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 COMMERCE

1311

The following were the values of the leading imports and exports for two years, unwrought gold and silver and coin not included : —

Textile manufactures

Corn and flour

Colonial wares

Raw textile material and yarn

Minerals, of imports mostly coal.

Metal goods, machinery, Ac. .

Live animals and animal food.

Hair, hides, and other animal pro- ducts

Metals, raw and partly wrought

Timber, wrought and unwrought.

Wood pulp, paper and paper manufactures ....

Other articles

Total

Imports Exports 1918 1018

S.343,246 233,183,776

30,404

4,3!

89,804,488

Imports 1919

Exrorts 1919

Kroner "3'., 147,000 11-2,757,000 17.'.. 133,000

281,017,000 '

16,9S2,000 5,931,000 1,003,000 3,340,000

63,362,000 288,846,000

44,232,000

131,870,000 22,376,000

104,56»,0O0 140,703,000

23,122,000 443,870,100

13,949,000 t 3S8,019,000

645,283,000 ' 155,234,000

l^.SlO.O'.e 1,350,432,603!' 2,53 < ?,968.000 1,575,697.000 <0S,517,225i., 75,024,033/.); (140,776,022/. )(S7,538,7091.)

Since Jan. 1, 1914, returns as to value of imports and exports are given by the im- porters and exporters themselves for all goods imported and for most export goods (the so-called declared value). Imports are recorded as from the country of consignment, and exports as to the country of ultimate destination.

A new Swedish tariff law came into effect December 1, 1911. It provides for a single tariff instead of the maximum and minimum tariffs till then in effect, and authorises the Government to retaliate for discrimination against Swedish products by imposing surtaxes up to 100 per cent, of duty on dutiable poods, and up to the full value of the goods in the case of articles admitted free of duty under the tariff.

A national 8wedish trade-mark was introduced (1911) by Sveriges Allmanna Handelsfbrening (General Commercial Association of Sweden). The upper half or the mark shows the three royal Swedish crowns, on a light-blue ground, and the words 'Svensk Tillverkning' (Swedish manufacture) are shown on a light-yellow ground below.

The following table shows the value of the trade with the principal countries with which Sweden deals : —

Country

Great Britain. Germany. Denmark. Norway. Finland. Russia France Switzerland Spain Italy

Netherlands. United States. Argentine Other countries

Imports Exports Imports from (1916) to (1916) lfrom(1917)

Exports to (1917)

Kronor

164,415,452

420,173,173

79,589,594i

61.13S.787:

9.068,2071

10,506,919!

2»,562,46Pi

12,539,848|

3,831,181

6,498,519

21,656,822

213,935,449,

42,001,731

89,642,488

Kronor 320,052,142

93,843,509 115.3SS.712

61,823,587, 136,076,00S|

96,593,344 3,646.806

29.257,825

61,324,510: 75.394.S06 10.7S9.9i4 97,399,150

Kronor 65,079,577,

113,422,850 51.666,605: 10,028,520 19,477,041 16,706,237 24.181,186

23,096,116 06,121,082

10,124.443 20,938,748,

Kronor 216,123,206

162.713,027 64,801,008

03,766,324 8,532,420

13,659,969 5,687.851

79,644,685

50,428,304 3,384,568

86,818,485

Imports i Exports from (1918) to (191?)

Kronor

148,730,061

447,943,669

202,S03,520

97,709,067

16,678,726

23,325,259

13,445,076

24,549,855]

2,285,676

502,620

42,030.306

82.548,470

93,538,944

Kronor

252,961,988

•202,774,426

182,27^,533

211,210,124

26,601,518

21.S8o,697

86,244, 32S

15 526,613

10,039,801

8,506,044

113.106,450

19.045.1S0

9.0S5.374

101,106 527

Total. .1.13S,566,557'1, 566,376.906 75^.010.304 1.349.551,300:1,233,310,056' 1.350.432,003

The following table shows (according to the Board of Trade returns) the