Kraks vejviser 1925 Handelsregister

Danish Export and Shipping. O F the States of Europe only two liave a foreign trade equal to that of Denmark, the number of inhabitants taken into consideration. This faet is due partly to the extremely favourable position which makes Denmark the key to the Baltic, partly to the specialization of its trades, enabled by the natural conditions of the country, and partly to the technical skiil of the population. The value of the foreign trade amounted in 1923 to about 3700 million Kroner or about 1100 Kroner pr. individual. According to the monthly reports the corresponding figures for 1924 will probably exceed 4500 million in total. Of the total export in 1923 of home products amounting to 1533 million Kroner, about 85 °/o were derived from agricultural produce. The export of horses and cattle amounted to 89 million Kroner, eggs to 127 million, seeds to 9 million and undressed hides to 18 million Kr. A still higher figure is fetched by the agricultural produce which have been prepared in dairies, slaughter houses and other factories such as butter, cream, milk and cheese (amounting in total to 513 million Kroner); bacon, meat and other slaughter house produce (to 484 mili. Kr.); lard, condensed milk, tinned food etc. (to 52 mili. Kr.). Some others of the most important Danish industries are based on agricultural produce such as sugar and chicory factories, breweries, spirit and cherry brandy factories, tanneries etc. The export of fish, lobster and oysters amounted to 14 mili. Kr. — The considerable export of cement, lime, flint pebbles and „Moler* is also based on home raw materials. The Danish industry which employs almost as large a part of the population as the agriculture (each about 1 mili. people), is obliged to fetch its raw materials, except the above mentioned, from other countries; as the industrial districts all are situated in the immediate vicinity of harbours this faet, however, is of no serious consequence to the competitive ability of the country. Very large concerns based partly on export are to be found among the engine and shipping factories and oil milis. The export power of the Danish industry is chiefly based on the manufacturing of specialized articles, technical, artistic or otherwise, especially in such fields where the home consumption is large, as for instance agricultural and dairy machinery, dairy Chemicals, margarine, tin boxes, machinery tools, cement machinery, cold storage plant, instruments, brewery machinery, diesel engines for ships, dry batteries and other electrical articles, cast iron ware, glass ware, china- and earthenware, gold, silver and pewter articles, furniture and other manufactured wooden ware, artistically executed bindings. In the time of the last generation England has been the chief customer to the Danish export (about two thirds). Lately the export to the Czeko Slowakia, Germany and the other Baltic states has greatly inereased. The geographical position of Denmark has from the earliest time been favourable to its shipping and transit trade. Its mercantile marine is, considering the figure of the population, the fourth largest amongst the sea faring nations. The income derived from shipping on foreign coasts fetches anually 200 million Kroner, the halfth of which is derived from the purely for­ eign trade. Some very large Danish companies undertake telegraph service, plantership, transit trade and shipping in all parts of the world, and Danish engineers are constructing harbours, bridges, railways and factories in many countries. In this vol., part IX („Udlandet") there will be found a list under the heading „Større danske Virksomheder i Udlandet" of such Danish undertakings among which also are numerous branches and agendes abroad of export firms and commercial companies domicilated in Denmark. Some large firms, chiefly interested in export are endeavouring through advertisement in this pait of Kraks Vejviser to attract the attention of such firms abroad as are interested in a mercantile connection with Denmark. In the principal part of this volume, the Trades Register (Part VII), comprising undertakings within all branches of the Danish trades and indu­ stries will be found more detaileel informations. For the use of foreign customers translations fiom English, hrench, German, Spanish and Russian into Danish will be found at the head of the Trades Register.

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