'A Scheame of the Trade as it as at p[re]sent carried on': clerical copy of 1674 table of import-export trade with France since 1668

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A Scheme of the Trade as it is at present carried on Between England and France in the Commodities of the Native Product and Manufacture of each Country Calculated Exactly as Possible in Obedience to the Commands of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for the Treaty of Commerce with France and humbly tendred to their Lordshipps being the Intrinsick value of Goods Exported and Imported to and froom France mentioned in folios 5 and 6 of this Booke

Quantities		Commodities Exported from England into France	Amount of particulars	Totall amount of Exports					Quantities		Commodities Imported into England from France		Amount of particulars	Totall amount of Imports
		Woollen and Manufactures									Linnen and Silk Manufactures
	354	pairs of Norwch. Stuffs at 2li per pair	708							6000	pairs of Lockeram and Dowlas at 6li per pair		360000
	5564	pairs of Serges and per petuanas at 50s	13910							5000ll	Ells Normandy Canvas at 7li per cwt Ells		35000
	2288	pairs of Single Bays at 50s	5720							17000ll	Ells Vittery and Noyalls Canvas at 6li per cwt		102000
	166	pairs of Small Munkin Bays at 6li	996							2500	pairs of Quintius at 10s		1250
	466	pairs of Small Double Bays at 4li	1864							1500	pairs of Died Linnen at 20s		1500
	2140	dozen Mens Worsted Hose at 40s	4280							7604	Yards Diapr Tabling at 2s		760. 8
	832	dozen Mens Worsted hose at 25s	1040							33894	Yards Ditto Napkening at 1s		1694. 14
	1170	dozen Childrens hose at 8s	468							1376	dozen Burkerancs at 50s		3440
	400	Yards of Flainell at 12d	20							1200	Both Pole Davis at 15s		900
	1200	Goads of Cotten at 9li	10800							2820	pairs of Old Sheets at 5s		705
	112	Long Cloakes at 10li	1120							150000	Of Wrought Silkes at 40s		300000
	42	Short Cloathes at 8li	336								Note that this Year 1674 there hath been Received t the Port of Dover onely as wee are informed 15000li for Custome of wrought silkes soe that considering what may bee convey'd away privately and that great Quantities are worth from 3 to 4li the pound wee believe the wrought silkes may amount to mine more then the value of what is above
	829	Spanish Cloathes at 15li	12435
	97	Northern dozen double at 5li	485
	69	Single Northern dozen at 40s	138
	13	Devon dozen at 2li	26
	173	Cloth Rasher	865
	6	Demistons at 3li	18											807250	2	00
	3585	Kersies at 35s	6273$\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{4}}$							11000	Tunns French Wines one year with another	}
	960li	English Wrought Silke at 40s	1920								Cost 12li 10s per Tunn		137500
										4000	Tunns Brandy one yeare with another at 20li per Tunn		80000
			63422$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$											217500
										160000	Reames of Paper at 5s per Reame		40000
		This is the full of what was Exported according to the Custome-house Booke in the Port of London from Quintus to Ditto 1669 and for all England wee Calculate $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}}$ part more amount in all to									pounds of Pruins at 4li		6000
											Weight of Feathers at 5li		2000
											Of Kid Skins at 3li		15000
					13	4					Wey salt at 2li per Wey		6000
		Since 1669 the Exports as wee conceive are Diminished and not increased									Weight Rossin at 8s per pound		2400
											Vinegar Rape Syder Wadd Corke Oakham Soape Turpentine Capers Other Tengulas Parchment Window Glasses Tearzells Corn Fans Basketrods Boxwood Cronia Tartar which may amount per Annum at least to
	2500	Fodder of Lead at 12li per Fodder	30000
	6000	Weight Tinne at 4li	24000
	100	Tunn of Allome at 24li	2400										4000
		Calves skins and Leathers	10000
		Severall sorts of skings Gleu Lanthorn-leaves Butter Copper as Old shoes Sea-coals Tobacco pixes Gloves Redlead Linseed Candles ironware Haberdashery wareand other Triviall Commodities which may amount to per Annum									Besides all manner of Toys for Children and women Fanns Iessamine Gloves Lases Point-Cases Rich Embroidred Garmants and Rich Embroidred Beds and other vestments which are of an incredible value	}		111400
														1136,150	2
			2000	86400
				170963	13	4

By the Account above your Lordshipps may perceive that the Linnen and Silke Manufactures onely Imported from France Amount to upwards of 800000li and that the Manufactures of Wooll and Silke Exported from England thither doe not amount to 85000li As alsoe that all the other Commodities of the product and Manufacture of France Imports to upwards of 320000li besides an incredible value of Toys Rich Apparell Pointlace Soe that it is apparent that the Exports of our Native Commodities and Manufactures to France are Less in value by at the least One Million of Pounds Sterling then the Native Commodities and Manufactures of France which wee Receive from thence And if it please your Lordshipps to reflect there upon your Lordshipps will easily discerne the great Prejudice the English nation hath sustained and the great advantages the French have and doe dayly make by holding this Treaty in Suspence, This Nation being upon the matter Excluded trade thither while in the meane time the French enjoy all and as great Advantages as they can reasonably expect by any Treaty