In the project of reconstructing Spanish foreign trade in the 18th and 19th centuries, one of the avenues to be explored is that provided by the foreign trade series of those countries linked to Spain. In this sense, Spanish-British trade leads to the study of centre-periphery relations in Europe, before, during and after the English Industrial Revolution. From the point of view of this study, the transit trade of products from the Spanish colonies destined for Britain, or of British products for the Spanish-American markets, is of interest only insofar as it affects the balance of services, as profits obtained by Spaniards when transporting and trading these goods. In the case of exports to Britain, exports of national goods must be distinguished from re-exports of colonial products, as they were different goods. The available information disaggregated by product covers about 90% of the total value exported and, in order to obtain total figures for exports and re-exports. For imports, the situation is more complex, since re-exports are goods of the same type as those retained for domestic consumption. However, no contemporary estimate has been found for the late 18th century. An estimate for that period would allow us to test the hypothesis of a shift in British trade with Spanish America via the Peninsula during most of the seventeenth century. Spanish trade statistics for 1792 allow us to estimate the re-exports of foreign products to the American colonies.
Collection: Statistics
Project: 2. Social and economic impact of technological revolutions in Europe., 9. Travels and travelers: economic, social and cultural connections.
Chronology: XVIII, XIX
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Statistics
Format: Table
Source: Prados de la escosura, Leandro, «El comercio hispano–británico en los siglos XVIII y XIX: I. Reconstrucción» Revista de Historia Económica, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2, 2 (1984), pp. 113–162.
Language: Spanish
Date: 1984
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Copyright: © Leandro Prados de la Escosura, © Revista de Historia Económica
Abstract: Re-export of foreign goods during the 18th century between Spain and England
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