Holding positions far inferior to the foregoing countries are: _Italy_, which in 1908 received £1,581,571 worth of Argentine products, principally maize and hides; _Holland_ receiving £1,059,394 worth of imports, comprising linseed and cereals (maize and wheat); _Uruguay_, importing live-stock, meat, sugar, hides, etc., to the value of £154,891 in 1907 (£275,328 in 1908); _Spain_, importing maize, hides, and fats to the value of £387,121 in 1907 (£519,920 in 1908); and _Chili_, importing Argentine produce to the value of £370,133 in 1907 (£307,501 in 1908), consisting entirely of cattle and mules. Finally we must mention _Austro-Hungary_, although that country has very little commercial contact with the Argentine. The imports from Austria and Hungary amount to some £500,000 or £600,000 (£578,932 in 1907, £658,700 in 1908), and the Argentine exports, principally wheat, amounted to a value of £150,395 in 1907, and £214,227 in 1908. One department of the foreign trade of the Argentine cannot be precisely classified; namely, that of the products which are loaded on vessels which make seawards, and those which, coming from the river custom-houses, are transported to Buenos Ayres, there to be transhipped for foreign countries. The value of such exports was £19,252,891, in 1907, and £27,085,119 in 1908. This sum includes the value (£18,654,153 in 1907) of agricultural products, wheat and maize, despatched to order but without exact destination, whether to Saint Vincent in the Cape Verde Islands, Las Palmas in the Canaries, or Falmouth in England. The following table shows, in the order of their importance, the products exported by the Argentine during the three years 1906-1908 and the first six months of 1909, so that we may see at a glance what branches of production have most rapidly increased: 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. (1st six months) Products of Stock-raising £24,827,397 £24,764,041 £23,023,691 £16,213,533 Products of Agriculture[80] 31,530,938 32,818,324 48,335,432 32,986,430 Forestal products 1,184,372 1,068,471 1,269,447 794,772 Various 908,168 590,037 272,497 359,952 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Totals £58,450,875 £59,240,873 £72,921,067 £50,354,687 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- [Footnote 80: The agricultural exports for 1906 wore sensibly lower than those of 1905, on account of a decrease of £3,864,392 in the exports of wheat.]