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KRAKS EXPORT DIRECTORY OF DENMARK KRAKs LEGAT, thc publishers of the standard work Kraks Vejviser (address book and commercial directory of Denmark) have pleasure in presenting the seventh edition of KRAKs EXPORT DIREC1ORY OF DENMARK. KRAKs VEJVISER, established in 1770, is the oldcst existing directory in the world. It has in the course of time, becoinc an indispensable ha'nd-book to the Danish community, the contcnts, particularly the scctions relative to trade conditions, being invariabiy consultcd whencver and wherevcr the establishment of business connexions is contemp- lated, whether in Denmark or between parties in Denmark and abroad. This is evidcnced, among other tliings, by tlie faet that the Danish Ministry Tor Foreign Affairs dispatches thc Directory regularly to thc Danish Embassies, Con- sulates and the more important Vice-consulates abroad. The last decades have witnessed a very considerablc growth of the commercial intercourse between Denmark and other countries. This faet has been experienced by Kraks in many ways not only by the inereasing demand for the Difectory abroad, but also by the constantly growing number of inquiries the editors receivc from abroad touching Danish commerce and industry. . „ „ As a consequcncc of this the publishers resolved in 1926 lo publish KRAKs EXPORT DIRECTORl OI' DENMARK in thc form of a comprehensive compendium precisely calculatcd to facilitate and promote commercial intercourse, the plan having the support of the Chairmen of the two leading trade organizations in Denmark: The Merchants Guild Committee and the Chamber of Commerce for thc Provinces. Sincc 1931 thc Export Directory has been subsidized by the Ministry for Commerce and Industry, and the present edition has been prepared in collaboration with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The list of firms and the list or products conlain, as far as possible, the names of all exporting firms in Denmark arranged townwise and according to thc nature of the article exported. In the Advcrtisemcnt section scveral of the exporting firms have had supplcmentary information inserted respecting their goods. In the following pages some details are given of Denmark’s export trade. The publishers purpose issuing annually in the month of January a new edition of this directory, so that fully reliable and up-to-datc information may always be available. Danish Export Trade.

Mediterranean world of antiquity — and a trade has been developed which, in proportion to the size of the country and its population, is second only to^that of one or two other European states. The exchange of goods consequent hereupon has rendered possible a highly developed industry and trade, and the production of first quality goods in an inereasing number of fields, is cal- culated to satisfy the most fastidious demands of the wide range of consumers eatered for. The total population of Denmark is about 5,590,000, some 770,000 of whom live in ihe Capital Copenhagen, on the island of Zealand, and a similar number in the 88 market towns. Danish foreign trade. Danish merchants have from the earliest times taken an active part in the world’s trade, and as far back as in 1616 an East-Indian company was established in Co­ penhagen. (This was followed by the formation of å number of other trading companies, of which the Asialic company, founded in the year 1752, acquired the greatest importance] but was subsequently obliged to suspend its operations in 1843. The war lasting from 1807—14 practi­ cally destroyed the trade of Copenhagen for many years, and the recoyery only commenced in the period 1830—40, since when the following decades have witnessed a sub- stantial and continuous development of Danish trade. The world-embracing trading concern: The East Asiatic Company of Cdpenhagen was founded in the year 1897, and the share Capital of this company now stands at 50.000.000 Kroner. The company has in the course of time established a number of affiliated companies comprising shipping, ship-building and various other undertakings

The Kingdom of Denmark though one of the smallest countries in Europe plays a large and important part in world economy by virtue of the significance of its geographical situation as a factor in international com­ merce, and by reason of its highly developed trade. Denmark is.a lowland country offering good con­ ditions for agriculture, but, unlike England, France and Poland it has no coal, nor does it possess the huge resources of water power of countries like Norway, Switzerland and Austria; mueh Iess oilfields like those of North America, Caucasus and Roumania. The power resources in this country represented by peat, wood for fuel, water and wind, normally furnish barely more than about 3 % of the requirements, and with respect to minerals the country is equally poor. Borings in the strata of the earth, apart from those undertaken in the rocky island of Bornholm have nowhere picrced through chalk formation, so that Danish soil yields no iron °r other metals, potash or other Chemical products of ’mportance. Neither does the country produce cotton, °leiferous seeds, rubber, timber, tobacco etc. Notwithstanding Denmark being in a marked degree devoid of natural sources of wealth in the way of mine- r alia the Danish people have proved themselves capable °f tnaking up for this handicap by evolving a scicntifi- callv* carried out process of amelioration applied to Da- Qish agricultural products and also-to raw materials and Sen n-w Or k e d goods imported from countries more favour- from the hånd of nature. The Danish people have Mso, with no small measure of success, exploited the fa- v °urable geographical situation of the country, forming & s it dioes a connecting link between several of the eading countries in the world — not unlike Hellas in the