eight years have been as follows:—

Household. Toilet. Total.[14]
Year. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £
1900 ... ... ... ... 874,214 939,510
1901 ... ... ... ... 947,485 999,524
1902 ... ... ... ... 1,051,624 1,126,657
1903 998,995 900,814 38,372 217,928 1,057,164 1,143,661
1904 1,049,022 955,774 40,406 228,574 1,108,174 1,208,712
1905 1,167,976 1,013,837 43,837 248,425 1,230,310 1,284,727
1906 1,131,294 1,009,653 46,364 261,186 1,210,598 1,309,556
1907 1,114,624 1,095,170 50,655 280,186 1,240,805 1,459,113

Household and toilet soaps were not given separately prior to 1903.

The exports for the last three years for which complete figures are available, consisted of the following:—

Household Soap.

1904. 1905. 1906.
£ £ £
To Sweden 3,027 2,911 3,677
Norway 4,173 3,921 6,005
Netherlands 39,420 41,197 48,601
Dutch Possessions in the Indian Seas 8,586 10,293 7,746
Belgium 73,996 51,583 7,729
France 11,741 12,222 22,907
Portuguese East Africa 28,987 42,981 40,478
Canary Islands 24,763 27,864 27,579
Italy 2,842 3,187 3,962
Turkey 6,974 7,858 5,897
Egypt 12,110 9,467 12,035
China (exclusive of Hong-Kong and Macao)49,235 114,156 89,169
United States 3,885 1,975 3,924
Columbia 3,601 501 1,364
Ecuador 3,075 3,096 6,861
Chili 5,972 4,865 9,203
Brazil 35,197 28,198 31,726
Argentine Republic 7,802 8,954 13,084
Other Foreign Countries 40,058 53,914 77,687
Total to Foreign Countries 365,444 429,143 419,634
To Channel Islands 5,301 8,328 7,968
Gibraltar 13,272 13,868 12,661
British West Africa—
Gold Coast 22,598 18,513 23,423
Lagos 7,751 8,032 9,518
Nigerian Protectorate 14,942 15,299 20,951
Cape of Good Hope 158,517 143,750 136,388
Natal 74,848 71,874 46,771
British India—
Bombay (including Kurachi) 59,406 68,945 77,867
Madras 6,364 6,697 10,355
Bengal, Eastern Bengal and Assam. 26,534 23,087 22,648
Burmah 26,389 35,727 37,103
Straits Settlements and Dependencies 26,516 32,214 39,749
Hong-Kong 14,119 15,153 15,685
British West India Islands 74,069 58,881 67,331
British Guiana 12,661 12,023 11,557
Other British Possessions 47,043 52,303 50,044
Total to British Possessions 590,330 584,694 590,019
Total 955,7741,013,8371,009,653