rOMMERCE
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111 181)7 the geiiei'iil imports and exports, and the special imi)orts and exports (imports for consumption and ext>orts of Danish produce or manufacture) were as follows : —
' Imports,
, (General)
Inipoils, Exports, Exports, especial) (General) (Special)
1 1,000 kroner Foods substances . . 127,600 Personal and domestic . 78,600 Fuel .... 23,400 Fodder, manure, seeds , 60,900 Raw lu-oducts . . . 126,300
Total . . . 416,800
1,000 kroner 1,000 kroiici' l.OdO kroner 78,100 244,000 197,300 68,600 17,200 7,200 21,500 2,200 54,200 7,300 2,100 103,500 57,400 36,900
325,900 328,100 243,500
The principal articles of import and export, with their re- spective values, were as follows : —
Colonial goods ,
Beverages
Textile manufactures
Metals and hardware
Wood &, manufacture
Coal ....
Animals .
Pork , butter, eggs, lard
Cereals
Imports,
Imports
Exports,
1896 (General)
1890
1897
1000
1000
1000
Kroner
Ki'oner
Kroner
31 788
.39,477
11,892
5,467
7,001
2,713
42,645
50,0(55
5,384
44,268
32,406
9,041
21,598
24 212
2,670
22,138
22,413
1,610 i
3,169
. 2,531
2,444 ,
1 35,485
35,701
169,744 !
1 40,801
60,838
8,500
Exports,
1896
(Home
produce)
lOOO
Kroner
1,631
704
479
2,061
1,318
24,408
149,222
6,882
Exports,
1897 (General)
' 1000
Exports,
1S97
(Home
produce)
1000
Kroner
Kroner
14,261
1,214
3,421
641
6,558
1,150
4,908
1,072
2,024
452
2,166
_..
27,663
27,617
' 189,619
164,266
14,396
8,429
The following table shows the distribution of Danish foreign trade : —
1;
! I Countries
Imports, 1896
Imports, 1897
Export*, 1896
Exports, 1897
Kruner
(General)
Kroner
(General)
Kroner
Kroner
Germany .
126,077,000
129,301,000
57,842,000
65.737,000
United Kingdom
78,264,000
78,807,000
169,684,000
191,188,000
Sweden and Norway .
56,465,000
59,051,000
30,089,000
36,647,000 1
United States .
17,023,000
48,335,000
1,758,000
2,119,000
Rest of America
614,100
7,283,000
170,000
171,000
Russia
32,839,000
38,709,000
5,619,000
20,379,000
Holland .
8,814,000
7,844,000
299,000
725,000
Belgium ,
6,555,000
7,029,000
780,000
1,027,000
France
7,975,000
10,644,000
1,974,000
1,861,000
Danish Colonies
2,332,000
2,959,000
4,533,000
4,139,000
Free port of Cojien-
hagen .
26,810,000
1
7,541,000
1
1
1 Before 1897 the free port of Copenhagen figared In the tahles as foreign territory, but now lis tra«le is included with that of the rest of Denmark.
