ABSTRACT
The import trade of West Africa has expanded rapidly in the last half-century or so, although it has been subject to marked fluctuations. There are numerous defects and gaps in the trade statistics, which are not always strictly comparable; but the general trend revealed in Table 2 is unmistakably one of rapid growth. Imports of certain commodities into Nigeria and the Gold Coast, 1899–1951
|
1899–1901 |
1909–1911 |
1919–1921 |
1929–1931 |
1935–1937 |
1951 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nigeria |
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|
Cotton piece goods (£000’s) |
322 |
1,188 |
3,913 |
2,634 |
3,371 |
14,744 |
|
(m. sq.yd.) |
27 |
77 |
68 |
89 |
151 |
121 |
|
Wheat flour (000’s cwt.) |
— |
32 |
27 |
78 |
57 |
272 |
|
Sugar (000’s tons) |
0.2 |
— |
0.7 |
4.7 |
9.8 |
11.0 |
|
Cigarettes, estimated consumption (m.) |
— |
— |
156 |
298 |
417 |
1,700 |
|
Cement (000’s tons) |
— |
16 |
15 |
48 |
51 |
261 |
|
Motor fuel (000’s tons) |
— |
— |
16 |
25 |
167 |
|
|
Kerosene (000’s tons) |
— |
9 |
8 |
11 |
43 |
|
|
Gold Coast |
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|
Cotton piece goods (£000’s) |
289 |
471 |
2,121 |
1,142 |
1,726 |
10,787 |
|
(m. sq.yd.) |
16 |
22 |
25 |
31 |
65 |
83 |
|
Wheat flour (000’s cwt.) |
27 |
49 |
58 |
205 |
154 |
501 |
|
Sugar (000’s tons) |
0.8 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
4.8 |
6.2 |
14.7 |
|
Cigarettes (m.) |
— |
20 |
125 |
159 |
214 |
811 |
|
Cement, including lime (000’s tons) |
— |
— |
19 |
43 |
64 |
222 |
|
Motor fuel (000’s tons) |
— |
— |
4 |
20 |
23 |
75 |
|
Kerosene (000’s tons) |
2 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
11 |
23 |
