more than half of the exports found their market in the countries of the Entente nations. Of the balance, 12 per cent went to Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria, and 35 per cent elsewhere. Unless, therefore, the present Allies are prepared to encourage the importation of German products, a substantial increase in total volume can only be effected by the wholesale swamping of neutral markets.
| German Trade (1913) According to Destination and Origin | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination of Germany's Exports | Origin of Germany's Imports | ||||||||
| Million Dollars | Per cent | Million Dollars | Per cent | ||||||
| Great Britain | 359.65 | 14.2 | 219.00 | 8.1 | |||||
| India | 37.65 | 1.5 | 135.20 | 5.0 | |||||
| Egypt | 10.85 | 0.4 | 29.60 | 1.1 | |||||
| Canada | 15.10 | 0.6 | 16.00 | 0.6 | |||||
| Australia | 22.10 | 0.9 | 74.00 | 2.8 | |||||
| South Africa | 11.70 | 0.5 | 17.40 | 0.6 | |||||
| Total: British Empire | 456.95 | 18.1 | 491.20 | 18.2 | |||||
| France | 197.45 | 7.8 | 146.65 | 5.4 | |||||
| Belgium | 137.75 | 5.5 | 86.15 | 3.2 | |||||
| Italy | 98.35 | 3.9 | 79.40 | 3.0 | |||||
| U. S. A. | 178.30 | 7.1 | 427.80 | 15.9 | |||||
| Russia | 220.00 | 8.7 | 356.15 | 13.2 | |||||
| Roumania | 35.00 | 1.4 | 19.95 | 0.7 |