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Danish Export and Shipping. O F the States of Europe only two have a foreign trade equal to that of Denmark, the number of inhabitants taken into consideration. This faet is due partly to the extremel.v favourable position which makes Denmark the key to the Baltie, partly to the specialization of its trades, caused by the natural conditions of the country, and partly to the technical skiil of the population. In the year 1924 the value of the foreign trade amounted to more than 4500 million Kroner or about 1350 Kroner pr. individual. Of the total export in 1924 of home products amounting to 1976 million Kroner, about 8O°/owere derived from agricultural produce. The export of horses and cattle amounted to 138 million Kroner, eggs to 151 million, seeds (for sowing) to 13 million and undressed hides to 21 million Kr. A still higher figure is fetehed by the agricultural produce which have been pre- pared in dairies, slaughter houses and other factories such as butter, cream, milk and cheese (amounting in total to 677 million Kroner); bacon, meat and other slaughter house produce (to 532 mili. Kr.); lard, condensed milk, tilmed food etc. (to 65 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 26 mili. Kr. The considerable export of cement, lime, flint pebbles and „Moler1 (total 29 mili. Kr.) 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 fetcli its raw materials, except the above mentioned, from other countries; but as almost all the industrial districts are situated in the immediate vicinity of harbours this faet is of no serious consequence to the competitive ability of the country. Very large concerns based partly on export are to be foundamong the engine, mo- torcar 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; for instance agricultural and dairy machinery, dairy Chemicals, margarine, tin boxes, machinery tools, cement machinery, cold storage plant,instruments, brewery machinery, diesel engines for sliips, 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 last three years the totaf export value of Danish industrial products has been: for 1922: 179 Miil. Kr.; for 1923: 235 Mili. Kr.; for 1924: 347 Mili. Kr. During the last decenniums England has been the chief customer to the Danish export (about two thirds). In recent years the export to the Czeko-Slovakia, Germany, Sweden 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 250 million Kroner, the half part of which is derived from the purely foreign 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 Virksomheder i Udlandet" of such Danish under- takings 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 advertisements in this part 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 Begister (Part VII), comprising undertakings within all branches of the Danish trades and indu­ stries more detailed informations are to be found. For the use of foreign customers a transla­ tion into English, French and German of the trade headings is to be found under the most important trades; further, vocabularies with translations from English, French, German, Spa- nish and Russian into Danish are to be found at the head of the Trades Register. At the next page some statistical facts are given regarding Danish export trade and industrial production.

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