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duction of salt herring has materially increased in the period under 

 review, the imports have at the same time increased substantially, 

 with fluctuations due to the uncertain nature of the fishery. 



Since the imports are only given from the important countries, 

 the totals do not agree with additions of the detailed figures. 



In Appendix VIII (p. 282) the statistics of the German salt herring 

 trade are given for the period from 1885 to the present time, and 

 in the following table these statistics are expressed as percentages 

 of the total foreign imports into Germany for quinquennial periods 

 from 1885 to 1909. 



It will be noticed that in spite of the tariff on imported herring 

 in Germany, and the determined efforts of the German Government 

 to establish a herring fishery, the British export of herring to 

 Germany has more than held its own in this period. The Dutch 

 exports have increased from 21 to 36 per cent and the Norwegian 

 export to Germany declined from 20 to 8 per cent in the same 

 period. While the German herring fishery has increased remarkably 

 in this period, they have, after all, only succeeded in capturing a 

 portion of the natural increase due to the increase of population 

 in the German Empire. 



German Salt Herring Trade 

 percentages to total foreign imports 



The imports of fresh herring and sprats into Germany are large, 

 and up to the outbreak of war, so far as the latest available statistics 

 go, were rapidly increasing. 



German Imports (Fresh Herrings and Sprats) 



ANNUAL averages 1899-I909, IN DOUBLE-ZENTNERS (220| LB.) 



From 



