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disappeared, while our importation of the same class of goods
from Sweden has come down from nearly kr. 8,500,000 in 1896
to kr. 900,000 in 1898.

The following diagram shows the development in our export
of the most important articles.

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————— Fishery products;



- - - - - - Forestry products;



-.-.-.-.-.- Agriculture and cattle-raising;



..... Other exports.


        

V. THE COUNTRIES MOST IMPORTANT TO OUR
COMMERCE

[1].


The countries that are of the greatest importance to the
commerce of Norway, will be apparent from the following table
giving the average value of the commerce carried on with each
of them in the years 1866—70, 1891—95 and 1898. (See the
table next page).

It will thus be seen that Great Britain and Ireland and
Germany are now, as they were a generation ago, unquestionably
the most important countries for our commerce. The commerce


[1] In studying the statements and figure presented in this chapter on the
basis of the Norwegian commercial statistics, it must be kept in mind that the
goods are considered as having been imported from the country whence they
are last sent, and as having been exported to the country to which they were first
shipped, even if these be not the original place of purchase or the final destination.

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