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Arctic Sea and about 4 % to the rest of Russia, 0.4 % to Finland,
3.7 % to Denmark, 1.7 % to France (roe). Of our paper export
70 % went to the United Kingdom, and 25 % to Hamburg;
natural butter and condensed milk go almost exclusively to Great
Britain and Ireland.
VI. OUR MOST IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL TOWNS.
Of the aggregate foreign commerce of Norway in the years
1866—70 about 24 %, in 1881—85 36 %, in 1891—95 42 %
and in 1898 40 %, fell to the share of the capital, Kristiania,
while 19 %, 16 %, 17 % and 15 %, respectively, fell to Bergen,
and 6 %, 5 ½ %, 7 % and 6 ½ % to Trondhjem. To these our
three largest towns there fell a percentage of 49 ½ of our total
commerce from 1866 to 1870, and of 61 ½ in 1898. The importance
of the various towns, however, is very different according to
whether we consider imports or exports. More than half the
imports (52 %) in 1898 fell to the share of Kristiania, 16.3 % to
Bergen and 6.6 % to Trondhjem, while of the exports only 18 %
fell to the share of Kristiania, 13.2 % to Bergen, and 6.7 % to
Trondhjem. As export towns of especial importance must also be
mentioned the timber-trading towns of Fredrikstad and Drammen,
which in exports exceed even Trondhjem. Not far behind
Trondhjem comes Kristiansund, chiefly renowned for its export of salted
and dried fish (klipfisk). For imports, Stavanger is the most
important town, next to Trondhjem (3.5 %).
As far as our chief articles of export are concerned, it may
be of interest to mention that the fishery export (aggregate amount
in 1898, 46 million kr.) chiefly takes place from Bergen (16 million
kr.), Kristiansund (about 8 million kr.), Aalesund (5 million kr.).
Trondhjem, Haugesund and Stavanger; while the timber (altogether
40 million kr.) is chiefly exported from Fredrikstad (13 million
kr.), Drammen (5 million kr ), Kristiania and Fredrikshald (each
4 million kr.), Trondhjem, Porsgrund, Arendal and Kristiansand.
Wood-pulp (in all 17.5 million kr.) is chiefly exported from
Drammen (6 million kr.), Kristiania (3 million kr.), Sarpsborg (2.5
million kr.) and Skien (2 million kr.).
As a brief summary it may be said that the export of wooden
goods takes place chiefly from the south-east, and the fishery
exports from the west and north of Norway.
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