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826 X. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES OF 8WEDbN.
Vulcan Match-Factory, Tidaholm.
The most serious obstacle to the progress of the match industry
in Sweden, or even to its continuance in its present proportions, consists
not so much in foreign competition as in the excessively high protective
duties imposed by other countries to the benefit of their own
manufacture — duties often so high as to preclude all import — and also the
state monopoly on the manufacture of matches established by several
countries, e. g. France, Spain, and Greece.
The largest match-factories in Sweden at present are: The Vukan
Factory at Tidaholm, and the Old Factory and the West Factory at
Jönköping.
At some factories, the headless splints for matches are made for
sale. This branch was estimated at a value of 271,000 kronor in 1900.
The exports of matches go chiefly to Hamburg and London for
distribution to all parts of the world. Of the exports in 1900, amounting
to a total of 18,801,477 kilograms, 8,613,262 kg. went to England,
5,260,374 kg. to the German Empire, 2,738,223 kg. to the Netherlands,
1,324,715 kg. to Belgium, 440,352 kg. to India, 223,950 kg. to Denmark,
etc. The total value of the exports was estimated at 8,461,000 kronor.
In order to avoid a detrimental competition between home
manufacturers, and at the same time to facilitate the trade with foreign
countries, the most important Swedish match-factories have of låte
formed a joint-stock company, of which the Vulcan factory and the
two factories in Jönköping are the greatest shareholders.
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