417 (Norway : official publication for the Paris exhibition 1900)

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average tonnage of all the steamships entered was 311,000,
whereof only 37 % carried the Norwegian flag; but in 1898 there
were 1,974,000, whereof 58 % carried the Norwegian flag. — Of
the total tonnage entered in 1898, 66 % were Norwegian, 12 %
British, 8 % Danish, 7 % Swedish, 4 % German, 1 ½ % Russian
and Finnish, 1 % Dutch and ½ % of other nationalities.

Whereas, about the middle of the century, only one third of the
tonnage that arrived in Norway, carried cargo, in 1880 about half
came with cargo, and in 1898 almost two thirds. The vessels leaving
Norwegian ports, now as formerly, are for the most part loaded.

The development of our foreign commerce from 1851 to 1898
will appear from the table below, giving the value of imports and
exports, and of the aggregate commerce during those years:

Value [1] in millions of kroner, of

Imports Exports Aggregate commerce

1851—55 . . . 50.3 43.7 94.0

1856—60 . . . 58.8 47.1 105.9

1861—65 . . . 77.1 54.5 131.6

1866—70 . . . 100.4 73.3 173.7

1871—75 . . . 153.7 106.2 259.9

1876—80 . . . 156.1 103.4 259.5

1881—85 . . . 158.2 114.8 273.0

1886—90 . . . 165.5 119-1
[[** sic]] 284.6

1891—95 . . . 211.2 132.4 343.6

1896 .... 240.2 147.8 388.0

1897 .... 263.7 167.7 431.4

1898 .... 280.2 159.3 439.5

It appears from this table that the aggregate foreign
commerce of Norway since the fifties has been more than quadrupled.
Relatively to the population, it has increased from kr. 67 to 206
per inhabitant.

It also appears that the importation has increased to a larger
extent than the exportation, especially of late. Here, however,
two circumstances are especially worthy of consideration. In the
first place, a large part of the great difference between our import

[1] For the imports, the values given are calculated according to the prices
prevailing each year, as also the exports since 1866; for exports before 1866, the
values have been calculated from the prices prevailing about 1855.

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	Value [1] in millions of kroner, of
	Imports	Exports	Aggregate commerce
1851—55 . . .	50.3	43.7	94.0
1856—60 . . .	58.8	47.1	105.9
1861—65 . . .	77.1	54.5	131.6
1866—70 . . .	100.4	73.3	173.7
1871—75 . . .	153.7	106.2	259.9
1876—80 . . .	156.1	103.4	259.5
1881—85 . . .	158.2	114.8	273.0
1886—90 . . .	165.5	119-1 [[** sic]]	284.6
1891—95 . . .	211.2	132.4	343.6
1896 ....	240.2	147.8	388.0
1897 ....	263.7	167.7	431.4
1898 ....	280.2	159.3	439.5