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I told you we'd be returning to British beer exports. Another thromise. I'm so good at thromising. That's why I'm such a good dad.
I've only a few holes to fill in the late 1930's and early 1940's (can't imagine there was much exporting going on then) and I'll have most of the 20th century up to the 1980's. Pretty impressive, eh? Not sure what I'll ever do with the information, other than bother you lot.
Here's the table:
British Beer exports 1890 - 1932 (standard barrels)
1890
1900
1910
1913
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
USA
48,991
47,700
69,688
Egypt
6,591
18,597
20,600
20,530
10,408
9,796
11,619
11,305
8,592
8,971
9,840
10,760
10,510
10,659
12,571
14,603
14,409
11,627
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
271
450
Cuba
14,261
2,254
3,151
3,258
4,148
2,665
2,410
1,070
Irish Free State
28,007
36,549
40,135
37,884
38,073
38,740
43,271
41,208
36,878
34,995
Malta & Gozo
20,390
22,932
12,849
13,219
16,406
16,825
20,390
22,932
23,036
18,822
22,256
19,982
15,011
14,335
6,262
British S. Africa
25,582
31,446
5,937
5,253
464
3,302
British W. Africa
10,640
6,830
5,193
2,480
1,497
2,250
4,000
5,530
6,373
8,298
8,176
6,627
8,854
British India
97,196
94,918
96,914
100,181
23,776
60,751
45,555
45,548
39,515
46,180
47,562
57,600
60,814
66,714
71,594
70,124
60,031
53,630
Straits Settlements
37,740
7,928
22,063
6,588
8,827
9,312
5,855
8,287
16,003
16,360
18,759
25,351
19,150
9,974
7,407
Ceylon
2,335
956
2,154
Australia
89,013
4,812
15,459
10,644
14,958
10,164
1,026
New Zealand
9,598
477
2,717
Australasia
147,014
96,785
90,416
18,176
Brit. West India Islands
26,882
18,794
21,726
21,901
5,161
13,688
6,517
9,510
12,190
12,064
12,544
14,484
15,144
18,865
19,979
19,436
14,364
12,546
Belgium
128,237
88,852
80,216
69,942
62,703
75,772
52,805
55,820
71,305
81,512
79,338
82,132
65,310
France
29,436
19,256
15,664
12,607
10,886
11,381
9,234
7,865
8,936
8,463
8,455
7,265
4,729
Other Countries
150,565
202,605
285,065
368,910
177,691
390,252
259,690
263,982
50,190
53,284
57,456
54,817
58,507
65,422
61,921
53,023
43,501
41,165
Total
502,921
510,845
590,346
655,461
231,673
390,252
259,690
263,982
263,353
264,003
290,824
283,033
287,445
328,029
352,942
328,524
289,516
246,525
Sources:
Brewers' Almanack 1928, page 115, Brewers' Journal 1921, page 24, Brewers' Journal 1923, page 26, Brewers' Journal 1925, page 27, Brewers' Journal 1927, page 28, Brewers' Journal 1928, page 29, Brewers' Journal 1929, page 30, Brewers' Journal 1931, page 34, Brewers' Journal 1933, page 41
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wVgV9Y_g6QQ/T6JDWlxvRCI/AAAAAAAAI9Q/_T2RY7RzEbc/s320/British_beer_exports_1890_1932.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wVgV9Y_g6QQ/T6JDWlxvRCI/AAAAAAAAI9Q/_T2RY7RzEbc/s1600/British_beer_exports_1890_1932.jpg)
A bit of a monster, I know. That's why I've included an image, too. For those who have narrow screens.
A few long-term trends are apparent. The total collapse of the trade to South Africa and Australia just after WW II is the most obvious. Unsurprisingly, there were no exports to the USA in the 1920's. Though you have to be suspicious about all that beer sent to Cuba in 1920. Could that really have been for the locals?
I was surprised that the Indian trade held up as well as it did. It eventaully recovered to about 60-70% of the 1913 volume. That's proportionally better than average, as total export volumes were about halved.
I really wish I had the figures for pre-war expoprts to Belgium. There must have been some, though I suspect on nothing like the later scale. From nowhere it became the biggest recipient of British beer. Many British brewers made beer specially for the Belgian market, usually brewed at something close to pre-war strength.
The British West Indies took relatively small but steady amounts of British beer. Longterm, it was one of the most stable export markets. Presumably because of the slow development of local breweries.
And finally one other significant new market devloped in the 1920's: the Irish Free State as it was sos quaintly called back then. Beer had always been sent there, it just hadn't counted as a foreign country. The impact of Irish independence was far greater on imports. Of the 1,349,515 barrels imported into the UK in 1927, all but 20,000 came from Ireland*. The vast majority of it was Guinness.
* Brewers' Almanack 1928, page 115.
