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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 77
I.—Values of British Imports and Exports for 100 Years (1801—1900)
I.—Values of British Imports and Exports for 100 Years (1801—1900).
The figures are all based on the official returns, and are drawn from the following sources:—
1800—1853. Porter's "Progress of the Nation" (1851), and Darton's "Statistical Tables" (1854).
The "official" values are arbitrary values, fixed in 1694. The totals under this head thus represent volumes, and not "real" values. From 1837 onwards, Porter's figures differ from Darton's for both imports and exports, and Porter's have been used as the more reliable. As regards the relation of "official" to declared values of the exports, Darton gives the following table:—
page 80| Period. | Official Values. | Declared Values. |
|---|---|---|
| 1801—1810 | 100 | 147.4 |
| 1811—1820 | 100 | 116.7 |
| 1821—1830 | 100 | 74.9 |
| 1831—1840 | 100 | 50.6 |
| 1841—1850 | 100 | 43.6 |
1854—1870. Leoni Levi's "History of British Commerce" (1872).
(In 1870 further changes in the method of estimating the import and export values were made by the Customs officials.)
1871—1885. "Free Trade v. Fair Trade" (1885), Farrer; and Paper on "Excess of Imports" (1899), Giffen.
1886—1900. From Government Blue-Books and Board of Trade Reports.
| Year. | Imports. | Exports. | |
| Official Values. | Official Values. | Real Values. | |
| Million £. | Million £. | Million £. | |
| 1801 | 31.8 | 24.9 | 39.7 |
| 1802 | 29.8 | 25.6 | 45.1 |
| 1803 | 26.6 | 20.5 | 36.1 |
| 1804 | 27.8 | 22.7 | 37.1 |
| 1805 | 28.6 | 23.4 | 38.1 |
| 1806 | 269 | 25.9 | 40.9 |
| 1807 | 26.7 | 23.4 | 37.2 |
| 1808 | 26.8 | 24.6 | 37.3 |
| 1809 | 31.7 | 33.6 | 47.4 |
| 1810 | 39.3 | 34.1 | 48.4 |
| 1811 | 26.5 | 22.7 | 32.9 |
| 1812 | 26.2 | 29.5 | 41.7 |
| 1813 | Records destroyed by fire | ||
| 1814 | 33.8 | 34.2 | 45.5 |
| 1815 | 33 | 42.9 | 51.6 |
| 1816 | 27.4 | 35.7 | 41.7 |
| 1817 | 30.8 | 40.1 | 41.8 |
| 1818 | 36.9 | 42.7 | 46.6 |
| 1819 | 30.8 | 33.5 | 35.2 |
| 1820 | 32.4 | 38.4 | 36.4 |
| 1821 | 30.8 | 40.8 | 36.7 |
| 1822 | 30.5 | 44.2 | 37 |
| 1823 | 35.8 | 43.8 | 35.5 |
| 1824 | 37.6 | 48.7 | 38.4 |
| 1825 | 44.1 | 47.2 | 38.9 |
| 1826 | 37.7 | 41 | 31.5 |
| 1827 | 44.9 | 52.2 | 37.2 |
| 1828 | 45 | 52.8 | 36.8 |
| 1829 | 44 | 56.2 | 35.8 |
| 1830 | 46.2 | 61.1 | 38.3 |
| 1831 | 49.7 | 60.7 | 37.2 |
| 1832 | 44.6 | 65 | 36.5 |
| 1833 | 46 | 70 | 39.7 |
| 1834 | 49.4 | 73.8 | 41.7 |
| 1835 | 48.9 | 78.4 | 47.4 |
| 1836 | 57 | 85.2 | 53.4 |
| 1837 | 54.7 | 72.5 | 42.1 |
| 1838 | 61.3 | 92.4 | 50.1 |
| 1839 | 62 | 97.4 | 53.2 |
| 1840 | 67.4 | 102.7 | 51.4 |
| 1841 | 64.4 | 102.2 | 51.6 |
| 1842 | 65.2 | 100.3 | 47.4 |
| 1843 | 70.1 | 117.9 | 52.3 |
| 1844 | 85 4 | 131.6 | 58.6 |
| 1845 | 85.3 | 134.6 | 60.1 |
| 1846 | 76 | 132.3 | 57.8 |
| 1847 | 91 | 136.1 | 58.8 |
| 1848 | 93.5 | 132.6 | 52.8 |
| 1849 | 105.9 | 164.5 | 63.6 |
| 1850 | 100.5 | 175.4 | 71.4 |
| 1851 | 110.5 | 190.7 | 74.4 |
| 1852 | 109.3 | 197.2 | 78.1 |
| 1853 | 123.1 Real Values. |
214.3 | 98.9 |
| 1854 | 152.6* | — | 97.2 |
| 1855 | 123.6 | — | 95.7 |
| 1856 | 172.5 | — | 115.8 |
| 1857 | 187.8 | — | 122.1 |
| 1858 | 164.6 | — | 116.6 |
| 1859 | 179.2 | — | 130.4 |
| 1860 | 210.5 | — | 135.9 |
| 1861 | 217.5 | — | 125.1 |
| 1862 | 225.7 | — | 124 |
| 1863 | 248.9 | — | 146 6 |
| 1864 | 275 | — | 160.5 |
| 1865 | 271.1 | — | 165.8 |
| 1866 | 295.3 | — | 188.9page 81 |
| 1867 | 275.2 | — | 181.0 |
| 1868 | 295.5 | — | 179.7 |
| 1869 | 295.5 | — | 189.9 |
| 1870 | 303.31 | — | 199.61 |
| 1871 | 331 | — | 223 |
| 1872 | 354.7 | — | 256 |
| 1873 | 371.3 | — | 255 |
| 1874 | 370.1 | — | 240 |
| 1875 | 374 | — | 223 |
| 1876 | 375.2 | — | 201 |
| 1877 | 394.4 | — | 199 |
| 1878 | 368.8 | — | 193 |
| 1879 | 363 | — | 192 |
| 1880 | 411.3 | — | 223 |
| 1881 | 397 | — | 234 |
| 1882 | 413 | — | 241 |
| 1883 | 426.9 | — | 240 |
| 1884 | 390 | — | 233 |
| 1885 | 371 | — | 213 |
| 1886 | 350 | — | 213 |
| 1887 | 362 | — | 222 0 |
| 1888 | 388 | — | 234 |
| 1889 | 428 | — | 249 |
| 1890 | 421 | — | 263 |
| 1891 | 435.4 | — | 247.2 |
| 1892 | 423.8 | — | 227.2 |
| 1893 | 404.7 | — | 218.3 |
| 1894 | 408.3 | — | 216 |
| 1895 | 416.7 | — | 226.1 |
| 1896 | 441.8 | — | 240.1 |
| 1897 | 451 | — | 234.2 |
| 1898 | 470.6 | — | 233.4 |
| 1899 | 485 | — | 255.3† |
| 1900 | 523 | — | 282.51 |