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mineral oil.
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In greater detail, the import of linseed during 1913 amounted in value to
8 663 000 kronor, rape- and colza-seed to 365 000 kronor; linseed-, rape- and
colza-oil to 226 000 kronor; and sweet or olive-, hemp-, palm-, cotton-,
soya-and maize-oil etc. to 5 842 000 kronor; arachide- and sesame oil (chiefly for the
manufacture of margarine) to 2 475 000 kronor; cocoa-nut oil (also chiefly for
manufacture of margarine) to 9 881 000 kronor; all in barrels. In other vessels,
to 34 000 kronor. The large increase in the import of oils beginning with
1910 — the import-value rose all at once to 7 million kronor — was due to
the increase in the use of cocoa-nut oil in the margarine industry (See: The
Margarine Industry). The export of fatty oils and tallows in 1913 only amounted
to a value of 944 000 kronor.
Mineral Oil.
Mineral oil is generally imported in a refined form as petroleum (lamp oil),
benzine, and lubricating’ oils, but some is also refined in Sweden itself. There
are no sources of mineral oils in Sweden. It was the two brothers L. and R.
Nobel, themselves Swedes, who established the Russian petroleum industry, on
the peninsula of Apscheron, in the Caspian Sea. Under their management, this
Russian industry has developed to such an extent that it can compete with the
American in certain branches.
The import in 1913 was:
Tons Kronor
Crude petroleum....................15 346 1535 000
Petroleum refuse....................1513 182 000
Lamp oils..........................120 476 16 867 000
Lubricating oils....................22 373 -3 765 000
Benzine............................15 414 4 932 000
Other oils............. 4 809_577 000
Total 179 931 07 858 000
In 1912 most of the crude oil and petroleum refuse came from Austria and
Russia, of the petroleum (lamp oil) 72°/, from America, 1 % from Russia (chiefly
for compressed air-lamps, such as the "Lux"), via Danmark, 18 %, and via Germany
5 % etc. The lubricating oils came chiefly from America, Russia, and Germany,
in the last-mentioned case probably chiefly as transit shipments. Benzine came
from the Netherlands, from Germany — most likely from raw material received
from the Sunda Islands and refined in Hamburg —, and from America.
The following table, drawn up from official Swedish statistics, will serve to
show the import of petroleum (lamp oil) into Sweden:
Import Per annum Price
Annually in and inhabitant pr kg
quintals kg in ore
1871 75 . . . 66 707 1-5 36
1876—80 , . 113 860 2-5 26
1881—85 . . . 182 294 4 0 20
1886 90 . . . 310 484 6-5 19
1891—95 449116 9-3 15
1896-00 . . . 622 710 13-6 15
1901 05 . . . 749 908 14-4 15
1906—10 . . . . . . 988 837 18-5 15
1910..... 1013 786 18-3 13
1911..... 1181176 21’3 11-5
1912..... 1 040 442 18’6 14
1913..... . 1 204 759 21-4 14
25—133179. Sweden II.
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