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REPORT OF THE SCOTTISH COMMISSION 



CopENHAaEN Butter Quotations from 2nd June 1904 to 30th 

 March 1905. 



Denmark, it need scarcely be said, has many organisations 

 directed to the extension of the export trade. One of these is 

 the Export Association, the working of which was explained by 

 its President, Mr Schou, the Adviser in Agriculture to the 

 Ministry. This body discharges the function of a Chamber of 

 Commerce, but with a special eye to the finding of new markets. 

 Formed of persons interested in various branches of industry and 

 trade, it aims at assisting every one in foreign countries to buy 

 Danish articles. The Association has been the means of starting 

 many Danish businesses in British possessions, as well as in sucli 

 countries as Mexico and Argentina. A showroom has recently 

 been opened in Berlin. A similar establishment is to be started 

 in Stockholm. To assist the operations of the Export Association, 

 and to make the practical applications of its policy, an Export 

 Trading Company has been formed with a capital of £6000. The 

 Trading Company, having first been satisfied that a particular 

 market is a promising one, endeavours to find a Dane with 

 sufficient capital. It then accepts a half of the risks, guarantees 

 his credit, collects the goods, and controls and expedites the 

 shipments. The scheme, thus briefly outlined, is part of the 

 deliberate endeavour of Danish business men to create new out- 

 lets for the national products. 



1 Note. — The Copenhagen market is reported 5 Kroner up. This is the 

 new arrangement which has the effect of cancelling the over-price of 5 

 Kroner J the market remaining unaltered. 



