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IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GOODS. 921
Table 131 (Continued). Imports and exports. Thousands of Kronor.
Groups of merchandise. Averages 1871/75. Averages 1876/80. Averages 1881/85. Averages 1886/90. Averages 1891/95. Averages 1896/00. In 1902.
Metals, manufac-IImp. 9,526 7,849 12,251 14,076 17,843 25,868 28,748
tares of............)Exp. 1,537 1,390 4,336 4,249 4,979 9,077 11,685
(imp- 14,061 10,038 12,514 15,145 17,494 35,208 29,319
mente ete jExp- 1,182 1,524 2,773 3,619 5,394 11,554 16,804
„ . ..........limp. 3,850 4,973 3,724 1,429 878 635 288
00111...................t Exp, 2.315 1,000 337 135 82 1 —
Other articles /ImP’ 1,375 1,913 2,918 i 3’223 4’370 ß’605 7,924
Other articles......jExp 539 923 2,344 , 2,860 2,876 3,369 3,068
Tntll (Imports 246,372 268,506 317,526 335,527 351,633 452,324 505,19»
•^Exports 204,525 206,857 243,09» 272,629 318,226 358,581 392,373
A class of goods which must always show an import surplus are
colonial products, of which we import for 40 to 50 million kronor
annually, while the export is not worth mentioning. The greatest
article in this group is coffee (18 million kronor in 1902), which, next
to coal, is our greatest import article, on the whole. Next to coffee
comes tobacco (about 8*2 million kronor). On the other hand, sugar,
which was formerly imported annually in tens of million kronor, is now
manufactured in Sweden itself in sufficient quantities — surely one of
the most remarkable reforms in Sweden’s economical life in later times.
The import of fruits and garden products is also decidedly greater
than the export. The most important articles in this group are hops,
as well as raisins, plums (prunes), almonds, oranges, etc. On the other
side, the export of forest berries is beginning to develop, especially of
red whortleberries, more than for one million kronor being exported
annually.
Liquors for about 8 million kronor are imported annually,
principally wine (4 7* mill, kronor) and cognac (13/’<i mill, kronor). In
the decennium 1881/90 a brisk business was carried on by a firm
in Karlshamn by importing raw spirits from Russia, which were refined
in Sweden and then exported, principally to Spain, but this business
was ruined by raised import-duties in this latter country. (See p. 786).
In 1902, textile material for 31 million kronor was imported into
Sweden, but the export was almost nil. The largest amount was cotton
(13-17 million kronor), wool (10-72 million kronor), raw-silk, jute, hemp
and flax, etc.
The import of yarn and thread, etc., amounted the same year to
nearly 15 million kronor; the largest items were woolen yarn (8-94
million kronor) and cotton yarn (2oa million kronor). The export was
insignificant.
The group of textiles belongs to the very greatest items in the
annual purchase-demands of our country. In 1902, the total value of
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