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 COMMERCE

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Whale oil production in metric tons, 1017, 3^,500; 1918, 21,330; 1919, 23,654.

V. Manufactures.

Though the country lacks coal and is dependent entirely on imported supplies, it possesses an enormous amount of water power, which produces notive power for manufacturing industry. The chief manufacturing use of this power his been for the production of electrochemical products, which is jecoming a more and more important Norwegian industry. The principal jroducts are ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, natrium nitrate, sodium nitrate, calcium carbide, and ferrosilicon.

The numbers of establishments and workers in the principal industries on December 31, 1919, were as follows : —

Chemicals, raints, oils, and soaps

Clothing

Electrical industry Food products .... Leather and rubber Machinery and metal work.

Mining

Taper

Printing

Quarries and ceramics.

Textiles

Wood, bone, horn, meerschaum, etc Miscellaneous ....

Total ....

Workers over

Workers under

E-'at'- lish-

18 years

18 years

Total

ments

Male

Female 1 072

Male

Female

id

10,694

566

2 «0

478

8,107

6,600

541

1,057

11,314

5(i

8

2,681

1,721

10,540

S.159

1,042

I,6M

21,407

124

1,878

261

158

1,184

31,145

1,414

3,959

443

73

V03

121

272

0,8*1

13,046

1,881

753

4.V,

16,14'.

337

1.S98

383

327

4.95:5

319

8,108

506

695

215

0,522

3,282

5,693

579

1,115

in,*u;9

•2,230

83,355

361

1,974

103

551

45

50

4

650

7,500

I16.3M

27,57<:.

11,047

5,733

160,750

The total power of engines in 1910 amounted to 1,737,934 h p. ; thereof the hydraulic power was 1,563,688 h.p. The electrical power lured amounted to 277,815 h.p.

Commerce. Total imports and exports in five years (18 kroner = 11.) :—

Imports (foreign). Exports (Norwegian) ,, (foreign)

1918

1919

Kroner Kroner Kroner Kroner Kroner

8';7,9.-.7,800 1,353,064,900 1,061,307,700 1,252,563,900 2,580,390,600

400 975,475,600 788,015,600 752,033,000 739,305,500

15,7.;.3,400 12,857,400* 3,356,600 3,022,400 42,759,000

Trade with different countries in 1918, including indirect as well as direct rade, but not direct transit goods : —

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