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market now held by England and America might be 

 shared by France if only the French fish were prepared 

 differently. However, in the colder regions of Andalusia 

 the French fish may be imported successfully ; and for 

 the last three years a constant though limited supply 

 has been exported to Granada." * 



Portugal imports 25,000 tons of cod, of which 16,000 

 come from England and 5,000 from France. The chief 

 centre of importation is Oporto. The rest is furnished by 

 the Portuguese fishermen, who frequent the banks of 

 Newfoundland. In 1903 a few Spaniards and Italians 

 followed them. Italy buys more than 40,000 tons of 

 cod, at a cost of -120,000, from England, Norway, and 

 France. 



The shipments of French stock-fish to Brazil are by no 

 means progressing. 2 " It is largely a question of quality 

 and price. The quality being the same, the sale price 

 of French fish is higher than that of the competing 

 articles. . . . This state of things is due to a lack of 

 organisation on the part of the French shippers, and 

 their lack of understanding of the Brazilian market." 3 



1 Extract from the Bulletin of the French Chamber of Commerce 

 at Malaga. 



2 Note by M. Charlat, French Vice-Consul. 



3 Statistics of the Brazilian market : 



