Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-25
Scandinavian Trade With the United
 States and Other Parts of the

Recent suggestions that certain of the Scandinavian States may be drawn into the war are of special in- terest to the United States from a otherwise. A compilation by The National City Bank of New York shows that our exports to those coun- tries since the opening of the war much per annum as in the years inn mediately preceding the war, though on the import side there is compara- lively little change.
 mark. Norway and Sweden in the years -imHae ediately preceding the war | aggregated something less than $40.- e0o.0e0; in the fiscal year 1915 (the
 first oys yeaG aro of the war2 they totale 1914 exports were $15,s7o, ,oe9; in creased to s7a.sz4.0 .0oe in, 1915; s55,- SIP ,O00 in 1916 and s56. FPS. 900 in 1917. ed to sse,o7s, 900 in 1915: s5s,s45. .ooo in 1916 and $S2,017, 900 in 1917. To Swe- den in 1914, S14.e44,o00, advanced iR 1915 to s7s.274, 900: in 1916 to $51 ,980, : l 900 and in 1917 s45, 11s,ooo This in crease .occucred chiefly in foodstuffs,
 copper, cotton and manufactures. i The share which the United States i supplied of the imports of these eouA 1 tries was in the year before the war. DenLuaIk 1V per CeQt-, NOrWay 1S per l cent; and Sweden Il per cent. In | 1915 we supplied approximately 20 per l cent of the imports of Norway and about IS per. cent of those of Sweden l though for Denmark no figures are ! available. nor. are there figures for the year 1sfS.
 | To Denmark exports of corn which 1 were but $95 in 1914 we~n o'-r~ e 900 in 1915. nearly ss,eo0.o0o in. 1916
 and over 5000, coo in 1917; wheat in I 1914 S245.000. in 1q15 over SR A0O nnO . 1 in 1916 more than $2, ,0oO, 900; while f flour shows also, a material increase Copper exports to Denmark show very l large gains. being less than s100 00e 1 1916. Cotton also showed very large I increases, from only $7.o00 in 1914 to l $1. .616.000 in 1916 and $S27, 900 in 1916 Iron and steel manufactures show ar 1 increase of about 50 per cent leather l manufactures more than double. while 1 of lard and bacon the total jumped from less than s200.000 in 1914 to over 1 $11, 100000 in 1915. but dropped again
 to little over s1.oe6.ooo in 1916.
 .rl,o 900 in 1si4 was over ..s eoo. .ooo +
 Isas and s2;25o coo ,s,. in -Gs 1s1s Soo Rye
 in 1sas ss,5oo.ooo. Flour s1,soo, 900 if
 same in 1916. Copper s2.ooo in 1914 in 1915 nearly $2o0u.oo0 and in 1s1f over s1,0eo,00o. Cotton $2s0,00o ir | TSI4, $2,oO0O00 in 1915 and slightly
 more than S1,o0O.0o0 in 1s16 cotton. 1 seed oil $5Oo.0 in 1914, $1 800 900 ir 1 1915, $2,5o0,oao in 1916 to $4.ooo. 900 ir i917.,
 l To Sweden wheat and flour in 1911 1 were about $5oo,o0o, in 1915 nearly s7,- 0o0, 900 and in 1916 also nearly s. eco 0e0; rye nothing in 1914, nearly s2.ooo. 900 in 1915 and $1.26o. .ooo is l 1916. Bacon and lard in 1914 less. thar $500,0o0. over $7 eco ,a0o in 1915 and about s2,500 900 in 1916. Copper if 1914 s2.500.G00. in 1915 over $500. .0e0. 900 and in 1916 about $6,5oe, 600. Cot
 ton in 1914 8 500. oo0o, in 1915 owe, $s1 COX, 900 fand about &4,0o0.o00 and about $4.0o0,000 in 1916.
 + To what extent these increasing demands upon the United States were
 due to shortage of supplies from the European countries at war cannot bt accurately determined. Normally al l of them drew a very large percentage Of Stheir imports from Germany, Gread ] Britain and Russia Of the total inn