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imports and exports of various wares.
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The exports amounted to 6-61 mill, kr., including wood-tar, 0-5 mill. kr. Of
manufactured articles of the above description of wares, the imports
amounted to 6-6 mill, kr., and the exports to 3-87 mill, kr., of which amount
the export of galoshes accounts for 2-85 mill. kr.
Paints and colours amount to 6-5 mill. kr. among the imports (aniline
and other tar dyes 2-49 mill., zinc white 1-43 mill.), while the export is
scarcely worth mentioning. The group various vegetable substances
shows imports to a value of more than 40 million kronor for 1912, while the
exports do not amount to 2 millions. For the year in question, the most
important imports comprised: oil-cake, 23-38 mill, kr., linseed, 6-65 mill, kr.,
cork bark, 1-61 mill, kr., flower bulbs, 1-37 mill, kr., etc. The imports of
articles manufactured from such substances (exclusive of paper)
amounted in value to 3-79 million kronor, of which tannic acid accounted for 1-80
million kronor; the exports scarcely exceeded 3/4 million kronor.
As regards unwrought minerals, Sweden now exports considerable
quantities, but the imports are far in excess, since they include cool, of which we
Table 107. Imports and Exports, grouped according to uses1. Values in,
thousands of kronor.
Annu- Annu- Annu- Annu- Annu- Annu- Annu- Annu- Year
Groups of merchandise allv ally ally allv ally ally ally ally 1911
1871—75 1876—80 X881—85 1886-90 1891—95 1896—00 1901—05 1906—10
Imports.
Articles of food and consumption . . . 85 391 108 850 116 419 108 594 109 755 112 976 130 915 134 691 141 287
Clothing and
toilet-requisites . . . . 38 021 39 504 54 167 59 602 54 093 50 006 44 935 59 670 69 137
Household articles etc. 17 882 21 857 31319 37 075 39 513 53 735 61 216 70 821 70170
Raw materials for manufactures . . . 80 531 78 885 94 814 109 471 120 670 188 178 240 518 311 500 342 006
Machinery and
transport articles . . . 20 697 14 437 17 083 19 356 26 724 46 794 52 774 64 259 69 433
Coin........ 3 850 4 973 3 724 1429 878 635 3 033 3 800 4 584
Total 246 372 268 506 317 526 335 527 351 633 452 324 533391 644 741 696 617
Exports.
Agricultural products2 52 311 56 913 58 688 70 563 83 107 62 280i 59 680 71166 113 856
Timber, unwrought and wrought . . . 92 255 99 679 110 930 116 384 137 242 180 138 200 520 236 415 275 623
Textiles...... 2 332 3177 4 816 6 596 8 617 5 511 11 609 3 456 4183 4 786
Products of paper
industry ...... 2 715 5 864 9 925 17113 20 803 20 654 30 983 36 046
Minerals and mineral products .... 2178 3 620 5 740 9 251 18 728 31 537 45 461 59 941 85105
Metals and metal
products ....... 48 520 36 398 46 635 41 499 40 276 60 361 70 424 96 524 122 331
Other merchandise . 1899 3 206 6 628 11088 9 371 7144 10 251 16 149 25 828
Coin........ 2 315 1000 337 135 82 1 1 — —
Total 204 525 209 857 243 699 272 629 318 226 358 581 410 447 515 361 663575
1 According to the official trade statistics. In this classification slight changes have
been made from that formerly employed in corresponding cases in this work. — 2 Including-
fishery products.
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