DESTINATION. 1906 1907 1908 1909 (1st six months) Great Britain[76] £8,644,807 10,743,230 15,644,944 10,207,653 France 7,152,671 7,552,409 5,782,750 4,761,514 Germany 7,883,439 7,284,611 6,950,399 4,280,523 Belgium 5,124,279 5,918,426 7,155,637 5,531,015 Brazil 2,378,263 2,803,686 3,019,115 1,729,824 United States 2,666,422 2,188,087 2,604,647 2,411,460 Italy 1,381,225 1,043,893 1,581,571 1,508,815 Holland 595,047 834,818 1,059,934 623,634 Spain 514,515 387,121 519,920 248,823 Chili 277,107 370,133 307,501 297,018 South Africa 791,606 303,118 172,088 24,662 Uruguay 1,006,880 275,328 154,891 112,329 Cuba 49,478 144,896 57,891 42,046 Bolivia 65,719 121,610 118,745 75,616 Paraguay 41,003 36,530 42,733 17,166 Other destinations 755,324 598,740 921,081 792,241 Shipments to order 19,122,949 19,252,891 27,085,119 17,710,457 —————————— —————————— —————————— —————————— 58,450,766 59,240,874 73,201,068 50,354,688 ========== ========== ========== ========== [Footnote 76: It should perhaps be explained that the totals are correctly converted from the Argentine values, but are not the exact sums of the columns of figures, as these latter are for economy of space printed without the following decimals that result from conversion. The error in any one case is infinitesimal——from 1/100th to 1/1000th of 1 per cent.——[TRANS.]] In the matter of exports the first place is again held by England, with an exportation of £15,664,944 in 1908 as against £10,743,230 in 1907, an increase of £4,421,714. England is the Argentine’s largest client in the matter of agricultural produce, taking 16 per cent. of the whole amount exported. In 1907 she spent £3,739,509 on chilled meats; £1,843,954 on cereals——wheat, maize, and linseed; £1,212,471 on wools; £193,834 on butter, and £379,810 on sheepskins and cowhides, dried and salted. Australia also imports wheat and maize from the Argentine.[77] [Footnote 77: These figures are for 1907 except where otherwise stated.——[TRANS.]] The export trade to England is still capable of a far greater expansion, if England will only determine to allow cattle on the hoof to be imported once more; an import she denied herself some years ago, on account of anthrax, and one which the Argentine is eagerly begging her to resume, under proper sanitary regulations.