Annual report on the Falkland Islands and Dependencies / Colonial Office.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1951]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on the Falkland Islands and Dependencies / Colonial Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXPORTS (INCLUDING RE-EXPORTS) 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 £ £ £ £ £ Wool . 238,550 277,900 384,820 542,956 557,736 Hides & Skins 12,821 23,930 25,878 19,419 32,673 Tallow . 5,775 6,616 7,110 2,141 1,877 Livestock — 2,000 1,201 880 Seal Oil 900 — — — 21,444 Other Articles 7,050 12,938 914 3,310 347 Total Exports £265,096 £321,384 £420,722 £569,027 £614,957 Re-exports 7,020 12,835 8,286 3,240 7,006 Note : In the Annual Report for 1949 the export value of Hides and Skins was incorrectly given as £63,878, and as a result the total value of exports was £38,000 too high. SOURCES OF 1947 British Com- IMPORTS 1948 (percentage) 1949 1950 1951 monwealth . Foreign 51.35 74.19 79.60 81.19 85.28 Countries 48.65 25.81 20.40 18.81 14.72 PRINCIPAL SUPPLYING COUNTRIES 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 £ £ £ £ £ United Kingdom Other Parts of 122,324 200,200 212,213 251,362 360,164 Common¬ wealth 3,637 17,358 19,115 15,227 15,646 Argentina 22,300 15,542 17,839 15,948 14,641 Brazil . 5,152 — — — — Chile . 15,392 — — 8,394 8,617 Sweden 14,831 26,545 16,212 3,819 3,316 Uruguay 56,711 24,226 15,950 17,510 16,349 U.S.A. . 4,020 8,093 4,617 1,615 1,538 Finland — — 12,033 9,787