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A Comparison of Norway and Sweden 43 1
ing exceeded only by those of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany. Its total tonnage is nearly one and a half million tons, as against 625,000 tons for Sweden. Its total earnings in 1902 were 29.7 million dollars, as against 13.4 millions earned by Swedish merchantmen, while the amounts earned by Norwegian vessels in carrying freight between foreign ports only was $22,375,000, as against $3,644,000 earned by Swedish vessels for similar services.
Sweden imports about 142 million dollars' worth of merchandise annually, about 6^ millions being from the United States, and Norway imports about 78^ million dollars' worth of merchandise, a little less than 5 millions being supplied by the United States. The exports from Sweden in the latest available year were 118^ million dollars in value, about 3^ millions having been taken by the United States, while from Norway the exports were 46^ million dollars in value, of which less than two millions were imported by the United States.
Our exports of domestic products to Sweden and Norway amounted to$n,- 3 2 5>383 in value during the fiscal year 1904, as against $10,071,565 during the preceding year. Less than twenty articles or groups of articles supply the bulk of the merchandise exported to Sweden and Norway from the United States. Arranged in the order of magnitude in 1904, the more important articles exported include the following : Refined mineral oil, $2,068,324 ; oleo- margarine, $1,201,266; raw cotton, $1,155,708; iron and steel manufactures, $796,671 ; lard, $688,754; wheat flour, $565,755 ; copper and manufactures, $393.79i-
Our imports from Sweden and Norway were valued at $5,258,114 in 1904, as against $4,975,234 in the preceding year. We are thus exporting to Sweden and Norway a little over twice as much as we import from those countries.
Wood pulp forms a large portion of our imports from Sweden and Norway, the figures for 1 904 being $1 ,202,4.55. Bar iron is next in order, $1,014,378 ; wire rods amounted to $559,914 ; machinery to $413,500, and hides and skins, except fur skins, to $309,518. Nearly all of the remaining imports were fishery products, amounting to about $ 1,000,000.
The following table presents statistics of the principal elements of national progress in Sweden and Norway respectively, the figures being those for I 9°3> or the latest available date :
Comparative statistics of Sweden and Norway for year /903, or latest available year.
Area square miles...
Population number...
State revenue dollars...
Railways miles...
Merchant marine :
Steam registered tons...
Sail do
Vessels entered in foreign trade tons...
Vessels cleared in foreign
trade do
Imports dollars...
Kxports do
Exports of domestic merchandise
from United States to. .dollars... Imports into United States
from do
Average ad valorem duty on
total imports per cent...
Public debt dollars...
Annual interest charge do
Commercial and savings banks
deposits dollars...
Manufacturing establishments :
Number of
Number of employees
Horse-power
Value of output dollars...
Gross freights earned by vessels
engaged in foreign trade in 1902 dollars...
Sweden.
Norway.
172,876 5,221,291 47,496,000 7,636
124,130 2,263,010 23,247 000 1,481
356.5'o 279 223
603,625 840,279
8,857,826
3,250,724
8,861.372 141,979,000 118,291,000
3,240,062 78,472,000 46,531,000
6,446,804
4,878,579
3,265,843
1,992,271
10.60 92,518,000 3,248,000
n.46 71,032,000 2,301,000
379,163,000
160,678,000
11.588 271,157 454.386 299,154,000
3.488 81, M3 244,237 No data.
13,455,000
29,738,000
While no gold or silver bullion appears to have been sent to or received from Sweden and Norway, United States Consul Bergh, at Gottenborg, reports incoming money orders to the value of $2,500,000 sent from the United States to Sweden during 1904, and outgoing money orders to the value of $500,000 sent from Sweden to this country, a net movement of $2,000,000 to Sweden from the United States during a single year.