COMMERCE
1139
Whale oil production in metric tons, 1017, 3^,500; 1918, 21,330; 1919, 23,654.
V. Manufactures.
Though the country lacks coal and is dependent entirely on imported supplies, it possesses an enormous amount of water power, which produces notive power for manufacturing industry. The chief manufacturing use of this power his been for the production of electrochemical products, which is jecoming a more and more important Norwegian industry. The principal jroducts are ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, natrium nitrate, sodium nitrate, calcium carbide, and ferrosilicon.
The numbers of establishments and workers in the principal industries on December 31, 1919, were as follows : —
Chemicals, raints, oils, and soaps
Clothing
Electrical industry Food products .... Leather and rubber Machinery and metal work .
Mining
Taper
Printing
Quarries and ceramics .
Textiles
Wood, bone, horn, meerschaum, etc Miscellaneous ....
Total ....
Workers over
Workers under
E-'at'- lish-
18 years
18 years
Total
ments
Male
Female 1 072
Male
Female
id
10,694
566
2 «0
478
8,107
6,600
541
1,057
11,314
5(i
8
2,681
1,721
10,540
S.159
1,042
I,6M
21,407
124
1,878
261
158
1,184
31,145
1,414
3,959
443
73
V03
121
272
0,8*1
13,046
1,881
753
4.V,
16,14'.
337
1.S98
383
327
4.95:5
319
8,108
506
695
215
0,522
3,282
5,693
579
1,115
in,*u;9
•2,230
83,355
361
1,974
103
551
45
50
4
650
7,500
I16.3M
27,57<:.
11,047
5,733
160,750
The total power of engines in 1910 amounted to 1,737,934 h p. ; thereof the hydraulic power was 1,563,688 h.p. The electrical power lured amounted to 277,815 h.p.
Commerce. Total imports and exports in five years (18 kroner = 11.) :—
Imports (foreign) . Exports (Norwegian) ,, (foreign)
1918
1919
Kroner Kroner Kroner Kroner Kroner
8';7,9.-.7,800 1,353,064,900 1,061,307,700 1,252,563,900 2,580,390,600
400 975,475,600 788,015,600 752,033,000 739,305,500
15,7.;.3,400 12,857,400* 3,356,600 3,022,400 42,759,000
Trade with different countries in 1918, including indirect as well as direct rade, but not direct transit goods : —
4 d 2
