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CUSTOMS. 931
Table 137. Import duties for the principal articles and others. Kronor.1
Articles. Average 1891/95. Average 1896/00.
Cereals.................. 5,617,801 847,944 2,002,258 7,279,100 3,764,354 1,535.432 872,562 1,127,945 10,919,196 1,822,895 2,901,954 3,000,613 4,280,181 2,012,742 2,055,298 1,542,052
Meat and pork.........
Coffee..................... Sugar.....................
Tobacco..................
Spirits.................. Wine...................... Tarn and thread*....
Woolen fabrics ................3,049,378 3,048,841
Cotton fabricB....................1,001,001 1,422,465
Iron and steel ware... 567,421 1,149,272
Machinery..............................654,521 2,556,692
Other articles’....................9,052,437 13,706,381
Total 37,372,154 50,418,572
The transition to a more free system of trade during the time
subsequent to 1850 here becomes very apparent. The retrogress of later
years is on the other hand not so marked.
In Table 137, a survey is presented of those goods which nowadays
bring the greatest customs revenue.
Table 138 shows the amounts of customs duties at our principal
ports. The figures give evidence of certain peculiar conditions, which
there is no opportunity here to explain in detail. It may be remarked
how comparatively well Stockholm has been able to maintain its position
in our import trade, which is somewhat unexpected as the cities in
Norrland have more and more begun to take their necessaries direct
from foreign countries, instead of, as before, through the Stockholm
merchants. For Gothenburg the relative retrogress is very noticeable,
owing perhaps to the circumstance that Stockholm, in its turn, has more
and more resorted to supplying its needs of certain articles first-hand,
which proviously were taken over Gothenburg.
Table 138. Import duties, in yearly averages. Thousands of kronor.1
Ports. 1861/65. 1866/70. 1871/75. 1876/80. 1881/85. 1886/90. 1891/95. 1896/00.
Stockholm...... 5,195 4,856 9,345 9,635 11,197 12,166 12,995 18,516
Gothenburg..... 4,548 4,711 6,530 7,031 8,231 8,526 8,229 10,702
Malmö........... 821 997 1,949 2,195 888 2,703 3,167 4,037 5,166
Norrköping..... 603 517 783 1,164 1,580 1,650 1,762
Gefle.............. 201 205 442 565 772 1,186 1,028 1,371
Helsingborg..... 215 205 407 445 584 694 1,101 1,725
Sandsvall....... 104 138 345 464 845 1,382 1,378 1,317
Landskrona .... 292 400 445 1,087 2,108 2,031 813 570
Kalmar........... 349 170 191 177 167 321 515 1,155
Kristianstad___ 107 95 114 74 62 305 422 998
Ystad............ 176 130 135 163 609 1,251 1,084 614
Other ports..... 1,422 1,006 1,755 2,215 3,018 3,869 4,120 6,523
Total 14,033 13,430 22,441 24,030 31,400 30,478 37,372 50,410
1 A krona = 1’10 shilling or 0-268 dollar. — * Ropework, etc, inclusive. — *
Approximate figures (the total revenue of the Import dnties are the real amounts, while for the
special articles in the Table the amounts are only estimated).
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