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Venezuela

Chapter 23: IMPORTS (BY CLASSES).
By Leonard V. Dalton
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A concise travel‑scientific account combining on‑the‑ground observation with natural history and historical overview. It surveys the country’s physical geography and climate from coastal plains, lakes, mountain chains and upland plateaus to extensive savannas; explains regional geology and mineral resources; catalogs vegetation and wildlife across ecological zones; and traces pre‑Columbian and colonial eras alongside descriptions of towns, routes, and local industries. Practical notes on seasons, health, agriculture and economic potential are interwoven with descriptive travel episodes and illustrative maps and plates, offering both scientific detail and accessible field reportage.

APPENDIX B
TRADE OF VENEZUELA, 1909-10

(Compiled from the Estadística Mercantil y Marítima, Carácas)

IMPORTS (BY CLASSES).

£ (at 25·25).
I. Textiles 821,619
II. Foodstuffs 444,142
III. Hardware 341,942
IV. Machinery 65,091
V. Other oils (and stearin) 58,612
VI. Mineral oils 34,198
VII. Building materials and labour 15,187
VIII. Cement 12,816
IX. Coal 11,244
X. Railway materials 5,791
XI. Electrical apparatus 1,938
XII. General merchandise 430,620
Total 2,243,200

IMPORTS (BY COUNTRIES).[9]

£ (at 25·25).
United States 730,560
Great Britain 589,700
Germany 422,234
Holland 153,725
France 148,930
Spain 109,173
Italy 58,953
Trinidad 13,821
Belgium 12,110
Austria 1,647
Curaçao 1,183
Other countries 1,164
Total 2,243,200

EXPORTS (BY PRODUCTS).

£ (at 25·25).
Coffee 1,469,476
Cocoa 689,954
Rubber (caoutchouc, sernambi, and balatá) 557,127
Hides (oxen, goats, and others) 320,571
Gold 65,738
Egret plumes 50,459
Cattle 40,374
Asphalt 36,598
Dye woods and tanning barks 23,101
Pearls 20,941
Sugar 20,080
Timber 16,215
Tonka-beans 7,792
Tobacco 5,737
Hellebore 2,806
Alpargatas (sandals) 2,570
Fish-bladders 2,383
Coco-palm products 2,361
Cotton 2,291
Horns 2,031
Tortoise-shell, mother-of-pearl, &c. 1,642
Fruit 600
Quinine 492
Arrowroot 221
Total 3,363,370

IMPORTS (CLASSES AND COUNTRIES).

Austria. Barbados. Belgium. Colombia. Cuba. Curaçao. Ecuador. France. Germany.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
I. Textiles 120 1,050 92 99 37,635 155,274
II. Foodstuffs 1,647 270 11 33,912 99,120
III. Hardware 1,513 2 11,087 67,476
IV. Machinery 156 614 273 8,880
V. Other oils (and stearin) 3,667 1,831 2,752
VI. Mineral oils 3 204
VII. Building materials and lumber 11 337 1,270
VIII. Cement 58 19 33 3,843
IX. Coal 4 1,366
X. Railway materials 807
XI. Electrical apparatus 4 115
XII. General merchandise 5 5,393 99 571 441 63,818 81,127
Totals 1,647 136 12,110 99 571 1,183 99 148,930 422,234

Great Britain. Holland. Italy. Porto Rico. Portugal. Spain. Trinidad. United States.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
I. Textiles 417,614 54,397 29,748 47,682 193 77,715
II. Foodstuffs 17,028 29,606 10,909 34,606 2,673 214,360
III. Hardware 43,514 7,581[10] 1,831 1,601 1,262 206,075[10]
IV. Machinery 16,893 1,664 291 139 3,343 54 32,784
V. Other oils (and stearin) 493 35,558[11] 4,741 5,543 242 3,785
VI. Mineral oils 37 3 1,062 32,889
VII. Building materials and lumber 3,983 206 178 456 8,746
VIII. Cement 1,443 1,352 2,988 3,080
IX. Coal 8,146 908 820
X. Railway materials 1,100 528 297 3,061
XI. Electrical apparatus 51 243 19 1,506
XII. General merchandise 79,398 21,924 11,012 47 73 16,398 4,575 145,739
Totals 589,700 153,725 58,953 186 73 109,173 13,821 730,560

EXPORTS (BY PRODUCTS AND PORTS. VALUE IN £ AT 25·25).

Alpargalas (sandals). Arrowroot. Asphalt. Cattle. Cocoa. Coco-palm Products. Coffee. Copaiba—Balsam and Oil. Copper. Cotton.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
La Guaira 1,887 334,415 244,836 654 459
Puerto Cabello 582 16 785 96,884 594 441,161 7,019 605
Maracaibo 31 3,056 10,892 24 751,779 7,197 427
Ciudad Bolivar 34,550 374 1,664 2,041
Carúpano 47 27 151,545 5,556 31
Pampatar 54 299 61
La Vela 174 581 2,127 16 12
Guanta 2,865 950 556
Puerto Sucre 19,610
Cristobal Colón 270 1,566 91,070 1,743 1,482
Caño Colorado 33,272 4,774 12 85 11 232
Totals 2,570 221 36,598 40,374 689,954 2,361 1,469,476 9,323 7,792 2,291

Dyes and Tanning Materials. Egrets’ Plumes. Fish Bladders. Fruit. Gold. Hellebore. Hides.
Barks. Divisive. Goats’. Oxen. Others, chiefly Deer.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
La Guaira 77 674 2,806 2,900 45,355 3,990
Puerto Cabello 1,144 677 19 335 317 26,622 26,035 3,469
Maracaibo 1,884 14,621 2,346 8,063 30,459 296
Ciudad Bolivar 36 49,705 64,747 73 126,245 3,797
Carúpano 27 94 1,053
Pampatar 487 459 139
La Vela 4,134 34,681
Guanta 185 305 883 104
Puerto Sucre 444 684 2,029 45
Cristobal Colón 71 68 265 87 464
Caño Colorado 2,049 191
Totals 1,991 21,110 50,459 2,383 600 65,738 2,806 73,968 234,711 11,892

Horns. Pearls. Quinine-bark. Rubber. Shells. Sugar. Timber. Tobacco. Tonka-beans
(Sarrapia).
Caoutchouc. Sernambi. Balatá.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
La Guaira 653 11,889 188 820 133 7,879 79 562
Puerto Cabello 1,052 279 1,787 11 1,443 392 58
Maracaibo 25 3,230 10,233 15,044
Ciudad Bolivar 197 116,305 32,089 401,093 1,676 12,429
Carúpano 4,305 239 149
Pampatar 4,752 1,498 92
La Vela 525
Guanta 112 19
Puerto Sucre 126
Cristobal Colón 539 440 11
Caño Colorado 17 899 3,488
Totals 2,031 20,941 492 121,322 32,089 403,716 1,642 20,080 16,215 5,737 12,487