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vii. manufacturing industries.
quantities, see Table 79). On the whole, all the figures bear witness to a
considerable increase of the manufacture of låte, whilst the imports
nowadays remain almost stationary. A pleasing fact is that the imports of
woollen textiles have diminished, both relatively and absolutely; in 1881_
85 about 71 % of the entire import were textiles; in 1912 this figure had
fallen to about 26 %. The value of the imported woollen woven goods has
now fallen from 25 million kronor in 1890 and .13 million kronor in
1900, to about 10 million kronor at present, while, at the same time, the
value of the goods manufactured in Sweden during the last 10 years has
almost doubled, having risen from 29 million kronor in 1900 to 47 million
kronor in 1910. During the same period the manufactured value of
woollen yarn has increased from 20 million kronor to 30 million kronor.
The woollen goods imported come for the most part from Germany.
The wool manufactories of Sweden are to a large extent situated in
Norrköping, where in 1850 there were no less than 122 cloth
manufactories, but now, since the smaller ones have for the most part disappeared,
only about 20, amongst which may be mentioned the Drag, Brüch,
Wahren and Ström, the three last named being now merged in the
Aktiebolaget de förenade yllefabrikerna. Norrköping, "the Manchester of
Sweden", has a particularly advantageous situation for this industry, having
Slottsmöllan Cloth-Mills [Wallbergs fabriksaktiebolag), Halmstad.
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