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x. manufacturing industries of 8wedbn.
Table 120. Imports and exports of Textile raw materials, manufactures, and
articles of clothing. (A krona = l-io shilling or 0-2 68 dollar.)
Average for the years Imports. Value in thousands of Kronor. Exports. Value in thousands of Kronor. In per cent of the total
Raw
materials. Yarn and thread, etc.1 [-Manufactures.2-] {+Manu- factures.2+} Total. Raw
materials. Yarn and thread, etc.’ [-Manufactures.*-] {+Manu- factures.*+} Total. [-Imports.’ Ex-porn.1-] {+Im- ports.’ Ex- porn.1+}
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1871/75.. 20,558 1 8,635 37,574 00,707 307 178 2,009 ’ 2,414 2710 I t!
1876/80.. 16,842 8,202 38,427 »3,471 294 286 2,766 3,34» 2363 160
1881/85.. 20,433 ! 9,375 51,394 81,202 394 506 4,182 5,082 25 58 2 09
1886/90.. 23,864 10,356 55,520 80,740 366 1,043 5,594 7,003 26 75 2 57
1891/95.. 20,592 11,936 48,415 80,043 122 1,052 7,879 0,053 2302 285
1896/00.. 24,666 17.419 44,505 86,500 176 1,080 4,461 5,717 1914 159
In 1898.. 23,343 18,283 45,316 80,042 122 616 1,751 2,480 1909 073
> 1899.. 26,881 20,938 46,738 04,557 281 972 1,579 2,832 1874 0 79
» 1900.. 30,379 15,787 41,959 88,125 232 1,271 1,545 | 3,048 1647 0 7*
own need. In Table 120 appears that the imports of hereunto
belonging articles — raw materials as well as manufactures, — during 1871/80
amounted to 65 million kronor per annum; during 1881/90, to 85 million;
during the years 1891/95, to 81 million; and in 1900, to 88 million kronor.
In comparison with our total imports, a decrease is however noticeable,
the imports of this group of manufactures in the beginning of the decade
1871/80 comprising 27 per cent of our entire imports, but nowadays
only about 16 per cent.
A favourable circumstance is that the import of manufactured articles
has rather diminished of låte, whilst a considerable increase has taken
place with respect to the import of raw materials, as well as of yarn and
thread; this proves that our own textile industry is steadily increasing.
The exports of textile manufactures principally goes to Norway.
After the revocation (in 1897) of the Special Commerce Treaty between
Sweden and Norway (see p. 190) it has considerably diminished — though
not in the proportion that is seen in Table 120. As we will several
times have occasion to remind of, the Swedish accounts of the exports
to Norway are in fact very incomplete, and this especially after 1897.
Our people has from time immemorial displayed considerable liking and natural
taste for the textile arts. But if our native textile art goes back to remote ages,
and our textile manufacturing industry to the days of Gustavus II Adolphus.
nevertheless, this manufacture always was at first intended to supply the actual
necessities of the country. One consequence of this is also that the fabrics
produced in this branch of industry are generally of a simpler sort, suitable for
use by the people at large. The home market is not extensive enough to repay
the expenses connected with the manufacture of new or special products. And if
the native manufacturer is, with any hope of success, to compete with the foreigner
who is flooding our market with his products, he must avoid embarking in too
1 Including rope-work, etc. — ’All kinds of manufactures of spinning materials, s»ek
as textiles, ribbons, embroideries, hats and bonnets, clothes, etc. — * The last two column*
show imports and exports of textiles in per cent of the total value of the Kingdom’s
imports and exports of all sorts of goods.
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