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KRAKS EXPORT DIRECTORY OF DENMARK KRAKs LEGAT the publishers of the standard work Kraks Vejviser (address book and commercial directory of Denmark) have pleasure in prcsenting the eighth edition of KRAKs EXPORT DIRECTORY OF DENMARK. KRAKs VEJVISER, established in 1770, is the oldest existing directory in the world. It has in the course of time, become an indispensable haind-book to the Danish community, the contents, particalarly the sections relative to trade conditions, being invariably consulted whenever and wherever the establishment of business connexions is contemp- lated, whethcr in Denmark or between parties in Denmark and abroad. This is evidenced, among other things, by the faet that the Danish Ministry for Foreign Af fairs dispatches the Directory regularly to the Danish Embassies, Co,n- sulates and the more important Yice-consulatcs abroad. The last decades have witnessed a very considerable growtli of the commercial intercourse between Denmark and otlier countries. This faet has been experienced by Kraks in many ways not only by the increasing demand for the Directory abroad, but also by the constantly growing number of inquiries the editors receive from abroad touching Danish commerce and industry. , , _ ____ _ . As a consequencc of this the publishers resolved in 1926 to publish KRAKs EXPORT DIRECTORY OF DENMARK in the form of a comprchensive compcndium prccisely calculated to facilitatc and promote commercial intercourse, tlie plan having the support of the Chairinen of the two lcading trade organizations in Denmark: The Merchants Guild Committee and tlie Chamber of Commerce for the Provinces. Since 1931 the Export Directory has béen subsidizcd by the Ministry for Commerce and Industry, and since 1933 it has been edited in collaboration with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. , The list of firms and the list of products contain, as far as possible, the names of all exporting tirms in Denmark arranged ttfwnwise and according to the nature of the article exported. In the Advertisement scction several of the exporting firms have had supplemcntary information inserted respecting their goods. In tlie following pages some details are given of Den mark 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 availablc. 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 increasing number of fields, is cal­ culated to satisfy the most fastidious demands of the wide range of consumers catered for. The total population of Denmark is about 5,600,000, some 790,000 of wliom live in the Capital Copeinhagen, on the island of Zealand, and a similar number in the SO market towns. , Danish foreign trade. Danish merchants have from the earliest times taken an active part in the world’s tråde, and as far'back as in 1616 an East-Indian company was established in Co- penhagen. This was followed by the formation of a number of other trading companies, of which the Asiatic company, founded in the year 1732, aequired 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 recovery 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 Copenhagen 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; mucli Jess 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 pierced through the clialk formation, so that Danish soil yields no iron or other metals, potash or other Chemical products of importance. Neither does the country produce cotton, oleiferous seeds, rubber, timber, tobacco etc. Notwithstanding Denmark. being in a marked degree devoid of natural sources of wealth in the way of mine- ralia the Danish people have proved themselves capable of making up for this handicap by evolving a scientifi- cally carried out process of amelioration applied to Da­ nish agricultural products and also to raw materials and seini-workcd goods imported from countries more favour- cd from the hånd of nature. The Danish people have also, with no small measure of success, exploited the ia- vourable geographical situation-of the country, forming as it does a connccting link between several of the lcading countries in the world — not unlike Hellas in the