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SHIPPING BETWEEN SWEDEN AND FOREIGN PORTS. 945
Table 141. Vessels entered from and cleared for foreign countries.
Average for the years Entered. Cleared. Total.
Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage.
1876/80............. 21,919 3,196,448 21,472 3,231,885 43,391 6,428,333
1881/85 ............ 27,611 4,226,782 26,182 4,204,253 53,793 8,431,035
1886 90............. 28,640 4,934,938 27,012 4,933,878 55,652 9,868,816
1891/95............. 30,241 5,931,836 29,485 5,970,121 59,726 11,901,957
1 1896 00 ............. 34,140 7,781,894 34,179 7,793,822 68,319 15 575,716
! In 1898............ 34,702 7,700,352 34,621 7,672,739 69,323 15,373,091
j > 1899............. 84,208 8,185,511 34,292 8,199,236 68,500 16,384,747
i > 1900............. 36,262 8,543,539 36,800 8,579,587 72,562 17,123,126
1 > 1901............ 35,356 8,337,982 34,520 8,228,717 69,876 16,566,699
years 1896/1900, it amounted to abont 300 tons for each hundred of
inhabitants. In the whole of Europe only Denmark and the Netherlands show
higher figures than these; even Great Britain and Ireland stop at about
230 tons per a hundred inhabitant. Remembering besides that
home-shipping is more extensive in Sweden than in the countries just
mentioned, which surpass us with regard to foreign shipping, the result
will be that the total shipping on Swedish ports, in proportion to the
population, is livelier perhaps than in any other European country.
The cause of this condition is that the merchandise turned over by
Sweden is to a great extent of a very voluminous nature. This holds
good already about the imports, of which fossil coal is the chief article
of all; but it is especially appliable to our exports, which, as well known,
mostly consist of timber, minerals, and metals.
The circumstance just now stated causes Sweden to be of far greater
international importance as a consumer of tonnage than as regards
commerce. According to Kiær’s investigations, it is probable that at
present no article in the commerce of the world requires so great a
ship-tonnage for its carriage as timber does; and of this article our country
is, as everybody knows, the greatest seller of all. Also in the coal
commerce, Sweden plays an important part. Among the customers of
England, only Germany, France, and Italy buy more of this article than
Sweden does.
Remembering this, it ought to be evident that, at the conclusion of
commercial and maritime treaties, Sweden, because of its important
position in shipping — as a great consumer of tonnage — has considerably
higher trumps on hand than might be expected from its comparatively
small importance as regards commerce.
Table 143 shows how our foreign shipping is distributed on steamers
and sailing vessels. In 1876/80, steamers of altogether 2’6o million tons
were entered and cleared out; in 1901, the figure had risen to 13-99
million. The tonnage of sailing vessels, on the other hand, has during
the same time decreased from 3-83 million tons to only 2-58 million.
Sweden. 60
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