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Entrances & clearances of the ports

Table 5.6_1

Entries into the harbour of Constanţa [1]

Year	Sailing ships	Steamers	Total	Tonnage	Average
1879	472	249	721	222,278	308
1880	408	274	682	207,836	304
1881	307	257	564	219,261	389
1882	327	244	571	225,148	394
1883	219	203	422	174,257	413
1884	423	194	317	168,926	533
1885	131	209	340	194,681	572
1886	173	211	384	199,909	520
1887	113	281	394	249,605	633
1888	143	265	408	261,197	640
1889	140	220	360	198,223	550
1890	109	189	298	187,953	630
1891	133	159	292	153,503	525
1892	125	148	273	159,246	583
1893	114	175	289	182,559	631
1894	131	284	415	272,416	656
1895	87	301	388	269,334	694
1896	152	608	760	587,871	773
1897	135	569	704	574,443	816
1898	117	537	754	594,225	908
1899	123	473	596	568,852	954
1900	133	425	558	485,642	870
1901	77	442	519	552,718	1,065
1902	71	510	581	633,958	1,091
1903	77	560	637	723,854	1,136

Table 5.6_2

Clearances into the Harbour of Constanţa [2]

Year	Sailing ships	Steamers	Total	Tonnage	Average
1879	468	248	716	211,932	295
1880	403	275	678	216,339	319
1881	304	260	564	216,079	383
1882	327	243	570	223,831	392
1883	220	203	423	174,627	412
1884	121	194	315	168,237	534
1885	125	206	331	192,247	580
1886	180	211	391	200,374	512
1887	111	281	392	290,917	742
1888	141	263	404	256,744	635
1889	136	219	355	198,424	558
1890	112	192	304	190,020	625
1891	127	160	287	153,688	535
1892	126	143	269	155,248	577
1893	115	177	292	185,888	636
1894	132	282	414	265,025	632
1895	83	301	384	268,157	698
1896	148	602	750	590,193	786
1897	134	567	701	574,908	820
1898	115	541	656	594,472	906
1899	75	474	549	560,607	1021
1900	133	427	560	489,255	873
1901	79	427	506	543,351	1,073
1902	62	510	572	639,857	1,118
1903	79	558	637	721,875	1,133

Table 5.6_3

Maritime trade at Constanţa [3]

Year	1879	1887	1897	1903	1908
Romanian	0	0	325	0	0
Austrian–Hungarian	176	182	367	260	280
Bulgarian	12	4	8	6	4
English	105	111	210	198	305
French	158	140	15	46	41
German	8	8	62	65	62
Greek	193	79	11	110	119
Italian	22	9	134	209	154
Dutch & Belgian	0	0	10	6	13
Ottoman	645	253	252	142	257
Russian	92	0	3	0	40
Samiot	18	0	0	0	0
Sweden–Norway	2	0	2	0	0
Rumeliot	6	0	0	0	0
Spanish	0	0	0	2	4
Others	0	0	0	2	0
Total	1,437	786	1,399	1,046	1,279

Table 5.6_4

Maritime trade at Constanţa (1888–1897) [4]

Year	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897
Romanian	36	51	30	49	2	5	10	68	203	325
French	129	75	70	8	12	13	14	4	9	15
Italian	5	7	3	0	2	2	84	104	128	134
British	138	124	97	63	86	168	92	106	247	210
German	0	0	2	10	6	16	12	18	210	62
Austrian–Hungarian	184	170	176	174	153	120	168	177	370	367
Ottoman	238	218	176	220	212	200	328	165	256	258
Russian	4	6	6	2	2	4	10	6	0	3
Belgian	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Dutch	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	8
Greek	76	60	40	45	66	49	99	98	67	11
Swedish–Norwegian	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	4	2
Samiot	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	4	2
Bulgarian	2	2	2	5	1	0	0	22	2	8
Spanish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total	812	715	602	580	542	581	819	772	1,510	1,405

Table 5.6_5

Maritime trade at Constanţa (1905–1914) [5]

Year	Entered		Cleared
Year	No.	Tonnage	No.	Tonnage
1905	691	849,706	694	844,048
1906	760	953,833	737	924,896
1907	802	1,015,973	797	1,058,220
1908	764	889,714	744	866,712
1909	733	937,441	735	951,884
1910	843	1,127,228	839	1,122,743
1911	996	1,243,181	982	1,231,635
1912	1,006	1,237,570	1,000	1,238,617
1913	1,165	1,460,001	1,163	1,430,991
1914	1,168	1,147,980	1,148	1,159,915

[1] C. Christodorescu, Portul Constanţa. Mişcare comercială şi maritimă în anul 1903 (Constanţa: Tipografia Ovidiu, 1905), 146–147; also in Paul Cernovodeanu, “Anglo–Romanian Trade relations between 1878–1900”, Revue Roumaine d’Histoire, 29:3–4 (1990), 272 (Table 8)

[2] Christodorescu, Portul, 147–148.

[3] Şerban Rădulescu–Zoner, Dunărea, Marea Neagră şi Puterile Centrale 1878–1898 (Cluj Napoca: Editura Dacia, 1982), 36.

[4]Ibid., 79.

[5] “Portul constanţa mişcare comercială şi maritimă a portului pe anul 1909, cu date comparative”, Buletinul Camerei de Comerciu şi Industrie, Circ. X Constanţa, February – March 1910, p. 168 and Comerţul exterior al României şi mişcarea porturilor, years 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914–1915.

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