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DAIRIES AND DAIRY-FARMING. 583
Table 81. Exports of Butter at various Swedish ports. By kilograms à 2-2 lbs.
Ports of export. In 1880. In 1885. In 1890. In 1895. In 1900.
Gothenburg........................2,154,835 5,042,861 7,359,852 13,216,176 9,353,833
Malmö........................................2,122,620 4,349,474 4,115,513 6,800.143 6,690,924’
Helsingborg..........................343,443 482,185 2,944,707 3,296,246 1,960,512
Landskrona..........................260,100 880,718 178,787 715,587 1,148.980
Other ports..........................379,780 690,951 444,477 32,995_8,534
Total 5,260,778 11,446,18» 15,043,336 j 24,061,147 19,162,783
Trade in Dairy Produce. Even in the early sixties the Butter
export had only reached about 25,000 kilograms annually, the import
being as much as a million kilograms, or more (cf. Table 79, p. 571).
Not until 1864 did the figures for the exports of butter commence to
rise materially. Since then, the figures were long steadily growing.
In 1896 the exports reached a maximum (25 million kilograms) which
since then has not been attained.
The de Laval Emulsor. The de Laval Lactocrite. The Lindström Butyrometer.
At present the greatest part of the butter manufactured in the
dairies is exported. The dairies despatch their produce, as a rule, once
a week to the centers of export (many railways providing special
refrigerator cars during the summer), from where, again, it is disposed
of to foreign markets. Only exceptionally do the dairies sell direct
to foreign buyers. The largest proportion of the butter exported goes
to England, more than a third of the total amount, however, finds its
way thither through the hands of Danish merchants. The chief centers
of export are Gothenburg, Malmö, Helsingborg, and Landskrona.
Payments for the butter received and delivered are made every week, the
prices being still ruled mainly by the quotations of the Copenhagen market. Since
February 1, 1897, there exists a Swedish quotation; it is fixed, however, a week
subsequent to the Danish and notes the average prices obtained in the Swedish
centers of export for best quality butter, being therefore, in reality, a
market-report. The prices obtained for the different dairy articles have varied very much,
but a continual tendency to decline is making itself felt, especially in the case
of butter.
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