Toilet Soap.
| 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| To Germany | 5,051 | 6,322 | 6,620 |
| Belgium | 3,730 | 3,265 | 3,355 |
| France | 7,903 | 8,988 | 9,324 |
| Portuguese East Africa | 2,215 | 3,973 | 4,658 |
| Egypt | 2,302 | 3,350 | 3,525 |
| China (exclusive of Hong-Kong and Macao) | 3,096 | 3,115 | 3,645 |
| Japan (including Formosa) | 3,300 | 4,649 | 3,382 |
| United States | 50,043 | 50,668 | 52,124 |
| Brazil | 1,879 | 2,241 | 2,292 |
| Other Foreign Countries | 22,002 | 26,081 | 29,214 |
| Total to Foreign Countries | 101,521 | 112,652 | 118,139 |
| To Cape of Good Hope | 14,094 | 14,815 | 14,988 |
| Natal | 8,897 | 11,913 | 7,280 |
| British India— | |||
| Bombay (including Kurachi) | 24,665 | 24,672 | 28,316 |
| Madras | 4,333 | 5,851 | 6,624 |
| Bengal, Eastern Bengal and Assam | 14,129 | 16,021 | 15,969 |
| Burmah | 3,299 | 3,400 | 4,667 |
| Straits Settlements and Dependencies | 3,590 | 5,092 | 4,798 |
| Ceylon and Dependencies | 12,210 | 11,118 | 12,854 |
| Australia— | |||
| Western Australia | 1,549 | 1,394 | 1,137 |
| South Australia, (including Northern Territory) | 895 | 644 | 637 |
| Victoria | 11,989 | 13,614 | 12,774 |
| New South Wales | 3,920 | 4,278 | 4,139 |
| Queensland | 957 | 1,097 | 1,108 |
| Tasmania | 482 | 315 | 547 |
| New Zealand | 5,093 | 4,498 | 5,503 |
| Canada | 6,382 | 6,196 | 8,185 |
| Other British Possessions | 11,069 | 10,855 | 13,521 |
| Total to British Possessions | 127,053 | 135,773 | 143,047 |
| Total | 228,574 | 248,425 | 261,186 |
The following statistics extracted from official consular reports, etc., show the extent of the soap industry in other parts of the world.
United States.—According to the Oil, Paint and Drug Report the total production of soap in the United States during 1905, exclusive of soap products to the value of $1,437,118 made in establishments engaged primarily in the manufacture of other products, reached a value of $68,274,700, made up in the following manner:—
| Quantity. | Value. | |
| Lbs. | $ | |
| Hard soaps | ... | 56,878,486 |
| Tallow soap | 846,753,798 | 32,610,850 |
| Olein soap | 29,363,376 | 1,363,636 |
| Foots soap | 85,000,133 | 3,090,312 |
| Toilet soaps, including medicated, shaving, and other special soaps | 130,225,417 | 9,607,276 |
| Powdered soaps, sold as such | 120,624,968 | 4,358,682 |
| All other soaps | 143,390,957 | 6,097,670 |
| Soft soap | 33,613,416 | 667,064 |
| Special soap articles | ... | 554,881 |
France.—This country exported common soap during 1906 to the value of £556,000, or £8,000 more than in 1905.
The chief centre of the soap industry is Marseilles, which, with about fifty soap factories, produces annually some 3,000,000 cwts.
Germany imported in 1905 soap and perfumery to the value of £3,032, that exported amounting to £15,364.
In Saxony there are eighty soap factories.
Russia.—There are fifty large soap factories in Russia, the annual output from which is about 2,250,000 cwt.