Wool and manufactures of wool . n importer ofwool increasing. From 1875 to 1891 the quantities of raw woolimported rose from 50,500,000 kilograms to 144,410,000 , anincrease of 155 per cent. In the same period the imports of woolenyarn did not materially increase 10,300,000 kilograms in 1875, and17,823,000 kilograms in 1891. The imports of cloth showed a remark-able decrease, falling from 7,033,800 kilograms in 1875 to 1,023,500kilograms in 1891. The export movement showed a decrease in theexports of raw wool fiom 19,950,000 kilograms in 1875 to 7,7S(>.4(M»kilograms in 1891; and a
Wool and manufactures of wool . n importer ofwool increasing. From 1875 to 1891 the quantities of raw woolimported rose from 50,500,000 kilograms to 144,410,000 , anincrease of 155 per cent. In the same period the imports of woolenyarn did not materially increase 10,300,000 kilograms in 1875, and17,823,000 kilograms in 1891. The imports of cloth showed a remark-able decrease, falling from 7,033,800 kilograms in 1875 to 1,023,500kilograms in 1891. The export movement showed a decrease in theexports of raw wool fiom 19,950,000 kilograms in 1875 to 7,7S(>.4(M»kilograms in 1891; and an increase in the exports of woolen yarn andwoolen manufactures. Of woolen yarn there were exported in ,870,000 kilograms; in 1891,0,043,100 , and of other manu-factures 12,900,000 kilograms in 1875 and 22,408,400 kilograms in 1891. The imports in 1892 of sheeps wool, the i)rice of each kind as valin-d bythe customs officials, and the exports are shown in the following table: 532 WOOr- AND MANUFACTURES OF TARIFF. The tariff of the Germanic Union of Customs, as published in Mac-Gregors Commercial Statistics in 1844, imj)osed no duties on sheepswool, raw and combed. The tariff of July 15, 1879, admitted wool,raw, dyed, painted, free; combed wool was subjected to a duty of 2marks the 100 kik)grams, a merely nominal duty, equivalent to aboutone fifth of a cent a pound. It may be of interest to show the wideapjdication given to the free entry of textiles of the wool and hairdescription: Alpaca, llama, guanaco, camel, vicuSa, Angora, Cash-mere, and other goat hair, raw, boiled, hackled, carded, bleached,curled; hare, rabbit, beaver, ape, muskrat, and nutria hair, raw, boiled,hackled, carded, dyed, ground, curled; dog, ox, and other animal hair,raw, etc., with exception of those under Ko. 11 of the customs tariff;*wool flocks, artificial wool (shoddy, etc.), woolen waste, sheep wool,raw (also washed), carded, bleached, or curled; sheep wool, as well ashair of a
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