Overseas trade statistics of the United Kingdom.

Mode of access: Internet.

Overseas trade: bulletin.

"Reference no. 8.11."

Trans-national cooperation: an asset in the Portuguese overseas trade. Foreigners operating in the Portuguese overseas trade, 1580-1590

This paper aims to discuss the role of foreign merchants, operating from Portugal, in the Portuguese overseas trade, during the first ten years of Iberian Union. The focus is not in products or routes, but in the mechanisms of association of such merchants. Iberian Union created a legal framework which prohibited the interference and trade of Portuguese agents in the Spanish Empire and vice-versa. Due to the imperialist wars of the Habsburgs, the Portuguese Empire also suffered from Dutch and English rivalry both in the Indic and in the Atlantic and also from the embargos of Dutch and English products and ships in Iberian ports. In such conjuncture, how did merchants related with each other? What was the impact of the political union of the Portuguese and Spanish crowns in trading associations? The used data sources are the notarial contracts of Lisbon for the same period. The paper highlights the role of Castilian merchants in the Portuguese trade, but it also stresses that Iberian partnerships have prevailed before 1580. The role of other merchants, such as Flemish/Dutch, Germans, Italians and French, is also considered. The paper discusses how and why did these merchants join in trans-national partnerships and what was their role in the Portuguese trade network at the time.

Overseas export promotion calendar

Mode of access: Internet.

Sweet diversity: Colonial goods and the rise of European living standards after 1492

When did overseas trade start to matter for living standards? Traditional real-wage indices suggest that living standards in Europe stagnated before 1800. In this paper, we argue thatwelfare rose substantially, but surreptitiously, because of an influx of new goods as a result ofoverseas trade. Colonial luxuries such as tea, coffee, and sugar transformed European diets afterthe discovery of America and the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope. These goods became household items in many countries by the end of the 18th century. We use three different methodsto calculate welfare gains based on price data and the rate of adoption of these new colonialgoods. Our results suggest that by 1800, the average Englishman would have been willing to forego 10% or more of his income in order to maintain access to sugar and tea alone. These findings are robust to a wide range of alternative assumptions, data series, and valuation methods.

Le commerce atlantique au Río de la Plata, 1680-1778

Fil: Jumar, Fernando. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

Circulación ultramarina de navíos del Complejo Portuario Rioplatense (1779-1806)

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las transformaciones del comercio ultramarino del complejo portuario rioplatense durante las últimas décadas del siglo XVIII a partir de la circulación de navíos. Para ello se considerará el número de navíos, su destino y el tipo de embarcación

Le commerce atlantique au Río de la Plata, 1680-1778

Fil: Jumar, Fernando. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

Circulación ultramarina de navíos del Complejo Portuario Rioplatense (1779-1806)

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las transformaciones del comercio ultramarino del complejo portuario rioplatense durante las últimas décadas del siglo XVIII a partir de la circulación de navíos. Para ello se considerará el número de navíos, su destino y el tipo de embarcación

Le commerce atlantique au Río de la Plata, 1680-1778

Fil: Jumar, Fernando. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

Circulación ultramarina de navíos del Complejo Portuario Rioplatense (1779-1806)

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las transformaciones del comercio ultramarino del complejo portuario rioplatense durante las últimas décadas del siglo XVIII a partir de la circulación de navíos. Para ello se considerará el número de navíos, su destino y el tipo de embarcación

Report of the British economic mission to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay

D'Abernon, chairman

Netherlands. : Economic and commercial conditions in the Netherlands.

Volume for 1919 issued in the series of parliamentary papers as Papers by command; 1949 issued as Overseas economic series.

Report on economic conditions in Japan, to 30 June, 1928;

Mode of access: Internet.

Switzerland.

1948-54 issued as Overseas economic surveys.