+-----------+---------------+---------------+
| Periods. |Annual Average |Annual Average |
| |Imports (cwt.).|Exports (cwt.).|
+-----------+---------------+---------------+
| 1877-1886 | 215,219 | 10,805 |
| 1887-1896 | 194,966 | 9,437 |
| 1897-1906 | 186,362 | 14,808 |
+-----------+---------------+---------------+
The highest and lowest imports were 266,952 cwt. in 1885 and 145,122
cwt. in 1887, the latter in the year following the biggest home-grown
crop on record. On a series of years the largest proportion of imports
is from the United States.
During the twenty-five years 1881-1905 the annual values of the hops
imported into England fluctuated between the wide limits of L2,962,631
in 1882 and L427,753 in 1887. In five other years besides 1882 the value
exceeded a million sterling. The annual average value over the whole
period was L921,000, whilst the annual average import was 194,000 cwt.,
consequently the average value per cwt. was nearly L4, 15s., which is
approximately the same as that of the exported product. The quantities
and values of the imported hops that are again exported are almost
insignificant.