EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF DENMARK.

The total of exports and imports for 1862 amounted to 3,124 060,003 pounds, of an official value of 105,047,776 rix-dollars, or 50,724,797 pounds, with a value of 725,403 rix-dollars less than in 1861.

IMPORTATIONS.

The importations amounted to 2,089,171,868 pounds, of the value of 66,387,560 rix-dollars, whilst in 1861 the importations amounted to 2,044,827,774 pounds, at a value of 66,460,888 rix-dollars; also in weight greater by 44,344,094 pounds, but nevertheless in value 73,258 rix-dollars less than in 1861.

The exports, which in 1861 amounted to 1,129,957,026 pounds, at an official valuation of 39,312,361 rix-dollars, amounted in 1862 only to 1,034,888,135 pounds, at an official valuation of 38,660,216 rix-dollars; also in weight, 95,068,891 pounds, and an official valuation of 652,145 rix-dollars less than in

1861.

This trade has been divided between the different divisions of the country as follows:

Of some of the principal articles of exportation the shipments in 1862 have been considerably over those of the year 1861, viz: 12,000 cattle; 13,000 barrels of butter; 75,500 barrels of rape-seed; 994,000 lbs. wool; 421,000 lbs. oils; 1,047,000 lbs. bread; 7,100 barrels flax-seed.

The reason why the exportation as a whole has been less than in 1861 arises from the great diminution in the export of grain, which

On the other hand, the importation of grain has been less in 1862 than in 1861. In 1861.....

In 1862..

Showing a decrease of....

774, 247 barrels.

657, 499

116, 748

Comparative tabular statement of the principal urticles exported from Denmark, with their quantities and values in rix-dollars, during the years 1861 and

This great difference is accounted for in the official valuation of the articles exported, which is considerably less than the actual market price.

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From this it will be seen that the great disparity between the value of expor tations and importations lies in the official valuation of the exported articles, while the value of the imported articles is taken from the invoice prices.

The whole exportation of grain in 1862 was 664,816 barrels, or 18 per cent. less than in 1861; of this, wheat fell off 51 per cent.; rye 28 per cent.; barley 6 per cent; oats 4 per cent., and buckwheat 4 per cent. The exportation of rapeseed was considerably larger in 1862 than in 1861, an increased exportation of 42 per cent.

IMPORTATIONS.

The importations in 1862 were about 44,000,000 pounds more than in 1861, but with a value of 73,000 rix-dollars less. Less grain also was imported in 1862 than in 1861. The importations of grain for the last five years have been

The transit trade or exportation of foreign articles has been better than in 1861, although the importation of a few articles has been less. Of coffee, 1,600,000 pounds less were imported than in 1861, but the exportations were nevértheless 2,000,000 more. Of rice, there were imported 1,600,000 pounds less, but the exportations were 300,000 pounds more. And of wool, the importations were 140,000 pounds less, but the exportation 1,000,000 pounds more than in 1861.

Comparative tabular statement showing the quantities of articles of consumption imported into the kingdom af Denmark during the years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862.

Comparative tabular statement showing the quantities of articles of consumption exported from the kingdom of Denmark during the years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862.

Comparative tabular statement of the value in rix-dollars of the import and export trade of Denmark with foreign countries, her colonies, and with Lubeck and Hamburg, for the year 1862.

The statistical tables do not give the direct trade with the United States, but with North America, and the value of the importations from there is only 11,821 rix-dollars, and the export is only 2,063 rix-dollars. Of the 8,388,908 pounds of tobacco imported, only 4,780 pounds came direct from the United States.

NAVIGATION.

The number of vessels entered and cleared in the year 1862 (exclusive of steamboats and vessels passing) were 130,823, with a tonnage of 1,566,6741⁄2 commercial lasts, or 3,417 vessels more than in 1861, with a tonnage of 3,851 commercial lasts, but which carried 10,503 commercial lasts less than in 1861. The reason given for this is the great decrease in the exportation of grain, and the increase of steamboats carrying freights.

In the coasting trade there were engaged 2,121 more vessels than in 1861, being 82,431 against 80,310; and in the foreign trade 1,296 vessels more (48,392 against 47,096)-departures and arrivals.

The tonnage of the vessels in the coasting trade in 1862 was 706,274 commercial lasts, against 709,227 commercial lasts in 1861; that in the foreign trade 860,503 commercial lasts in 1862, against 853,696 commercial lasts in 1861.

Of the 82,431 vessels engaged in the coasting trade in 1862, 81,862 (99.3 per cent.) were Danish. Of the 48,392 vessels in the foreign trade, 30,342 (62.7 per cent.) were Danish.

Tabular statement of the total number of arrivals at and departures from the ports of Denmark of foreign vessels for the year 1862, exclusive of steamers.

Of these, there entered and cleared only two American vessels. The number of arrivals and departures of steamers, and the amount of freight carried by them, has been on a steady increase for the last ten years, as will be seen by the following statement of arrivals and departures of

steamers:

Years.
1853..
1862.

No. 3,867 13, 384

Tonnage in com'l lasts.

44, 416 125, 831

Of these, 2,683 were engaged in the coasting trade in 1853, and in 1862 9,975. In the foreign trade in 1853, 1,184 against 3,409 in 1862.

The commercial navy of Denmark in 1862 consisted of 5,727 vessels, with a tonnage of 124,157 commercial lasts-an increase of forty-eight vessels, with a tonnage of 1,100 commercial lasts. Of these, 3,742 vessels with a tonnage under 15 commercial lasts; 1,262 vessels with a tonnage between 15 and 50 commercial lasts; 723 vessels with a tonnage over 50 commercial lasts.

Of these, Copenhagen had 326 vessels, of which 160 were over 50 commercial lasts; 94 had a tonnage of from 15 to 50 commercial lasts; and less than onefourth (72) were under 15 commercial lasts.