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I told you we'd be returning to British beer exports. Another thromise. I'm so good at thromising. That's why I'm such a good dad.
I've only a few holes to fill in the late 1930's and early 1940's (can't imagine there was much exporting going on then) and I'll have most of the 20th century up to the 1980's. Pretty impressive, eh? Not sure what I'll ever do with the information, other than bother you lot.
Here's the table:
British Beer exports 1890 - 1932 (standard barrels)
1890
1900
1910
1913
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
USA
48,991
47,700
69,688
Egypt
6,591
18,597
20,600
20,530
10,408
9,796
11,619
11,305
8,592
8,971
9,840
10,760
10,510
10,659
12,571
14,603
14,409
11,627
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
271
450
Cuba
14,261
2,254
3,151
3,258
4,148
2,665
2,410
1,070
Irish Free State
28,007
36,549
40,135
37,884
38,073
38,740
43,271
41,208
36,878
34,995
Malta & Gozo
20,390
22,932
12,849
13,219
16,406
16,825
20,390
22,932
23,036
18,822
22,256
19,982
15,011
14,335
6,262
British S. Africa
25,582
31,446
5,937
5,253
464
3,302
British W. Africa
10,640
6,830
5,193
2,480
1,497
2,250
4,000
5,530
6,373
8,298
8,176
6,627
8,854
British India
97,196
94,918
96,914
100,181
23,776
60,751
45,555
45,548
39,515
46,180
47,562
57,600
60,814
66,714
71,594
70,124
60,031
53,630
Straits Settlements
37,740
7,928
22,063
6,588
8,827
9,312
5,855
8,287
16,003
16,360
18,759
25,351
19,150
9,974
7,407
Ceylon
2,335
956
2,154
Australia
89,013
4,812
15,459
10,644
14,958
10,164
1,026
New Zealand
9,598
477
2,717
Australasia
147,014
96,785
90,416
18,176
Brit. West India Islands
26,882
18,794
21,726
21,901
5,161
13,688
6,517
9,510
12,190
12,064
12,544
14,484
15,144
18,865
19,979
19,436
14,364
12,546
Belgium
128,237
88,852
80,216
69,942
62,703
75,772
52,805
55,820
71,305
81,512
79,338
82,132
65,310
France
29,436
19,256
15,664
12,607
10,886
11,381
9,234
7,865
8,936
8,463
8,455
7,265
4,729
Other Countries
150,565
202,605
285,065
368,910
177,691
390,252
259,690
263,982
50,190
53,284
57,456
54,817
58,507
65,422
61,921
53,023
43,501
41,165
Total
502,921
510,845
590,346
655,461
231,673
390,252
259,690
263,982
263,353
264,003
290,824
283,033
287,445
328,029
352,942
328,524
289,516
246,525
Sources:
Brewers' Almanack 1928, page 115, Brewers' Journal 1921, page 24, Brewers' Journal 1923, page 26, Brewers' Journal 1925, page 27, Brewers' Journal 1927, page 28, Brewers' Journal 1928, page 29, Brewers' Journal 1929, page 30, Brewers' Journal 1931, page 34, Brewers' Journal 1933, page 41
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wVgV9Y_g6QQ/T6JDWlxvRCI/AAAAAAAAI9Q/_T2RY7RzEbc/s320/British_beer_exports_1890_1932.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wVgV9Y_g6QQ/T6JDWlxvRCI/AAAAAAAAI9Q/_T2RY7RzEbc/s1600/British_beer_exports_1890_1932.jpg)
A bit of a monster, I know. That's why I've included an image, too. For those who have narrow screens.
A few long-term trends are apparent. The total collapse of the trade to South Africa and Australia just after WW II is the most obvious. Unsurprisingly, there were no exports to the USA in the 1920's. Though you have to be suspicious about all that beer sent to Cuba in 1920. Could that really have been for the locals?
I was surprised that the Indian trade held up as well as it did. It eventaully recovered to about 60-70% of the 1913 volume. That's proportionally better than average, as total export volumes were about halved.
I really wish I had the figures for pre-war expoprts to Belgium. There must have been some, though I suspect on nothing like the later scale. From nowhere it became the biggest recipient of British beer. Many British brewers made beer specially for the Belgian market, usually brewed at something close to pre-war strength.
The British West Indies took relatively small but steady amounts of British beer. Longterm, it was one of the most stable export markets. Presumably because of the slow development of local breweries.
And finally one other significant new market devloped in the 1920's: the Irish Free State as it was sos quaintly called back then. Beer had always been sent there, it just hadn't counted as a foreign country. The impact of Irish independence was far greater on imports. Of the 1,349,515 barrels imported into the UK in 1927, all but 20,000 came from Ireland*. The vast majority of it was Guinness.
* Brewers' Almanack 1928, page 115.
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